Masters of Indian Classical Music VIII.

This special event in November is the 8th concert of our series called Masters of Indian Classical Music. One single night you will be enchanted by world famous stars of Indian Music: Pandit Rajeev Janardan, one of the greatest Sitar virtuoso of today, and Dr. Kamala Shankar, the inventor of Shankar-Guitar and Dhruba Ghosh, the master of Sarangi. This night is a true guide into the world of the instrumentalism of the Indian tradition.
 

Programme:
1st Part:
Pandit Rajeev Janardan - Sitar
Dr. Kamala Shankar - Shankar-Guitar
Vinod Lele – tabla
 

2nd Part:
Dhruba Ghosh –Sarangi
Vinod Lele – tabla
Roselyne Simpelaere - tanpura
 

Dhruba Ghosh
 

The sarangi is popularly known as “ the instrument of a hundred colours” from north India. Dhruba Ghosh has transformed the traditional classical Sarangi of North India into a multi-dimensional expression. His brilliance of technique, composition of performance and mastery of Ragas on Sarangi has labelled him as one of the living masters of this complicated instrument. He has greatly furthered the idea of bringing the Sarangi to the fully instrumental solo status.
 

Dhruba is the inheritor of the tradition of his masters, his father Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, the famed percussionist and pedagogue, the veteran vocalist-composer Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, and the renowned sarangi maestro Ustad Sagiruddin Khan of the legendary Bundu Khan style of Delhi.He has also been receiving core gharana material from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (sarode master of the Maihar Gharana) and the great Bansuri player Pannalal Ghosh, who was known as the father of classical Hindustani flute, and elder brother of Nikhil Ghosh.
 

Dhruba Ghosh has performed at various music venues and respected Festivals in all over the world. Since 1991 he has been touring exclusively as a soloist and also colloboration concerts.
   

Rajeev Janardan
 

Pandit Rajeev Janardan, the torch bearer of the Imdadkhani (Etawah) Gharana (Musical tradition), is recognized as one of today’s greatest Sitar players of his generation in the field of Indian Classical Music.
 

Rajeev's music is an innovative blending of the intricate gayaki ang (vocal style) and tantra ang (instrumental style). The uncanny accuracy of his meends, his delightful surlagao, the crystal clear superfast taankari in the compositions, the dirdir and the chikari variations in the jhala sections, leave the audience spell bound.
 

Rajeev Janardan had an inborn natural talent and aptitude for Music from his early childhood. He blossomed into a true artist under the valuable guidance of Pandit Bimlendu Mukherjee, a doyen of the famous Imdad Khani Gharana of Sitar.
 

Dr. Kamala Shankar
 

Born in Tanjore district of Tamilnadu, Kamala's musical carrier started with the training in Vocal music, initiated by her mother at the age of six and blossomed to be a true artist under the valuable guidance from Pandit Channoolal Mishra, the renowned artist of Varanasi and sitar maestro Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee of Imdadkhani Gharana.
Kamala has developed the Guitar as a singing instrument and used the celebrated gayaki ang of Imdadkhani Gharana to present her repertoire of Hindustani classical music.
 

Besides having the degree of B. science in Zoology and B. music in vocal, Kamala has got her doctorate (D. Music) in Guitar from Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University.
 

Dr. Kamala Shankar is known for her sweet and melodious rendition with the superb control of the instrument to present her versatility in the field.