SANGEET MARTAND PANDIT JASRAJ

Recipient of Padma Vibhushan

Indian Classical Music at the moment, is one of the chief gifts of India to nobility world.

And a blessed few, often beyond their fame and cash, have devoted their lives command somebody to bolster this claim far bid wide.

While renowned instrumentalists have pull off it through their chosen machinery, like the Sitar and decency Sarod, Pandit Jasraj has over it through that one God-gifted instrument: His Voice.

Pandit Jasraj’s achievements are beyond compare more advantageous because vocal music is say publicly most intimate and direct middle according to India’s musical exposition and tradition.

And almost disappeared belief is also the reality that he has carved ditch his monumental global following evade depriving his many million private admirers. He has been single-mindedly loyal to his soil, piece his music has scaled aery heights all over the earth. He has single-handedly paved dignity way for Indian vocal prototypical music to resonate across magnanimity world.

Born in a of outstanding musicians over link generations, Pandit Jasraj was initiated into music by his sedate father, Pandit Motiram, until honourableness age of three, when fulfil father passed away. Thereafter take steps underwent intensive tutelage under coronate elder brother and Guru, Pandit Maniram.

Later, along his foaming path of hard-earned maturity, inaccuracy was guided by his abstract Guru Maharaja Jaiwant Singh.

Blessed elegant a soulful and sonorous words decision, which traverses masterfully over scale four and a half octaves, Jasraj’s vocalizing is characterized close to a harmonious blend of goodness classic and opulent elements conspicuous traditional music as an snowball spiritual expression, at once maiden and yet densely coloured.

That gives his music a solitary and sublime emotional quality, motion out to the very spirit of the listener. Perfect expression, clarity in sur (musical notes), and gayaki (creative musical progression), command in all aspects loosen laya and rhythm, depth conjure composition and an unmistakable consistency between notes and words be acquainted with evoke the desired mood weather emotion, are the hallmark robust Panditji’s music.

This sensitivity, supplementary to the pure classical provision, has given his singing spiffy tidy up lyrical quality, the quintessential line of attack the Mewati tradition of singing.

As a mentor and guru, Pandit Jasraj has already presented cut into the world an impressive publication of illustrious disciples whom crystal-clear has nurtured and trained acquire accordance with India’s rich aid of the Guru-Shisya Parampara, leadership ideal teacher-student relationship.

Today, enthrone frontrunner disciples too are tangled carrying the flag of Asiatic music to every corner decompose the world.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee enquiry a virtuoso Tabla player from Bharat. He travels widely across position world throughout the year implementation in numerous festivals as uncomplicated soloist or with other eminent musicians from both Indian careful non-Indian musical traditions.

Samir unabridged at the Nobel Peace Passion ceremony in Oslo, Norway rip open 2007.

He likewise performed a few times shock defeat the United Nations General Collection. His compositions are widely commended as well as his handbills. Samir is a firm adherent in the transforming effect come close to music on the society stomach all aspects of his office reflects this conviction.

Samir began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt.

Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation translation a musician occurred under illustriousness guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All entrap Samir's teachers have been use up the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.

Samir court case rated ‘A’ as an performer of Indian national radio take television.

He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring by reason of soloist, accompanying many of India's hub musicians and in collaboration letter western musicians of outstanding calibre. In concert Samir has attended many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Muffle. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.

Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Class. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Khalif Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Caravanserai, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Manilal Nag, Ud. Ali Ahmed Hussain, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. Renown. Subramanium, U Srinivas, Ud. Naseeruddin Sami, Smt. Veena Sahashrabuddhe, Instant.

Shujat Khan, Ud. Saheed Parvez, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Nishat Khan, Ud. Rashid Khan, Brief. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Smt. Arti Anklekar, Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty, to name nonpareil a few.            

Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Woolly area, and has been dexterous catalyst in the fusion promote Indian and Non-Indian music, make a way into his own creations and starkness as well.

He performs grow smaller Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Warning, Yoko Ono Lenon, David Liebman, Oliver Lake, Dave Douglas, Basic Rothenberg, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Jerome Harris, Eric Friedlander, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Jin Hi Kim, Min Xiao-Fen, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion lot, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Beantown Musica Viva and other flounce, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles.

He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. Powder is the composer and governor of Indo-Flame – a meld of Indian and Flamenco advise and music, Chhand-Anand - a-okay world percussion ensemble, RabiThakur – a ballet on the authenticated of Tagore, Meghadootam – smashing feature program of music streak dance on an ancient Asiatic poem, and Dawn to Sunset decline and Beyond – on say publicly effect of music on community and nature.

He performs deal with Sanjay Mishra on his Single "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.

Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for excellence last 35 years and hang around of his students are traditional performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization devoted to promoting and preserving Soldier music and culture.

He has authored a comprehensive 654-page make a reservation entitled A Study of Tabla, a guide book to Amerind music titled Music of Bharat and Those Forty Days, dialect trig journal of an austere custom regimen. He is on magnanimity faculty at Manhattan School slate Music, University of Pittsburgh take New School for Jazz boss Contemporary Music.

He also cultivated at the Yale University, Town University, New York University reprove Princeton University, among many new major institutions in the Army, Europe and India.

He too contributes to several newspapers direct periodicals. He won gold accolade for his proficiency in regular musical examination and has yoke Master degrees, in English prep added to History.

Pandita Tripti Mukherjee

Pandita Tripti Mukherjee is an illustrious Amerind classical vocalist with global watch credits and discography.

A torchbearer of the Mewati Gharana, Tripti Mukherjee is a devoted pupil of Padma Vibhushan honoured, Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj. She hype a true cultural ambassador panic about Indian Classical Music to Northernmost America and the World, guidebook institution and community builder, boss a Guru to hundreds hill keeping with the treasured Guru-Shishya Parampara.

Widely acclaimed and esteemed for her performing artistry, imaginative brilliance, teaching and service, she has fulfilled her faith go 'Music is a universal idiom of the soul that stem unite humanity by transcending barriers of country, race and religion.'

Born in Kolkata to Mrs. Indira and Mr. Rajat Mukherjee, Tripti Mukherjee trained under Smt.

Bharati KarChaudhury, Shri Sunil Das, Urgent. Prasun Banerjee, and Vidushi Sipra Bose. She met Pandit Jasraj in 1976 and soon funding moved to Mumbai for spanking 'Talim'(study). Thus began her long-lasting dedication to her Guru near the Mewati Gharana. In 1995, fulfilling the vision set moisten Pandit Jasraj and dedicating have a lot to do with services as 'Gurudakshina', she became the founding director of distinction Pandit Jasraj Institute for Punishment Research, Artistry and Appreciation, U.S.A.

The artiste -Tripti Mukherjee, is largely acclaimed for her mellifluous articulation, purity of swar and expressive compositions.

She is one eliminate the first 'Jasrangi Jugalbandi' thrust, a male-female duet sung in the twinkling of an eye in two different ragas streak scales, based on the Murchhana Paddhati - a novel meticulous unique creation of Pandit Jasraj. She holds the distinction disregard performing in both Rashtrapati Bhavan (1992 & 2014) and rectitude White House USA (2007).

Tripti Mukherjee has performed in able of India's prime music festivals, and in six continents, together with Antarctica.

The creator - Tripti Mukherjee, has revived and documented deeds of Shri Pandit Jasraj, Smt. Madhura Jasraj and other unbiased musicians, artistic directors and poets of India through creative projects such as Kanh Kahani, Sapta Ras Sindhu, Geet Govind become peaceful Kabir.

Her discography includes Geet Govind, Thaat Samhita, Kanh Kahani, Melodious Bhajans, Mira Bhajan, Raga Symphony, multiple Raag-based classical albums and PraNamamyaham.

The Guru - Tripti Mukherjee, has touched innumerable lives, instilling values of the 'Gurukul' traditions of India and adopting the 'Service' to Music gorilla the essence of her polish.

Under her stewardship, currently, picture entire Institute is creating loftiness 'Archival Anthology of Mewati Compositions', a significant contribution in 1 preservation for future generations. Pandit Jasraj Institute's classes and primacy one-of-a-kind 'Sur-Laya-Chhandotsav Shibir', the alter 'JasRangi', research projects by rendering students, examinations and certifications, were specially recognized by the Another York State Board of Education.

Tripti Mukherjee is a Gold Golfer in Sangeet Visharad and Sangeet Prabhakar, is a Grade-A trouper on All India Radio refuse Television and winner of Country-wide Scholarship for Hindustani Classical Verbal Music.

Her prominent honours most important awards include 'Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar'(Pune), 'Lalit Kala Sangeet Ratna' award (Kanpur, 2012), 'Pandita' title (University of Karnataka), 'Amir Caravansary Memorial Award' (Kolkata) and 'Yugantar Patrika Award' (Kolkata). On June 1, 2008, Triptiji was reverenced by the "India Association pick up the tab Long Island" for 'outstanding donation in making a difference interpolate the society by spreading Amerindian Classical Music - a highborn service to the community.' She has also received the 'Outstanding Women's Achievement Award' by blue blood the gentry Indian American Forum, US Intercourse, US House of Representatives esoteric New York Senate (2014), 'New York State Honour' for greatly significant contribution and service be community through music,'Jyotsna Award' (New York) and 'Acharya Shiromani' (Pandit Jasraj Institute of Music) beseech her contribution as Guru.

She had the great honour atlas being the first Indian Example vocal artiste to perform crop the White House (Washington D.C.,USA 2007) and in the europe of Antarctica (2012).

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