South Indian Flute & North Indian Sitar
Jugalbandhi Concert
Internationally acclaimed Flautist 'Surmani' V. K. Raman performs on the South Indian flute,
With Smt Anupam Bhagwat on North Indian Sitar.V.K Raman: South Indian Bamboo Flute
V.K. RAMAN, one of the leading Flautists in the Carnatic style of Music, started learning Flute at the age of 9 and at the age of 15, he started giving full-fledged concerts. Since then Raman has performed in many prestigious organizations in India and abroad. As a performer, Composer, producer, educator, he has performed in all genres of music and has been very successful as a Music Composer. He has scored music for many Audio / Video Albums; CDs and has released 35 CDs through various labels worldwide. Raman has captivated the audiences in major music festivals and has been featured in many prestigious venues like the Lincoln Center, Royal Festival Hall, UW World Series, and Lied Center for performing Arts, The Rialto performing Art Center, Washington Performing Arts Society, and The Flynn Center.
Raman has toured widely in USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and Japan
V.K. Raman... extremely musical and expressive... sweetness and sensitivity of tone... captivating... soulful music flowed from the heart." - The Hindu, Chennai, India.
Raman's recordings and live performances are testimony to a profound musical sensibility as a composer and musician of the highest order. -- Glen Velez. World Frame drummer & Grammy Winner www.fluteraman.com
Anupam Bhagwath : North Indian Sitar
Anupam , one of India's rising artistes, is an accomplished sitarist carving a niche with a string of acclaimed performances. Born and raised in a family with great devotion to music, Anupam started receiving sitar lessons at the tender age of nine from Shri R.N.Verma. Her potential was visible from her early childhood success in various open music competitions.
At the age of thirteen she was blessed by the rare opportunity to be a disciple of Pt. Shri Bimalendu Mukherjee, a doyen of the famous Imdadkhani Gharana which is justly renowned for its fluency and grace. Since then she has been learning the intricacies of the Gayaki style of sitar playing which is the basis of Imdadkhani Gharana. Under the divine guidance of her Guruji, Anupam is acquiring finesse in disciplined raga development, the technical nuances of bringing out the cadences of the sitar, and in the expression of emotions through music. With her devotion and dedication, she set out to hone her musical skills in the traditional Guru Shishya parampara.
Academically she has completed the Sangeet Visharad and obtained her Masters in music from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya. www.anupambhagwat.com
Vijay Ganesh : Mridangam
Vijaya Ganesh learnt this divine art from the age of 6. He had my tutelage Under three great and illustrious masters: Sri. Venkateswaran, Sri.Umayalpuram Kalyanaraman and Finally Under Sri.Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer. He had my 'Arangetram'(First Concert) at the age of 16 and the debut was held in the precincts of Sastry Hall,Chennai,India. He accompanied a great musician Sri. Thiruvengadu Jayaraman on Vocal and Sri.Thiruparkadal Veeraragavan on violin.'Periya sir' has taught me more advanced techniques for kutcheri level. A graded A.I.R (All India Radio, Chennai) artist has given performances Both in India and abroad. www.gvijayganesh.com
Nitin Mitta : Tabla
Nitin Mitta is one of the prominent young tabla players of his generation. Born in Hyderabad , in 1975, and brought up there, Nitin first performed solo tabla at the age of ten. Over the years he has matured into a tabla player of rare technical virtuosity and sensitivity. He has performed worldwide with some of India's most celebrated and honored musicians such as Pt. Jasraj, Dr. Prabha Atre, Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra, Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Smt. Veena Sahasrabudhe and Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee just to name a few. Nitin's accompaniment at once dexterous, supportive and spontaneously inventive - combined with the rich repertoire that he has inherited from his guru-s, and the inspiration that he draws from his peers has won him the admiration of music lovers and connoisseurs at an international level.
Nitin received his early training in Hyderabad from Pandit G. Satyanarayana . In his years as a tabla-student, he won many accolades, including the first prize in the All India Competition held in Calcutta and completing the diploma in music from the Telugu University, Hyderabad with Honors. He was also awarded a National Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Central Govt. His passion for rhythm and his desire to enhance his repertoire of tabla-compositions, lead him to seek the guidance of Pandit Arvind Mulgaonkar who lives in Mumbai, and is one of the most highly respected Tabla-mentors of his generation. Mulgaonkarji familiarized Nitin with numerous traditional tabla-solo compositions and focused his student's attention upon those finer aspects of rendition that bring these compositions to life in performance, allowing for all the subtleties of individual interpretation. Both of Nitin's Gurus are disciples of the late Ustad Amir Hussain Khan Saheb, legendary doyen of the Farukhabad Gharana . Nitin has thus received two perspectives upon a single tradition and he has enriched his inheritance through his own capacity for assimilation and interpretation. www.nitinmitta.org
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