Category Archives: Green Rooms

Remembering Pt. Nikhil Banerjee—in green rooms, on stage and the musical impact

Told by Prof. Sukanti Dutta
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 29th  December, 2016
Place Paikpara
About the speaker Academician, Musician, Music Connoisseur
Tags Greenroom, Shyam Kalyan, Nikhil Banerjee, Strings, 1981,  Rabindra Sadan, Ravi Shankar, Anindo Chatterjee, Deepak Chouwdhury, Rabin Paul, Dover Lane,  Partho Majumdar, Sitar, Amit Roy, Kaan, Jowari, Hiren Roy, Taan, Sitar, 1980, Vilayat Khan, Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Zakir Hussain, Amsterdam, Swapan Chowdhury, London, Shyam Kalyan, Pancham Sawari, Kaushik Bhairo, Bhairav, Uttarpara Sangeet Sanmelan, 1980’s,1977, 1978
Language Bengali, English

Prof. Sukanti Dutta speaks :

Verbatim:

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                            Pt. Nikhil banerjee

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Verbatim by: Dr. Suranjita Paul

 Translation:

Pt. Nikhil Banerjee was scheduled to play Shyam Kalyan at a programme, the announcements had been made, but he was yet to fix the strings. The string was to go along the bridge could not be fixed. This was because his eyesight had deteriorated so much and he had just recovered from his stroke. I can vaguely remember the date to be possibly 1981. We were sauntering around, but were not allowed inside.  Rabindra Sadan has two greenrooms; one of them is visible from the Car Park but only if the windows are open.

On a previous occasion, Ravi Shankarji had almost taken a class before a programme, flanked by Anindo Chatterjee on one side and Dipak Chowdhury on the other. We were privy to everything from what he would play to how he would come on to the stage, thanks to Rabin pal, Ravi Shankarji’s organizer. He had kept a window open just a little bit and had told Partha Majumdar, a friend of ours, ‘Stand here and you’ll get to hear everything.’ Partha had taken me there. We two had stood there and seen a lot of how he demonstrated the Taalas.

On this occasion, we had used a similar opening to stand outside pt. Nikhil Banerjee’s greenroom.  Ravishankarji was more conscious about these things, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee more oblivious. So through the open window I could see him having difficulties in fixing the string. Anindo Chatterjee asked him, “Kakababu (he used to call him that), can I have a look at that?” He said, “ No, not at all. I will do it my own.” Hiren Roy’s son, Amit Roy, or Bachchu as he was called, tried to lend a helping hand, but was allowed very little. He fixed the string till making the last kink at the end, allowing him only to fix the last gauge of the string with the left hand tuning pegs. Then he told Amit, referring to Hiren Roy, “Your father has not done the Jawari well this time.” which had been done the previous day.

Nikhilbabu preferred a jawari that was neither too open nor too closed, something in between.  This produced an outstanding sound, and when he performed Taans, there was a singular sound and you could hear just what was being played. I’ll take no names, but there are many taanbaaz Sitarists, who perform Taans at a blazing speed, at 8-times, sixteen-times or twenty-times even, but then the other strings start to respond and there is too much noise. This I had never heard from Pt. Nikhil Banerjee.

After the 80s, he became a bit slow, owing to ill health, but came to terms with that. He had mentioned this to some persons somewhere, while praising Ustad Vilayat  Khan  Sahab, of whom he was a great admirer. While listening to a Taan by Ustad Vilayat Khan Sahab, he lamented, “ Ah, I could have done such taans at a time, but my health has stopped me. I cannot perform them anymore. He had acquiesced not to perform taans beyond a certain Laya himself.

But the greatest thing about him was the sense inherent in his head. He used to travel alone, without any accompanist. I have heard it from people who used to plan his programmes abroad, from many other people including Tejen, that he was scheduled to play, say, at two programmes in Amsterdam with Zakir Hussain, one at London with Swapan Chaudhuri five at sundry locations with Anindo Chatterjee. But they were not travelling together, he travelled alone, and this with a high optical power, resulting from myopia and the surgery on the eye which was affected by the second or third stroke.  I do not know how he did it, but he did so religiously.

             Pt. Anindo Chatterjee

Maybe it was Anindo Chatterjee who reminisced about the time when they were to play in a programme at Paris. They were very particular about the time, about the exact duration of the programme. Ten minutes before the programme, the strings had not been fixed, they kept breaking off repeatedly. But Pt. Nikhil Banerjee was adamant about doing it himself. And after that, he was to play Shyam Kalyan on PanchamSawaritaala, which ran to an hour and a half. But he never compromised about the time, that is to say, if he played Alaap for one hour here, he would do so for an hour abroad also. He was not concerned about what the audience was willing to accept or not, he would endeavour to elevate the audience to his level. This is one instance I remember among many.

Let me tell you about another experience. Nikhil babu played Kaushik Bahiron at the Uttarpara Sangeet Sammelan in the late seventies, 1977 or 1978.  Me and two or three of my friends were sitting in the empty pandal, all the people had left, well after seven in the morning. The reason being, even after the playing had stopped, and the audience had left, the effect of the music lingered on. I can quote many such experiences from my memory if you wish.

 Translated by: Arundhati Banerjee

Picture Courtesy: Google

http://www.stevenbaigel.com/banerjeedoc/introduction.htm

http://www.melbournetablaschool.com/anindochatterjee.html

Edited & Designed: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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

Pandit Ravi Shankar Listening to Ustad Vilayat Khan Practicing in Green Room

Told by Professor Santosh Banerjee
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 5th April, 2017
Place Pt.  Santosh Banerjee’s  Residence , Kali Temple Road, Kolkata
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player, Formerly attached to the  Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University as a faculty member. One of the prime disciples of Ustad Dabir Khan.
Tags Green Room, Riyaz, Vilayat Khan, Binkar, Volunteer, Tansen Music Conference, Ravi Shankar, 1954, 1955, Bharati Hall
Language Bengali

Pt.  Santosh Banerjee Speaks :

Text version:

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

Ustad Amir Khan in Green Room Interacting with his Boyhood Pal

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 Dipak Banerjee, Presidency College, Economics Professor, Amir Khan, Kolkata, Hall, late 60’s, Green Room, Indore
Language Bengali

Tirthankar Benerjee speaks:

Text version:

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Verbatim by Dr. Suranjita Paul

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

 

Jyoti Goho’s First Accompaniment with Pt. Bhimsen Joshi

Told by Jyoti Goho
Obtained by Suranjita Paul
Date 21st February 2017
Place ITC Sangeet Research Academy, 1, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata – 700040
About the speaker Jyoti Goho is a well-known Harmonium player of Indian Classical Music. He is a Musician Faculty in ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata.
Tags 1994, America Tour, ITC Sangeet Research Academy,  Rashid Khan, Nisar Hussain Khan, Panditji, Bhimsen Joshi, Shahid Parvej, Rabindra Sadan, Tabla, Harmonium, Ananda Gopal Bandyapadhyay, Jyoti Goho, Ajay Chakraborty, Green Room, Bhairava, Sitar, Patiala Style, Hall, Programme, Accompany
Language Bengali

Jyoti Goho speaks:

File A

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Verbatim:

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Verbatim by: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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Ustad Vishmadev Refused to Sing but Mesmerized the Audience with his Breathtaking Harmonium Recital

Told by Sri Ritwik Ghosal
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 29th  December, 2016
Place Paikpara
About the speaker Marine Engineer, Musician, Music Connoisseur. He learned tabla with Sri Ashis Mukherjee [disciple of Pandit Shankar Ghosh].
Tags 1975, 1970, Kolkata Maidan, Bango Sanskriti Sanmelam, Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, Harmonium, Organizer, Nikhil Banerjee, Shudh Basant, Raag, Rag, Ashis Mukherjee
Language Bengali

Sri Ritwik Ghosal speaks :

Verbatim:

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“?????? ???? ?????? ????, ???????? ?????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????? ‘????? ??????”

Ustad Vishmadev Chattopadhyay

?????? ??? ?????, ??? ????? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ???? ??????????? ??? ??? ???, ????? ??? ?????, ?? ???? ?????? ??? ???? ??????, ????? ???? ?? ?????? ????? ??????? ??? ???? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ??? ?????, ?????? ??? ????????????? ???? ????? ????? ???? ????, ??????????? ???? ????? ?????? ????, ?????? ???? ???? ????? – ‘??? ???? ???? ?????’ ??? ?????? ?????????? ?? ???????, ???? ???? ????, ?? ????? ??????????? ???? ??? ???, ?????? ??? ?? ??????? ??? ??? ??????? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????? ????? ??? ???? ??? ?????? ??? ?? ????? ????? ??????? ???????????? ??? ??? ??? ????, ????? ???? ????? ????

Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 Translation:

It was around 1975, Banga Sanskriti Sammelan was held in Kolkata maidan. My family had a great relation with Vismadeb Chattopadhyay and we went to listen to his performance, I was quite young then. On the first day of performance he started to sing and then stopped. He said, he was not in a mood to perform. He set aside his harmonium and left the stage. It was a different time the whole audience was silent. Nobody raised a voice, I can remember only some people sighed with the words that it’s a pity we couldn’t hear him. The organisers were very repentant and they promised a performance in near future in that particular conference. At the last day of the conference, we heard that Vismadeb babu’s performance was on the list. It was a whole night programme and Vismadeb Chattopadhyay was the last performer. We listened the programme whole night and Nikhil Banerjee had performed raga Sudhbasantm prior to Vishmadev.

I heard this from my father, he was inside the greenroom

Pt. Nikhil Banerjee

Vismadev Chattopadhyay listened to Nikhil Banerjee’s recital, staring blankly at the sky, he asked once, ‘it’s Nikhil, isn’t it’. But then again, he was silent. After that he took stage and sang something for a while. I don’t remember the exact raga, but he again stopped suddenly and said, ‘I am not in a mood to sing even today’. Everyone anticipated the repetition of the last days show. But to everyone’s surprise he pulled the harmonium close to his lap as he often did and started to play. I didn’t remember the raga he played but it was mesmerising. It was an out worldly experience. I still remember the beauty of his recital flowing through the audience. And it was the last of the programme because nothing could surpass it.

 Translation By: Arundhati  Banerjee

Picture Courtesy: Google

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 Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

 

 

 

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Wah Ustad—Watching The Zakir Hussaiin doing Riyaz and offering small lesson to his little admirer

Told by Sri Ritwik Ghosal
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 29th  December, 2016
Place Paikpara
About the speaker Marine Engineer, Musician, Music Connoisseur, He learned tabla with Sri Ashis Mukherjee [disciple of Pandit Shankar Ghosh].
Tags 1982, Vivekananda Park, Dover lane Music Conference, Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Nikhil Banerjee, Mashkoor Ali Khan, Tabla, Bnaya, Baya, Double, Chowgun, Shankar Ghosh, California, Laya, Riyaz, Ashis Mukherjee
Language Bengali

Sri Ritwik Ghosal speaks :

 

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Witnessing some Music Legends busy in tuning

Told by Sanjay Guha
Obtained by Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 27th Dec 2016
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About  the speaker The well-known sitar player Sanjay Guha   is now serving as a faculty member at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London. He learnt music from a number of highly reputed musicians including Pt. Radhika Mohan Moitra, Pt. Deepak Chaudhury and Vidwan M. Balamurali  Krishna.
Tags Instrument tuning, Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Amjad Ali Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Green Room, Tanpura, Sitar, Ragini Concert, Abdul Halim Zafar Khan, Sadarang, Naskar & Company, Playing style, Sarod
Language Bengali

Sanjay Guha  speaks :

 

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A special left over glass of water In a Green Room—from the eyes of promising musicians

Told by Sanjay Guha
Obtained by Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Date 27th Dec 2016
Place 3/1/1D Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About  the speaker The well-known sitar player Sanjay Guha   is now serving as a faculty member at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London. He learnt music from a number of highly reputed musicians including Pt. Radhika Mohan Moitra, Pt. Deepak Chaudhury and Vidwan M. Balamurali  Krishna.
Tags 1980, Kushal Das, Tanmoy Bose, Kala Sangam, Vilayat Khan, Kala Mandir, Sujat Khan, Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Arup Chattopadhyay, Bobby Shetty,
Language Bengali

 Sanjay Guha  speaks :

 

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Special Listeners in Music Green Rooms

Told by Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty
Obtained by Sukanya Sarkar
Date 11 July, 2014
Place Kolkata residence of Dr. Rajib Chakraborty, Swinhoe Street, Kolkata 700019
About  Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty is a renowned Sarod player, a music composer, and also involved in a large number of experimental projects internationally. He received several awards for his experimental work in music.
Tags  Programme, Listener, Artist, Award, green room, moods
Language Bengali

 Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty speaks:

 

 

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