Told by	Prattyush Banerjee
Obtained by	Sukanya Sarkar
Date	01 March, 2015
Place	18 Sadananda Road, Kalighat, Kolkata, Prattyush Banerjee’s residence
On Prttyush Banerjee	Prattysh Banerjee is an accomplished sarod player. He is one of the foremost disciples of Padmabhushan Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta.
Key-words	1980, 1982, 1990, music circle, Sangeetam, Surchhandam, Bhowanipur Sangeet Sammilani, Aritra Music Circle
Language	Bengali

Prattyush Banerjee speaks:

 

Verbatim:

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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

Translation:

Speaking of informal, family-oriented events, I must say that in my childhood, around 1980, 82, 85 or 90, just like the way we had “Aritra Music Circle, similarly, there were several other such music circles active all over Kolkata. One prominent music circle was the “Sangitam Music Circle”, and another was named as the “Surchandam Music Circle”. What used to happen was that, apart from well-known musicians, the aspiring artists would also perform in musical circles like these in order to create an identity for themselves. The least I can say that, although I have no credit in it, the artists who performed in my father’s music circle are some of the most famous ones in the industry today. Some of their earliest performances took place in our home and in other music circles such as these that I mentioned. Now, music-friendly spaces like these have reduced in number.

• You mean his contribution?
• His contribution and the time-period I’m talking about. That decade had
• 1970s?

Seventies and early Eighties. That trend of music-friendly spaces no longer exists in our city. As a result, we have plenty of artists, but nowhere for them to perform.

Translation by: Ankana Das

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Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University