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About the Artists:
Pandit Kushal Das
Kushal Das, was born to a highly enriched musical
family of Kolkata. His grandfather Late Shri Bimal Ch. Das was a
renowned Esraj player and his father and uncle are both sitarists of
high repute. His father Shri Sailen Das is a disciple of Pt. Lakshman
Bhattacharya. Later he became a disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar. His uncle
Shri Santanu Das is a disciple of Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Kushal started his talim from the age of five under the guidance of his
uncle and father. Later He received intensive and rigorous training in
advanced sitar techniques and the art of creating music under the
affectionate guidance of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, a renowned sitar
maestro and academician. Kushal is also proud for having the privilege
of learning from great musicians like Late Pt. Ajoy Sinha Roy, Vocal
lessons from Pt. Manas Chakraborty (Kotali Gharana) and Late Pt.
Ramkrishna Basu.
With a profound knowledge of music and raga improvisation Kushal is now
considered to be one of the foremost torchbearers of the tradition of
Indian Classical Instrumental Music. The critics and connoisseurs have
acknowledged him as a worthy successor of his idol, the legendary
maestro Late Pt. Nikhil Banerjee. His concerts are always marked for
their aesthetic appeal and insight with a fine command of technical
expertise. With maturity as his forte Kushal has the predominant
virtues of Indian heritage and music. An “A” grade musician of All
India Radio and Television, he is a recipient of Sangeet Visharad from
Pracheen Kala Kendra of Chandigarh and Suramani from Sur Singar Samsad
of Mumbai.
Kushal has participated in most of the major concert festivals in
India. His tours abroad since 1987 which included United States of
America, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Bangladesh were
marked with outstanding success and audience appreciation.
Youtube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_8Al1A9Dc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4GwgGomao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEdjxPs8mUo
Pandit Kumar Bose
A personality of international repute, Pandit Kumar Bose was born in a
God-gifted musical family of Calcutta (West Bengal). While his father
Pandit Biswanath Bose was a distinguished tabla "Nawaz" of Benaras
Gharana that he mastered under the stewardship of its legendary
exponent Pandit Kanthe Maharaj, his mother Srimati Bharati Bose is the
disciple of great Ustad Dabir Khan (Bincar) & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Pandit Kumar Bose was initiated in tabla by his father. After his
father's untimely demise, he came under the tutelage of Pandit Kishen
Maharaj, the living legend of Benaras Gharana. The superiority of
Pandit Bose's genius is his ability to evolve a distinctive style of
his own without diluting the purity of tradition in which psyche the
audience becomes captive. This is most evident in his negotiations with
the "Bnaya" (Bass Drum). His performance, as it is told is as pleasing
as a 'raga' or melodious song. He is as much facile in accompaniment
with music (vocal & instrumental) & dances as in Solos - which
is why he is sought after, both at home and abroad, by the entire
community of Top Grade celebrity artists.
This successful and keen Tabla Mæstro has the rare distinction of
highly appreciated performance with Zubin Mehta's Philharmonic
orchestra besides several symphony orchestras conducted by Pt. Ravi
Shankar, Yehudi Menhuin, Arnovich in England, Italy, China etc.
Dynamically he performs in different kinds of Music of the world like
Jazz, Pop, Rock etc. His duet with Prof. Semurani (Thumba player) of
Iran was a big hit in the International Seminar, 1974 at Holland. It's
also remarkable that inspite of a part of an orchestra he got a lot of
unbounded fountain-love from the distinguished audience like India
Festival Moscow (1988) and many others.
The respected Drum-specialist can drum Sri-khole, Pakhwaj, Dholak, Nal,
Banga-Kanga etc. He was the Asstt. Music Director of Mrinal Sen's
globally acclaimed film "GENESIS" with the music director Pt. Ravi
Shankar.
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About the venue:
The St. Paul
Student Center is located in the St. Paul campus of the University of
Minnesota at the intersection of Cleveland and Buford Avenues. The
nearest parking spaces are:
- Buford Avenue
Meters
- Buford Circle Meters
- Gortner Avenue Ramp
On weekends the parking meters are FREE. You can
also try
on-street parking in the streets closeby (Cleveland Ave and its
intersecting streets).
Please visit the web
site of
the St.
Paul Student Center for all other details
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Acknowledgments:
IMSOM’s
Spring 2010 Concert Series has been supported in part by
funds provided by the Xcel Energy “Dollars
for Doing” grant, the Honeywell “Dollars for
Doers” grant
and IMSOM Members and Donors All concerts
are
co-sponsored by KFAI
Radio
(90.3FM in Minneapolis 106.7FM in
St. Paul ).

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