Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharya performs in Sydney

Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya accompanied by Bobby Singh on Tabla

A beautiful concert of Hindustani classical music by Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya, a vocalist visiting from Kolkata is happening on April 12, 2015 at sydney’s Milson’s Point .

Possessing the rare feat of having won simultaneous top positions in Khayal and Thumri at All India Radio music competition, Shantanu Bhattacharyya’s singing has been described by senior maestros including Guruma Vidushi Meera Banerjee, as a true reflection of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Groomed in music first by his mother Ira Bhattacharyya and then Sri Amalendu Pal, Sri Bhismadev Bhattacharyya, Sri Sukhendu Goswami and Sri Sudhir Banerjee; Shantanu in subsequent years learned expansively from worshipped names of the Patiala-Kasur Gharana; Pandit Prasun Banerjee, Vidushi Meera Banerjee and Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. Associating also with other great artists while a scholar at Kolkata’s ITC Sangeet Research Academy in the ”˜90s, he perfected himself into a musician aiming to combine the best of all styles, focusing centrally on the gayaki of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

This concert will feature Ragas from the afternoon and will be a great chance to listen in an intimate Baithak setting close to the musicians.

Pandit Ji will be accompanied on the Tabla by Bobby Singh.

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Concert details

DATE Sunday 12th April

TIME 2-4pm

Tickets by donation $25 Limited seating please come early and bring a cushion to sit on the floor their will be a few chairs available. For bookings call 0410 116 874 or buy at the door.

VENUE: Grace of India 6 Ennis Road Milsons point NSW.

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