Category Archives: Kolkata

“After his recital no other music could create a mark”—Pt. Shankha Chatterjee remembering Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty

Told by  Pandit Sankha Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee)
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandyapadhyay
Date 16th March 2017
Place Garia, Kolkata
About the speaker Pandit Sankha Chattopadhyay is a reputed Tabla player from Kolkata. His style blends three leading Tabla  Gharanas of India, Farukhabad, Delhi and Punjab.
Tags Park circus Maidan, Keramatulla Khan, Tarapada Chakraborty, Tabla, Sudh Sarang, Bade Gulam Ali , Raga,  Gariahat Road, Melody
Language Bengali

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Bangal Bilaval and Nazrul Islam—A Megaphone Incident

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Kolkata, Ajay Sinha Roy, Guru, Meghaphone Records, Ustad, Recording, Studio, Kaji Najrul Islam, Raag, Bangal Bilawal, Bilaval, Bengali Song
Language Bengali

Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:

 

Verbatim:

                           Pt. Ajoy Sinha Roy

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Verbatim by:  Dr. Suranjita Paul

Translation:

I had heard this incident from Pandit Ajay Sinha Roy, whom I used to call Ajay Kaka and he was also my second Guru. Ajay Sinha Roy had told me that once a musician from the western part of India had come to the recording studio of Megaphone Records to record a Raga. Among the people present in Megaphone Records during the recording, there was also Kaji Nazrul Islam; he used to work at the studio at that time. But he failed to recognize the Raga that the Western singer had performed. So he had said, “You couldn’t recognize this Raga? This is an Indian Raga after all… it is the Bangal Bilawal.

                  Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kaji Saheb couldn’t shrug off the fact that a Western singer had challenged him. So he had said, “No no. Who said that we couldn’t recognize the Raga? It is a very common one, and we all know it here. It is so popular that we even have Bengali songs on it.” Saying this, Kaji Nazrul had at that very moment composed a Bengali song based on the Raga, and sung it to the Western singer, to show that the Raga was known to him. This proved that we Indians are in no ways lacking behind Western singers.

This incident was narrated to me by my Guru Pandit Ajay Sinha Roy, whom I used to call Ajay Kaka.

Translation by: Ankana Das

Picture Courtesy: Google

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam

http://www.itcsra.org/TreasurePast.aspx?TreasuresId=4

Kaji Najrul Islam Beganleft HMV for megaphone Company during 1932-33.  Therefore the time period has been tagged between 1921- 1947 in this anecdote –Editor

Reference:

“Islam, Kazi Nazrul – Banglapedia.” Accessed April 19, 2017. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam,_Kazi_Nazrul.

 

Edited & Designed: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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Promptness and Raagdaari of Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Mallikarjun Mansur, Kolkata, Vocal, Golpark Ramkrishna Mission, Raag, Programme, Sarod Player, Anindya Banerjee, 80’s, Stage
Language Bengali

Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:

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Verbatim by: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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Swinging Mood of Vidushi Kishori Amonkar

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Mood, Vocalist, Kishori Amonkar, Dover Lane Music Conference, Late 80’s, Organiser,
Language Bengali

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Verbatim by: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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A Musician’s Temperament

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Mood, Kalamandir, Ali Akbar Khan, Metro rail , 80’s, Khan Saheb, Microphone, Kausi kanada,
Language Bengali

Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:

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Socialization and Concert Engagements

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Kolkata, Musicians, Profession, Tuition, Programme, Socialize, Programme arrange, Promote, Guruji, Dipak Choudhury, After 2000, Corporate House
Language Bengali

Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:

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Identification and Rectification of a Musical Instrument: Remembering Hiren Roy

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Hiren Roy, Early 80’s, Naskar Instrumental Shop, Sitar, Kishori Naskar, Meend
Language Bengali

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Listening to Dover Lane Music Conference from Outside sitting over a Plastic Spread

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Dover Lane Music Conference, Vivekananda Park, Suitcase, Blanket, Speaker, Recording, 80’s, 1985, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilaskhani Todi, Basantmukhari, Auditorium
Language Bengali

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Kolkata Music Critics and Adapted Criticism Styles

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Music Critic, Student, New Paper, Music Criticism, Practical Knowledge, Theoretical Knowledge, Buddhadev Dasgupta, 80’s, Statesman, Subrata Roy Chowdhury, Sitarist, Anindyo  Banerjee, Dipak Chowdhury, Nilaksha Gupta, Negative Popularity, Ravi Shankar, Sri Kalyan, Desh Journal, Musician, Sandhya Sen, Meena Banerjee, Ashish Chatterjee, Constructive Criticism, Vocal Music, Raagdari, Duet Programme, Sitar, Yaman
Language Bengali

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Organizing Music in Baithak Format

Told by Tirthankar Benerjee
Obtained by Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 14th  February 2017
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About the speaker Tirthankar Banerjee is a well-known sitar player of Kolkata. He is a disciple of Sitar maestro Pt. Dipak Chowdhury.
Tags Kolkata, Baithaki Programme, Tradition, Sur Sagar Society, Akhi Ranjan Das, Organiser, Bhawanipur, Beltala Road, Siddhartha Sankar Roy, Lav Kush Apartment,  90’s, Artists, Sound System, Classical Programme, funding, Donation, Membership,   Joydeep Ghosh, Biswanath Ghosh, Vocal, Instrumental, Tabla, Harmonium, Taxi Fare, Kartick Kumar, Subhra Guho
Language Bengali

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