Tabla & Sitar Concert with Deepsankar Bhattacharjee & Abhirup Roy

Einlass: 19:45

Beginn: ca. 20:00

"Sur-Moni" Deepsankar,

a young sitarist born in the year 1986, is the fourth generation sitarist of an enlightened musical family. He embarked on his musical journey at a tender age under the tutelage of his father, Pandit Hara

Shankar Bhattacharjee. He also trained under the watchful guidance of his dada guru, Padmabhusahan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Saheb. He is the torch bearer of the JAFFER KHANI BAAJ, a unique style of sitar playing invented and perfected by Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan saheb.

Deepsankar is an 'A-Grade' sitarist from All India Radio.

Deepsankar has performed at various places in India and abroad. His performances in New York and in various cities of Austria, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Sweden have been highly appreciated by the cognoscenti and the commoners alike. Deepsankar has been awarded by several Gold medals and titles from various organizations all over in the world.

Abhirup Roy is a very versatile and highly talented young Tabla virtuoso from Kolkata, India.

He belongs to a Gharana (a specific special way of representing the musicology of particular performing style which includes the aesthetics, flavours and the touch of tradition) which is in itself royal by nature and extremely rich in its foundation that is the Benaras Gharana.

He is one of the new genre exponents of the instrument Tabla and is keen on escalating the instrument's popularity along with the traditional style of playing to newer and greater heights

Roy's musical journey was started at the age of two and half years from his father who is also the disciple of Pandit Kumar Bose, Sri Swarup Roy. Abhirup's keen interest in tabla took him to the different doors of various rhythm aspects. When he was 6 years old he was taken by his father to Pandit Kumar Bose for his advanced taalim in tabla. His taalim has been under the strict guidance of his guru and over the years he has learnt the various dynamics and philosophy of the Benaras gharana. Pandit Kumar Bose has developed a distinct style of playing the instrument especially the "Baayan" and Abhirup too has beautifully mastered this particular style of his guru with immense grace. He not only had to earn the compositions but also had to prove himself to play in concerts by his guru. Beside his taalim processes he also assisted Pandit Bose in his different compositions, research and concerts.

Prizes: Awarded by Rajya Sangeet 2003

"Kolibri an der Tabla" - Tittle given by the Press and Photo Journalist Forum - Germany 2017

First Tabla artist from India who played for the first time in the National Radio of Romania

Press:

"Abhirun's tabla which handled this ornate stle with easy elegance, very sensitively, complimented with the musical "BAAYAN" at this point. He , a disciple of Pandit Kumar bose,

also proved his pedigree!"

The Statesman.Kolkata. INDIA

"Abhirup Roy stole people's heart with his tabla. He made people applaud in Tehai for him.

Dainik Divva Marathi Bhaskar. Maharasthra.INDIA

" Last is beat by the finger tips and the palm of the hand, Abhirup Roy shows at the concert a fascinating example of his vital energy and his virtuosity. Exciting how the tone color of the tabla developed under his fingers - So inspiring and full of sparkling intensity"

Badische Neueste Nachrichten, GERMANY

Photo credits: Deepsankar Bhattacharjee & Abhirup Roy