SANGEET AUSTRALIA PRESENTS
THE MEHFIL SERIES
ACOUSTIC AND INSPIRATIONAL
CLASSICAL NORTH INDIAN MUSIC
IN A TRADITIONAL SETTING
VISITING SITAR VIRTUOSO
PANDIT DEBI PRASAD CHATTERJEE
WITH MAHARSHI RAVAL ON TABLA
A CHANCE TO ENGAGE CLOSELY WITH THE SCINTILLATING SOUNDS OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC WITH A REVERED AND EXPERIENCED ARTIST OF THIS TRADITION. SEE DEBI PRASADJI'S BIO BELOW.
2:30PM
SUNDAY MAY 13TH
$22/18 CON. TICKETS AT THE DOOR
COME EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT
THE DICKSON SPACE
35-39 DICKSON ST
NEWTOWN
ON-STREET PARKING
BY BUS 422 OR NEWTOWN TRAIN STATION (5-10MIN)
ENTER DICKSON ST FROM KING ST.
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SNACKS AVAILABLE
PERFORMANCE APPROX 2 HOURS WITH INTERVAL.
I BELIEVE IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE MASTER CLASSES WITH DEBI PRASADJI DURING HIS SHORT VISIT TO SYDNEY ON HIS EAST COAST TOUR.
CONTACT FOR MORE INFO 0416 352 900.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
PANDIT DEBI PRASAD CHATTERJEE
(TO AVOID CONFUSION - NO RELATION TO OUR APRIL GUEST PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE BUT RELATED TO THE GREAT TABLA PLAYER ANINDO CHATTERJEE!)
PANDIT DEBI PRASAD CHATTERJEE, A SENIOR ARTIST, IS A DISTINGUISHED NAME AMONGST INDIAN MUSICIANS AS AN OUTSTANDING SITARIST AND A HIGHLY REGARDED TEACHER OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC. HE IS WIDELY RESPECTED FOR HIS DEVOTION TO HIS MUSIC. HIS CONTROL OVER THE RAGAS WITH SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION HAS PLACED HIM AMONGST THE TOP INSTRUMENTALISTS OF HIS ERA.
BORN IN KOLKATA INTO A FAMILY OF RICH CULTURAL AND MUSICAL HERITAGE THAT HAS PRODUCED MUSICIANS LIKE PT. ANINDO CHATTERJEE (TABLA), HE DEVELOPED A DISTINCT AND UNIQUE STYLE OF HIS OWN BY RECEIVING EXTENSIVE TRAINING FROM VARIOUS MAESTROS. HE TOOK HIS FIRST LESSONS FROM ELDER BROTHER PT. BISWANATH CHATTERJEE AND FROM PT. APARESH CHATTERJEE, ANOTHER NOTED SITAR EXPONENT.
STARTING IN 1965 HE RECEIVED TRAINING FROM THE GREAT NIKHIL BANNERJEE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS ALSO TRAINING EXTENSIVELY UNDER SMT. ANNAPURNA DEVI. IN 1986 HE BECAME A DISCIPLE OF WORLD FAMOUS MAESTRO USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN.
PT CHATTERJEE BELONGS TO THE SENIA MAIHAR GHARANA AND DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE PLAYING STYLE OF NIKHIL BANNERJEE.
FOR MANY YEARS HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING IN MAJOR CONCERTS ALL OVER INDIA AND ABROAD INCLUDING THE DOVER LANE MUSIC CONFERENCE, RADIO SANGEET SAMMELAN, SADARANG MUSIC CONFERENCE, TANSEN MUSIC CONFERENCE, BISHYA BANGA SAMMELAN, NORTH AMERICA BENGALI CONFERENCE, NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF MUSIC AT ALL INDIA RADIO AND DOORDASHAN ETC..
PANDITJI HAS PLAYED IN NUMEROUS CONCERTS ACROSS USA, CANADA, UK, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, HOLLAND, ITALY, FRANCE, AUSTRIA, ICELAND, IRELAND, LUXEMBOURG ETC.. HE HAS ALSO PERFORMED IN NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS.
HE HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS AND ACCOLADES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC AND BETWEEN 1977-2001 WAS A PROFESSOR AT THE RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA AND FROM 1994-2001 WAS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND PERCUSSION. HE HAS ALSO CONDUCTED NUMEROUS WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ON HINDUSTANI MUSIC AND ITS TECHNIQUES AT UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS BOTH IN INDIA AND INTERNATIONALLY.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND VAST EXPERIENCE IN SYDNEY.
MAHARSHI RAVAL
WE ARE ALSO VERY PLEASED TO WELCOME MAHARSHI RAVAL, AN EXPERIENCED TABLIYA RELATIVELY NEW TO SYDNEY WHO PROMISES TO BECOME A FORMIDABLE PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIAN MUSIC. HE HAS TOURED EUROPE, ACCOMPANIED MANY ARTISTS IN THE SAPTAK (OCTAVE) FESTIVALS, PERFORMED WITH THE FAMOUS VOCALIST AJAY POHANKAR AND SO ON. COME AND SEE THIS EXCITING NEW TALENT.
COMING IN JUNE:
THE GREAT VOCALIST
SHRUTI SADOLIKAR!
MORE INFO TO FOLLOW
Dear Patrons,
Thank you for joining the Sangeet Australia Mailing list. If you have recently joined this is our monthly mail-out to inform you of our forth-coming events. Please forward to friends who may be interested.
Firstly, thank you to all of those who attended the concert and discussion sesssions with visiting Purbayan Chatterjee and Bobby Singh. We also thank the ABC Radio National for recording the concert and I will be informing you all by email of the broadcast dates as soon as I have them. If you couldn't make it you will have a chance to listen.
Our thanks also to Assad Abdi at The SideTrack Theatre who has been so helpful and supportive and we hope The SideTrack Performance Group had every success with their recent production of 'Seven Pirates' at The Parramatta Riverside Theatre.
Once again, it is through the hard work, generous support and thoughtfulness of our volunteers that our event was possible. Special thanks to Venkat and Melinda Narayanan who have regularly helped and after the May mehfil will, unfortunately, be moving away. Your help and presence over the years has been much appreciated.
If you would like to assist us, either with skills and resources that you may have, or, with a gift of your time we would love to speak with you. Please contact me via this email address.
As some of you may know we are currently in a process of intense development as we are re-structuring our organisation for better sustainability and more fruitful out-comes for all involved. We welcome feed-back, suggestions, requests and offers of advice or mentoring during the arduous task of formalising our infrastructure.
Warmest regards,
Pavane Oliveiro
Director
Sangeet Australia:
Supporting Hindustani Music
www.sangeetaustralia.org
