My Music Diary

Performing Malkauns in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Published on 1 Dec 2012 by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya http://ramprapanna.webs.com/ Ramprapanna Bhattacharya presents classic compositions of Ustad Vilayat Khan & Ustad Amir Khan (Adarang Bandish) on Raag Malkauns. An excerpt of live performance by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya, the highly acclaimed Sitarist of Imdadkhani-Etawah Gharana (which is one of the oldest and most illustrious gharanas of Indian Classical Music which has produced the biggest names of Instrumental Music through each generation including Ustad Vilayat Khan) on Raga Malkauns. He is disciple of his father Ram Udar Bhattacharya, Pt. Kashinath Mukherjee and Pt. Arvind Parikh. He is fortunate to have blessings from none other than Ustad Vilayat Khan. This was a live concert at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom on 26th August 2012. Sri Vijay Kangutkar(Glasgow / Pune) accompanied the artist on tabla. Special thanks to Vijay Kangutkar, F...

Ram performing at TCS Event If Sitarist Ramprapanna Bhattacharya, also consultant of an IT Company of global reputation had given up playing Sitar, a passion that he has been pursuing since he was 6, his 10-7 regime  would have made his life monotonous. A professional Sitar player, Bhattacharya says “My Company has always been supportive of my music career. I have been granted leave whenever I needed it for my public performances for which I had to travel outside my work location - be it Kolkata or Glasgow or Rotherham."  TCS Publishes Ram's accomplishments "That apart, my organization is always happy to see me performing, providing a platform to showcase my talent. Yes, it makes for some long days when I put in 9 hours at work, 2 hours in travelling, 2 hours for Riyaz and then spend some time with my family as well" - he adds. Ram tries to maintain professionalism in both his fields. He says: " There has been only a handful of musicians who did...

In 2012, the internal web portal says: "Last year's competition was won by the hugely talented Sitar player, Ramprapanna Bhattacharya."