Ravi Shankar was awarded post-hum for the “Best World Music Album” for ‘The Living Room Sessions Part 1’. His daughter Anoushka Shankar accepted the award in his behalf with respectfully joking, that its not bad to loose again owns dad as she was nominated, too in same category with her album “Traveller“. Congrats.
All nominees had been:
—————————————————- The Living Room Sessions Part 1
- Ravi Shankar
Label: East Meets West Music
Folila
- Amadou & Mariam
Label: Because Music / Nonesuch
On A Gentle Island Breeze
- Daniel Ho
Label: Wind Music Int’l Corp. & Daniel Ho Creations
The (Web) broadcasting will start on 06:30 am on Monday Indian time = 02:00 am on Monday Central European Time = 05:00 pm Pacific Time on Sunday, 10th February 2013.
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In the mid-’50s, while the academics, pundits and practitioners of “new music” were debating and legislating the future of their art, a young man from India arrived in the West and, unbidden and unannounced, set into motion a revolution in Western musical language that is today, more than 50 years later, still powerfully shaping our landscape. That young man was, of course, Ravi Shankar.
English: Ravi Shankar with Anoushka Shankar at the World Sacred Music Festival in Fes, Morocco, in June 2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
He was already famous in India as a leading master of the classical music world and foremost sitar player of the day. He soon became a close friend and collaborator of the great French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and the formidable violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin.
His appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 would lead him to all manner of performances at other festivals as well. He had become a living pied piper of music with a huge following among young musicians, composers and theater/dance enthusiasts.
George Harrison with Ravi Shankar, 1967 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In fact, Raviji (as he was affectionately known to students and friends alike) was well-known and adored not only by the rich and famous but by the young and passionate as well. In that regard, the Beatles qualified in all four categories. Not surprisingly, he had a long and close friendship with George Harrison and, along the way, made formidable waves in the worlds of popular and commercial music.
He was particularly drawn to young people — both musicians and music lovers. He was an indefatigable teacher. Lessons could begin anytime. On several occasions I saw him lay down the sitar and lecture his audience on the immorality of drug taking, smoking and drinking. These kinds of sermons were tolerated kindly enough by the young fans, who were sitting it out, waiting for that magnificent torrent of music to begin again. In those days, and to the end, he was treated as a superstar. Always gracious and kind, though occasionally not exactly on time, except in his music, when he would be impeccable.
English: Ravi Shankar performs in Delhi with his daughter Anoushka in March 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
He is no longer with us but his legacy is all around us. Simply, today’s music world would not be what it is without him. His companions, students and friends are everywhere. His brilliance, enthusiasm and simple love for the life in which he was immersed remain as a wave of energy that continues to animate everything it touches.
I spoke to Raviji just a few days before he died. Sukanya, his wife and longtime companion, arranged the call for me, for which I will always be grateful. It wasn’t a long conversation, nor did it need to be. Things were said that had been said before but needed to be said one last time.
Seeing a great man die is like watching a sunset. For me, he was the greatest of the great and the best of the best. At that unbelievable and unknowable event, as with the last tender light of the evening, all the beauty and sadness, joy and terror of life at last come together. Even Death, at that moment, is briefly robbed of its finality.
(Philip Glass has been called one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He has earned four GRAMMY and three Academy Award nominations. Glass collaborated with Ravi Shankar on the 1990 album Passages.)
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With the establishment of the modern state of India, various local courts lost their raison d’être. As a consequence, lots of dhrupad artists lost not only their patronage, but also an audience of connaisseurs at the court. Dhrupad moved to the fringes of musical life. The upcoming bourgeoisie preferred the more virtuoso Khayal style. At the end of the last century we see a new interest for the dhrupad style, not only in India, but also in the West. The basic techniques of perfect intonation, pure melody and improvisation feed the artistic imagination of the new musician, be he trained in classical music, jazz or otherwise.
Therefore the time is ready for a Dhrupad Festival in the Netherlands!
In coproduction with RASA Centre for World Cultures in Utrecht, The Association Dhrupad Festival Nederland organises the first Dhrupad Festival in the Netherlands on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2013. The festival is dedicated to the art of Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, who celebrated his 80st birthday last June. Besides performing, Ustad Fariduddin Dagar will give a masterclass.
The full program see here…
Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar & Pandit Nirmalya Dey vocals
Pandit Pushparaj Koshti
surbahar
Ustad Bahauddin Dagar rudra veena
Women in Dhrupad: Marianne Svašek & Céline Wadier
Saturday, 2nd February…
20.00 p.m. - Opening of the Festival
20.15 p.m. concert
‘Women in Dhrupad’
Marianne Svašek studied dhrupad with Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar. She teachesvocal dhrupad at Codarts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With her former student Céline Wadier, she performs dhrupad in jugalbandi, unique in the world of classical Indian music. On pakhawaj Nathanaël van Zuilen.
21.45 p.m. concert
Ustad Bahauddin Dagar rudra veena
Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, son of veena player Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and nephew of Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, continues the succession of the Dagar instrumentalists.
Sunday, 3rd February
11.00 a.m. Masterclass
by Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar
information about admission to the class will be given later.
15.00 p.m. concert
Pandit Pushparaj Koshti
surbahar
Pandit Pushparaj Koshti, the unsurpassed maestro of the surbahar, brings homage to Ustad Fariduddin. The surbahar, the alto version of the sitar, combines the overtone quality of this instrument with the solemn tone of the veena.
16.30 p.m. concert
Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar &
Pandit Nirmalya Dey
vocals
The art of Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, teacher of many musicians, continues to mesmerize the audience. His disciplePandit Nirmalya Deycontributes to the concert and takes care of the vocal support for his teacher.
The concerts are accompanied by a fringe-program (to be announced later).
The first of the series starts in conjunction with ADVAITA and performances by Abhijit Pohankar and his father Pt. Ajay Pohankar (vocal) and the fabulous Bichitra Mukherjee‘s dance Opera ADAGIO… also featuring Tabla exponent ADITYA KALYANPUR… with SOULSCRAPE (fusion), a journey through Your “Self“.
This concert is a sincere effort to search for ourselves, amidst this world of dreams.
Venue: St Andrews Auditorium (Bandra West), Mumbai (Behind Holy Family Hospital) – see Google Maps Phone: +91 22 2642 8684
The 61st The Dover Lane Music Conference of Kolkata is presented by Desh Bengali Magazine, sponsored byAnandabazar Patrika & The Telegraph in association with P.C. Chandra, State Bank of India, Anmol Biscuits, Fireguard, Antiquity and supported by Ministry of Culture (Government of India).
The Dover Lane Music Conference
18/2, Dover Lane.
700029 Kolkata - West Bengal (India)
email: doverlanemusic@hotmail.com
Dover Lane Office: +91-33-2461-8137
The 61st The Dover Lane Music Conference of Kolkata is presented by Desh Bengali Magazine, sponsored byAnandabazar Patrika & The Telegraph in association with P.C. Chandra, State Bank of India, Anmol Biscuits, Fireguard, Antiquity and supported by Ministry of Culture (Government of India).
The Dover Lane Music Conference
18/2, Dover Lane.
700029 Kolkata - West Bengal (India)
email: doverlanemusic@hotmail.com
Dover Lane Office: +91-33-2461-8137
The 61st The Dover Lane Music Conference of Kolkata is presented by Desh Bengali Magazine, sponsored byAnandabazar Patrika & The Telegraph in association with P.C. Chandra, State Bank of India, Anmol Biscuits, Fireguard, Antiquity and supported by Ministry of Culture (Government of India).
The Dover Lane Music Conference
18/2, Dover Lane.
700029 Kolkata - West Bengal (India) email: doverlanemusic@hotmail.com Dover Lane Office: +91-33-2461-8137
The 61st The Dover Lane Music Conference of Kolkata is presented by Desh Bengali Magazine, sponsored byAnandabazar Patrika & The Telegraph in association with P.C. Chandra, State Bank of India, Anmol Biscuits, Fireguard, Antiquity and supported by Ministry of Culture (Government of India).
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Program Details of Day 1 – 22nd January 2013:
22nd January 2013 [at 7:30 pm] Inauguration by the Honorable Governor of West Bengal Shri M.K. Narayanan.
The Dover Lane Music Conference
18/2, Dover Lane.
700029 Kolkata - West Bengal (India) email: doverlanemusic@hotmail.com Dover Lane Office: +91-33-2461-8137
