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Purbayan Chatterjee is one of the most promising sitar players in India; and this sumptuous duet with the superb Kala Ramnath on violin is emotionally expressive, vibrant and delightfully exciting... everything a good Indian classical duet should be.
Purbayan Chatterjee gave his first sensational performance at the age of 5 at the India Festival in Basel in 1982. He is accepted as the most gifted torch bearer of the Senia Maihar Gharana (school) of Baba Alauddin Khan and has become a powerful force in the Indian Classical Music scenario. At the very age of 3, he surprised his family and friends with his extraordinary capacity of annotating every single song that he heard at that tender age. He was initiated to Sitar at 4 by his father Shri Parthapratim Chatterjee, a disciple of Pt. Nikhil Bannerjee and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and a distinguished sitar player in his own right, having established himself as a highly respected teacher and performer in Europe, USA as well as in India. Purbayan now takes lessons with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
From a very young age, Purbayan had already begun to display an uncanny skill for all the virtuous and artistic dimensions of the Sitar. He plays the aesthetically satisfying style of Pt. Nikhil Bannerjee, whom he considers his God. Although a Sitar player by profession, he still remains to this day, an astonishing vocalist with a God gifted voice that has been acknowledged by the topmost maestros in India.
Along with the rigorous honing of his talent by his father, Purbayan remained a topper throughout his academic career in school and the prestigious Presidency College, Kolkata. But his decision to take up Indian Classical Music as a profession became firm at the age of 14, when he received the most coveted honor, the President of India Award, for being the best instrumentalist of the country.
Kala Ramnath has won the acclaim of discerning audiences and critics worldwide. Besides being a household name in India, She has performed in some of the most prestigious international festivals internationally which also feature some of the most famous musicians of the world. Some selected ones are: World Music Festival in Montreal Canada, Rhythms of India in Ottawa- Canada presented by the Canadian Arts Council, Festival of India presented by Government of India in Dhaka Bangladesh, Celebrations of India’s fiftieth year of Independence in Europe by ICCR, North Sea Jazz Festival in Cape Town, South Africa, Bath Festival in Bath, England and the South Asian Heritage Festival in Toronto, Canada. She has also extensively toured the United States, Canada, UK, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, South Africa, Seychelles, Middle East, Far East, Trinidad, Kenya, Tanzania, Australia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Mauritius etc. Some other concerts have been in some of the most prestigious venues like Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Sydney Opera House, Carnegie hall etc.
Her lecture demonstrations and workshops all over the world particularly at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music in Netherlands and University of Geissen in Germany. She has also been associated with teaching in schools in Derbyshire and Nottingham, England and the Weill Music Institute in the US.
She has also been experimenting with several types of genres of music - both within the traditions of Indian Classical music and also crossovers to other types of music. Her duets with Sanjeev Abhyankar and Purbayan Chatterjee have taken the music world by storm and have been highly acclaimed by critics and connoisseurs. Her recent forays into fusion and world music have been a very great success. After having worked and experimented with some world famous musicians like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ray Manzarek of the Doors, Eduardo Niebla who plays Spanish Flamenco music on the Guitar, with Eyvind Kang and his new age music, with the classical orchestra in Bologna, Kala performs for a unique group called "Raga Afrika" which is a collaboration with some world famous South African musicians - among them are jazz guitarists Odutayo Kunle and Lucas Khumalo and percussionists John Hassan and Frank Paco.
She, along with the Bay area Saxophonist George Brooks, has a band called Global Conversation performing raga influenced jazz and jazz inflected raga. She also has performed with the likes of Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Terry Bozzio, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ayrto Moriera, Steve Smith and Eric Harland etc.
1. Raag Kedar - Alap
2. Raag Kedar - Gat In Vilambit aka Slow Jhaptaal
3. Raag Kedar - Gat In Madhyalaya aka Medium Teentaal
4. Raag Bageshri - Tarana In Drut aka Teentaal
Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar)
Kala Ramanath (Violin)
Shubhankar Banerjee (Tabla)
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