April 27, 2024 07:08 (IST)
Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya enthralls audience in Kolkata
Kolkata, Mar 3 (IBNS) Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya enthralled audience in Kolkata's Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture on Tuesday as he and his students played five Santoor simultaneously, initiating his first experimental performance.
Termed as 'Golden Waves', Bhattacharya performed with his disciples Chiradip Sarkar, Aranya Chowdhury, Tapas Sengupta and Arijit Biswas and were aided by slide guitarist Pradip Nag, tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya and keyboardist Samrat Guha.
The team played three pieces, starting off with Raaga Bhupali. Bhattacharya followed it with bhajan tunes based on Raaga Mishra Khamaj and concluded with a piece based on Raaga Pahadi.
On asked how he felt performing an experimental piece for the first time, he told IBNS: "It is great to plan something but the feeling doubles when you execute it properly, today was just that. This is also the first time someone executed five Santoor simultaneously."
He said that he was not nervous but would have ideally liked have a few more practice sessions.
"No I was not nervous," he said.
The team played three pieces, starting off with Raaga Bhupali. Bhattacharya followed it with bhajan tunes based on Raaga Mishra Khamaj and concluded with a piece based on Raaga Pahadi.
On asked how he felt performing an experimental piece for the first time, he told IBNS: "It is great to plan something but the feeling doubles when you execute it properly, today was just that. This is also the first time someone executed five Santoor simultaneously."
He said that he was not nervous but would have ideally liked have a few more practice sessions.
"No I was not nervous," he said.
He said, "We had four sessions, would have liked a couple more to be honest."
On asked why he choose something like this, Bhattacharya said, "Look, for me it's about giving a platform to others as well. I played with my students here. The opening they had was huge. It would not have been the same had they performed solo. It is important to encourage talent."
When asked if he will perform with the same team, he said, "I might perform with other students as well but the piece will remain the same."
On asked why he choose something like this, Bhattacharya said, "Look, for me it's about giving a platform to others as well. I played with my students here. The opening they had was huge. It would not have been the same had they performed solo. It is important to encourage talent."
When asked if he will perform with the same team, he said, "I might perform with other students as well but the piece will remain the same."
(Reporting by Sudipto Maity)
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