Choric Songs: Sfulingo -Asha Bhonsle, Srabani Sen, Subhamita and more
Gaanmela journalist Kaustav Goswami will be covering the extraordinary musical event coming up on May 10th, 2009 at Science City Auditorium. Asha Bhonsle will be joining music lovers in Kolkata along with Srabani Sen, Lopamudra Mitra, Shubhamita Banerjee and Aditi Moshin. The musical event is directed by Srabani Sen. The programmme is presented by  INDO OCCIDENTAL SYMBIOSIS AND JUHU CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Featured Artist:

• Asha Bhonsle
• Srabani Sen
• Lopamudra Mitra
• Shubhamita Banerji
• Aditi Mohsin

Choric Songs: Sfulingo
direction: Srabani Sen
compere: Gautam Ghosh& Rudraprasad Sengupta
science city auditorium,10 th May,2009,6pm

Bangla Sangeet Mela – 2009
Paschim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy has organized an eight-day music festival to welcome the Bengali New Year (Bangla Noboborsho). More than eleven hundred artists from different districts across West Bengal will take part in this great festival of music. Some of the eminent participants inlcude Manna De, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Subhamita, Srikanto Acharya, Indrani Sen, Shraboni Sen, Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay, Subir Sen, Sibaji Chattopadhyay, Arundhati Homchowdhury, Saikat Mitra, Nirmala Mishra, and Babul Supriya. It will be a great oppertunity for all music lovers to visit the “Bangla Sangeet Mela” at Rabindra Sadan with friends and family and enjoy the best of Bangla Music all week.

Bangla Sangeet Mela - 2009

Contact Details

Wednesday, April 15, 2009. 5.00 pm.

Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Madhusudan Mancha, Girish Mancha

Phone Numbers: 2223-9917, 2223-5317, 2423-7148, 2554-4895

Krosswindz Playing in Poila Boishakh
Krosswindz, a classic Rock / folk-fusion band, performs the music of Bengal and India with a blend of folk music traditions from around the world, will took the charge of Someplace Else tonight.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Timings     21:00
Venue     Someplace Else, The Park, 17 Park Street
Contact     2249-9000

March 25th, Crossword Bookstore at Elgin Road; 6.30 pm: Eminent cultural personalties of Kolkata Neepobeethi Gosh, Suchhanda Ghosh, Avik Mukherji, Chaiti Goshal, Sharbari Dutta, and many more celebrate the advent of spring in the city in the creative combination of  music, verses, prose under the direction of Sujay Prasad Chatterji.

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Shwalposhruto Rabindrasangeet
“Shwalposhruto Rabindrasangeet” – rarely heard songs of Tagore will be presented at Madhusudhan Manch, Kolkata at 6 pm on 25th March, 2009.  You will have a chance to listen to unexplored Rabindranath via Srikanta Acharya, Subrata Sengupta, Lopamudra Mitra, Srabani Sen and Agnibha Banerjee.

Presented by: ‘Abhigyan’
Concept: Agnibha Banerjee

Swagatalakshmi , Srabani steal the show

Swagatalakshmi , Srabani steal the show
Review by Kaustav Goswami – Gaanmela Journalist

Srabani Sen – Ekok Rabindrasangeet
Visit Rabindrasadan on 11th April, 2009 at 6 pm, Kolkata for a Solo Recital of Rabindrasangeet by Srabani Sen presented by Bhabna.
For details, contact kaustav.goswami@gmail.com or call 09830459437

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Ramkumar Chottopadhyay Passed Away
The legendary singer Ramkumar Chattopadhyay (89) passed away today of septicemia and multi-organ failure in Calcutta. He was under treatment at the Belle Vue clinic in south Kolkata. Ramkumar Chottopadhyay was most known for his expertise on “Shyama Sangeet” – a genre of Bengali music dedicated to Goddess Kali. He was also a master of “Tappa” genre songs originally composed by Nidhu Babu. He also did music direction in some of the Bengali movies including “Street Patra (1972)” and “Parikrama (1996)”. Famous singer and music director Hemanta Mukherjee used Ramkumar Chottopadhyay’s voice in the film “Nidhu Babur Toppa” directed by Tarun Majumdar. Lets take a moment and pray for the soul of our beloved singer.

ramkumar-chatterjee-bengali-toppa

Padatik Dance Centre- E-Mo-Ko (Who Am I)

This production choreographed by Chetna Jalan has emerged from the meeting and interaction of several thoughts over the past few years. The most important factor in this production what will attract audience is Samaveda Chanting.  Sama Veda Gandharva Gayan has always enchanted Chetna Jalan, not for its textual meaning but for its awe inspiring phonetic sounds. The energies released from the sound and the inner silences are imbibed from Laban Movement Analysis and Zen Meditation. It can be noted that Dr. Sun Oak Lee, the pioneer of Korean Zen Dance and choreographer as well as Secretary General of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Network (APPAN) came to Padatik Dance Centre and conducted a workshop on the project ‘Chant,’ sharing her knowledge on Buddhist rituals through dance. The music of the chant will be the new synthesis of   Indian Vedic Chant and Korean Buddhist Chant.

Padatik Dance Centre- E-Mo-Ko (Who Am I)

When? March 18 & 19 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm
Where? Gyan Manch

Padatik Dance Centre
#7/1
A.J.C. Bose Road
Circus Avenue
Kolkata-700017
Landmark: Near Hotel Hindustan International
Phone: 033-22896028, 033-22896027
Mobile: 9830427376

Map and Direction:

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Metamorphosis by Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts (ASCPA)
Metamorphosis – a choreographic festival will be held on March 20th, 2009 at Rabindra Sadan. The program is scheduled to start at 6:30 pm.

Metamorphosis - a choreographic festival

About Ananda Shankar Centre for Perforing Arts:

“Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts (ASCPA) started in 1987 is an institution in Kolkata, India, which imparts training in the Shankar Technique of New Age Dance evolved by the artistic genius, the late Uday Shankar. The style is Indian in origin and spirit, modern in presentation and has universal appeal.

The Centre under the able guidance of Tanusree Shankar prepares students to earnestly pursue the highly exalted discipline of creative dance, which though different from the Classical Indian dance form is no less demanding. The Centre tries to inculcate in its students a sense of aesthetic fulfillment, not devoid of fun and entertainment. The training imparted here is unique, since the grammar and technique are not derived from any classical form.

The Centre aims at being much more than a dance institution. It aspires to develop artistes equally adept at performing, teaching and organizing activities connected with show business. Accordingly, the students are taught various aspects of stagecraft and show business administration. The importance of traits like discipline, punctuality and teamwork are drilled into the learners. They also get opportunities to receive training in choreography that few centers provide.

Meritorious students of the Centre are given scholarships to attend residencies at renowned international institutions. There are regular exchange programmes where eminent dancers both from India and abroad, conduct classes on different dance techniques at the Centre. In short, ASCPA dreams of producing artistes of all – round excellence adept at performing in India and abroad.” (by official Anandashankar Website)

Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts
#11-F
Palm Avenue
Ballygunge
Kolkata-700019
Phone: 033-22905997, 033-22809729
Mobile: 9830451667
Webpage: http://www.anandashankar.com/ascpa/about_us.htm

Address and Direction to Rabindra Sadan

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