listening to classical music, by purbayan chatterjee

at a house concert in st. charles, il last night, purbayan chatterjee spoke a bit about how he approaches his music, and how as an audience, you can stay involved as an active listener. a few of the points he touches upon were points that were discussed at the lecture given before our april 9th concert, so check it out. it’s an interesting lecture:

purbayan chatterjee: listening to classical music

and here’s a little info on purbayan chatterjee:

“Purbayan Chatterjee is one of the most promising young sitar maestros.

Purbayan Chatterjee was born in a musical family in Calcutta in 1976. His father, Parthapratim Chatterjee is a disciple of Pt Nikhil Bannerjee and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Purbayan has been trained by his father and recently by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has also received guidance from vocalist Pt Ajoy Chakraborty and tabla maestro Pt Anindo Chatterjee.

At such a young age, Purbayan displays remarkable maturity and has been performing in various concerts and music festivals all over India and abroad. He serious and meditative style shows the influence of legendary sitarist Pt Nikhil Bannerjee.”
from musicalnirvana.com