My Music Diary

भारतीय संगीत के रचनाकार : हिंदुस्तानी संगीत के उस्तादों ने ध्रुपद, ख़याल, ठुमरी आदि की अनंत बंदिशें बनाई हैं। रागदारी, लयकारी आदि की समझ विकसित करने में इन बंदिशों का भारी योगदान माना जाता है। इन बंदिशों में रचनाकार का असली नाम नहीं रहता। वह अपना कोई उपनाम बनाता है और उसी का अपनी रचनाओं में प्रयोग करता है। उपनाम को छाप भी कहते हैं। यहाँ इन उपनामों की सूची दी जा रही है ताकि जिज्ञासुओं को उपनामों के साथ उस्तादों के असली नामों का पता भी चल सके। मेरे इस प्रयास को शुरुआत ही माना जाए क्योंकि बंदिशकार अनगिनत हैं। हो सकता है इस सूची में त्रुटियाँ रह गई हों। जानकारों से अनुरोध है उनसे अवगत कराने का कष्ट करें। निश्चय ही इन नामों के अलावा अन्य बहुत से नामों की जानकारी आपके पास हो सकती है। उनसे भी अवगत कराएँ ताकि इस सूची को अधिकाधिक प्रामाणिक और पूर्ण बनाया जा सके। Aalam - Alamara Begum Khaasmahal Adarang - Firoz Khan (nephew) Ahmedpiya/Ahmed - Alladiya Khan Akhtar Piya - Wajid Ali shah Amar - Aman Ali Khan Amardas/Amarpiya-NavrangNagpurkar Amarpiya - Aman Ali Khan (Bhendi bazaar) ...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!! 15th September 2018... 1) Friends, please join us in large numbers to witness the fabulous performance of young maestros Shri Ramprapanna Bhattacharya on Sitar with Shri Sandip Ghosh on Tabla... 2) One of the senior vocalists of the Indore Gharana, Pandit Naresh Malhotra ji, performing at Swar Aarohan Sangeet Samaaroh, Kolkata... 3) Friends, We're blessed to have Pandit Subhankar Banerjee ji, to grace with his charismatic Tabla Solo. Please join us... #SwarAarohanSangeetSamaaroh #AarohanFoundation #Kolkata

  My humble request to you to READ THIS TILL END and to kindly WATCH THIS CLIP where HCL Peninsula Studio has portrayed my musical experiences in form of interview (YouTube Video). Link:  https://t.co/nRAwBryPjW My thanks and gratitude to the curators of this project: phenomenal musician  Kaushiki  Didi, Sarod player Arunava Deb (Shuvo bhai) and the entire TPS team headed by  Subroto  dada. I shall be very happy, if you could take out some time to watch it ! It is impossible to narrate and acknowledge contributions of all important people within a span of few minutes. Hence a short write up : 1. I wanted to acknowledge my parent’s guidance and sacrifice. My mother had ownership of taking care of my academics and my father used to take care of my musical progress. Both made a virtual barricade surrounding me, to restrict me from any kind of distraction and deviation from my goals. They both made all the impossible things possible. It so happened, my mother t...

Link of e-Paper Article by Smt. Meena Banerjee

Video Recording Links: Raag Darbari Raag Nand Interview Link Artist Profile: For ‘HCL Maestros in Studio Live @The Peninsula Studios’ Season 1 Ramprapanna Bhattacharya has performed a piece in Raga Nand Kalyan and another in Raga Darbari. He is accompanied on Tabla by Sandip Ghosh. Ramprapanna Bhattacharya Ramprapanna Bhattacharya is a worthy representative of the younger generation of the famous Imdadkhani-Etawah Gharana. He was initiated to the Sitar by his father Sri Ram Udar Bhattacharya and received intense guidance from him. He learnt from Sri Soumitra Lahiri for a brief period. Subsequently he was privileged to have talim from Late Pt. Kashinath Mukherjee, a prime disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan & Ustad Amir Khan. Currently he is undertaking extensive and intense talim from Pt. Arvind Parikh for several years. He has performed in prestigious venues in India and abroad. He is known for his captivating and vibrant sitar ...

  I came to know about Mick Taylor from a concert announcement (newspaper) in Kolkata several years ago. The photo with his elegant posture with Sitar, perfect hand positions and gracious look created instant curiosity to know more about him and his music. I gathered that he was a veteran sitarist from UK and was instrumental to spread the Indian Culture in UK for several decades, along with his wife Kathak artist - Alpana Sengupta. After several years, on my email invitation he kindly attended one of my performances in UK, also congratulated and blessed me. Those memories will remain forever in my heart. I feel to be fortunate to have known him in person. May his soul rest in peace.