Playlists 2009…

Music examples (teaser) of Indian Classical Music …
Listen to and Enjoy some Raga tunes from our 2009 shows (playlists):

41st show: (1/19/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: The Talking Violin! (portrait of Dr. Kunnakudi R. Vaidyanathan)
42nd show: (2/17/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Moorchana-s – The matrix of soul…
43rd show: (3/16/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Rabindra Sangeet – A Voice for All!
44th show: (5/05/09) – special feature StudioTalk No. 5: Trilok Gurtu (percussionist)
45th show: (5/18/09) – summer break (Raga CDs of the months: Ragas & Sax)
46th show: (6/15/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Ragas, Ghazals & Goethe
47th show: (7/20/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Tradition & Modernity – A Tribute Ali Akbar Khan
48th show: (8/17/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Alankaras – Raga Ornamentic (part 1 of 2)
49th show: (9/21/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Alankaras – Raga Ornamentic (part 2 of 2)
50th show: (10/19/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Jugalbandi – duet in Indian Classics
51th show: (11/16/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Women in Indian Classics (part 1)
52nd show (21/12/09) – Raga CDs of the Month: Five minus 1 – Raga Malashree

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example of a raga form: Raga Jhinjoti – the beauty of this melodious raga lies in its simplicity. It utilizes all the notes and use “komal Ni“*.This is a supportive raga of the Thaat Khamaj*. Elaboration of this raga is normally restricted to the lower and middle octave. The play time is the second quarter of the night.

Aroha (= ascending scala): SaReGaMa Pa Dha Ni Sa;
Avaroha (= descending scala): SaNiDhaPa MaGaReSa

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*)  … Thaat consists of the seven notes (SA, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni) and is designated by the change of shuddha (naturally played), komal (softly played) and teevra(hard played).

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The Talking Violin! – Dr. Kunnakudi R. Vaidyanathan. – 16th January

1. BoShambho – CD BoShambho (2005, AVM Audio)
2. Thillana – CD BoShambho (2005, AVM Audio)
3. Aandavane (Tamil) – CD Andrum Indrum (2005, AVM Audio)
4. Raga Sindhu Bairavi – CD Chitiram Pesuthadi (2005, AVM Audio)
5. Raga Kalyani – CD Violin & Thavil (2005, Inreco)
6. film: Padikkatha Methai (1960) – Ore Oru Oorilae (2004, Saregama)
7. film: Paar Magalev Paar (1963) – Aval Paranthu Ponale (2004, Saregama)
8. film: manithanum deivamagalam (1975) – Paal Pongum Paruvam (2004, Saregama)
9. Siddhi Vinayaga Nattai Adi Ramaswamy Sastry – CD Nadalyam – Violin & Thavil (2006, Geethanjali – Super Audio)

Moorchana-ss – The Matrix of Soul by Music. – 16th February

1. Pandit Jasraj (vocal) – Raga Bhinnashadja – CD Jasraj – Darbar (2003, SenseWorld Music)
2. Sanjeev Abhyankar Jasrangi & Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (vocals – jugalbandi) – Jasrangi (Abhogi -Kalawati, Pooriayadhanashri-Suddhabasant und Madhuwanti-Natabhairav)
3. Kavalam Sreekumar (vocal) – Moorchanakaraka Raga (Ragam Rasikapriya) – Thunchan Festival (live recording, 2007).
4. Padmashri Dr. N. Ramani & Thiagarajan Ramani (flute jugalbandi) – Raga Kambhoji – CD Carnatic Flute (RPG-EMI).
5. Veena E. Gayathri (Veena) – Nagumomu (Thyagaraja composition) – CD Veena Classical (T-Series, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. (Noida))
6. M.S. Gopalakrishnan (violin) – Ragam Malayamarutham (Janya Raga) –  CD Master Piece – 13 / M.S.Gopalakrishnan (Vol. 2)

Rabindra Sangeet – A Voice for All! – 16th March

1. Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya (vocal) – Bhenge Mor Gharer Chabi
2. Debabrata Biswas (vocal) – Raga Desh Malhar (Emono dine Tare bola Jai)
3. Purba Dam (vocal) – Raga Tilak Kamod (Shanti Karo Borishano)
4. Suchitra Mitra (vocal) – Amay Bolo Na Gahite – CD „Songs of Suchitra Mitra
5. Indranil Sen (vocal) – Raga Manjh Khambaj (Aji jato tara tabo akashe)
6. Anjan Dutta (vocal) – Raga Yaman Kalyan (Chokher aaloye) – CD „Akash Bhara
7. Kanika Bandyopadhyay (vocal) – Raga Bhairabi (Bani Tabo Dhay)
8. Kanika Bandyopadhyay (vocal) – Ke-Boshile

„NAVA GRAHA – Ragas for 9 Planets – 20th April

1. Madurai Mani Iyer (vocal) – Sri Sukhra Bhagavantham – CD The Stalwart (1968, AVM Audio)
2. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Angarakam Ashrayamyaham – CD Navagraha Kritis with Mantras (2003, Gitaa Cassettes)
3. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Brihaspathe Tarapathe / Raga Atana
4. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Divakarathanujam Shanaishcharam / Raga Yadukulakamboji
5. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Smaramayaham sadarahum
6. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Mahasuram Ketumaham
7. Rajkumar Bharathi (vocal) – Budham Ashrayami – CD Navagrahas Vol 1 & 2 (2001, Music Today)
8. Suguna Varadachari (vocal) – Suryamurthe Namosthuthe / Raga Saurashtra
9. … – Chandram Bhaja Manasa / Raga Asaveri

„Ragas, Ghazals and Goethe – 15 June

1. Begum Akhtar – Aye Mohabbat Tere Anjam Pe (Raga Bhairavi)
2. Talat Mahmood – Dil-E Nadan Tujhe Hua Kya Hain – Film Mirza Ghalib, 1954
3. Iqbal Bano – Hum daikhain gay (Faiz poetry)
4. Mehdi Hassan.- Aaye Kuchh abr Kuch sharaab aaye (Faiz poetry / Urdu) – CD The finest Ghazals (2007, Saregama/RPG)
5. Ghulam Ali – Le Chala Jaan – CD For The First Time Together (Vol 3)
6. Jagjit & Chitra Singh – Hazaron Khwahishen Aiseen – Mirza Ghalib (1988, TV-Serie)
7. Nayyara Noor – Aaj bazaar main pa ba Jolan chalo – CD Faiz ki Yaad Mein (2004)

„Tradition & Moderne – A Tribute to Ali Akbar Khan – 20th July

1. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – Raga Chandranandan – CD Signatures Serie Vol. 1 (Connoisseur Society)
2. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – The Emperor (Raga Darbari Kanra) – CD Garden of Dreams (1993)
3. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod)  – Raga Gauri Manjari – CD Sarod – Vol. 08 (T-Series, AIR –All India Radio)
4. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – Raga Medhavi – CD Medavi & Bairagi (1967, The Grammophone Company of India)
5. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) & Nikhil Bannerjee (Sitar) – Raga Manj Khammaj – CD Signature Series – Vol. 4 (1973, Connoisseur Society)
6. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) & Dr. L. Subramaniam (violin) – Raga Sindhi Bhairavi (1996, Delos)
7. Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – Jogiya Kalengra – CD Signature Series – Vol 1 (Connoisseur Society)

„Alankara-s – 10 Types of Raga Ornamentics – 17th Aug. and 21. Sept. (part 1 & 2)

1. Milind Raikar (violin) – Raga Malkauns- CD Milap (Ninaad)
2. Shruti Sadolikar (vocalist) – Raga Bibhas – CD Shruti Sadolikar (1992, Nimbus Records)
3. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (slide guitar) – Raga Puriya Dhanashri – CD Indian Delta (2001, live (Saptak-Music-Festival) – SenseWorldMusic)
4. Manilal Nag (Sitar) – Raga Nat Bairav – CD „Manilal Nag – Surbahar/Sitar (2002, India Archives)
5. Ajoy Chakrabarty (vocalist) – Raga Megh – (1993, live – Navras Records)
6. Ulhas Kashalkar (vocalist) – Raga Darbari Kandhada – CD Mellow Moods (1996, Venus Records&Tapes)
7. Buddhadev Das Gupta (Sarod) – Raga Ahir Bairav – CD „Buddhadev Das Gupta  – Morning Concert (1990, Raga Records)
8. Manilal Nag (Sitar) & Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan (Sitar + Shehnai) – Raga Desh (2005, Rhyme Records)
9. Falguni Mitra (vocalist) – Raga Jaijaiwanti
10. Veena Sahasrabuddhe – Raga Mian Tilak Kamod – CD „Tarana – Flights of Melody – Volume 4 (2005, Music Today)
11. Ajoy Chakkrabarty (vocalist) – Thumri: Kaisee Bajaayeeri Shayam Bansuria (Raga Bhairavi) – CD Jeevan (2005, live)
12. Shweta Jhaveri (vocalist) – Raga Puriaya Dhanashree – CD Khayal-Saga (2005, 21st Century Cosmos)
13. Shweta Jhaveri (vocalist) – Raga Bhairavi – CD Khayal-Saga (2005, 21st Century Cosmos)

„Jugalbandi – Twins and Syblings – Duet in Indian Classics – 19th October

1. Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali (vocals) – „Dum-Dum Karo Farid (Qawwali) – CD Farid (2005, Music Today).
2. Nasir Moinuddin & Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (Senior Dagar Brothers) – Raga Malkauns – CD „Calcutta 1955. (2007, Raga Records)
3. Rajan & Sajan Mishra (vocals) – Kriti „Kanakanaruchira (Raga Pooriya (Puriya)) – „Maestros Choice (Music Today)
4. Bombay Sisters – Ragam Varali – CD „Sri Thyagarajas Pancharatna Krithis – Volume 3 (2002, Vani)
5. Vilayat Khan (Sitar) & Shujaat Khan (Surbahar – Bass Sitar) – Raga Shahana – DVD (1997, Navras Records)
6. Sikkil Sisters (Flute) – „Krishna Nee Begane – CD Krishna Nee Begane (2004, Saregama)
7. Nathamuni Brothers (Clarinet) – Ragamalika: Raga Anandabhairavi, Raga Kalyani, Raga Ranjani – CD Nathamuni Brothers – Madras 1974 (Fire Museum Records)

„Women in Indian Classics (part 1) – 16th November

1. Rasoolan Bai (vocal) – Thumri: Ja Main Tose Naahi Bolun (Raga Bhairavi)
2. Begum Akhtar (vocal) – Ghazal: „Chaar Dinon Kii Jawaanii (1942, Megaphone Record Company)
3. Begum Akhtar (vocal) – Ghazal: „Phir Fasale Bahaar Na_ii (1942, Megaphone Record Company)
4. MS Subbalakshmi (vocal) – Thygaraja Kriti: „Pakkala Nilabadi – CD „Live at Russia – Vol. 1 (2005, Saregama)
5. Gangubai Hangal (vocal) – Raga Marwa – CD „Classical Vocal – Ustad Amir Khan & Gangubai Hangal (Inreco)
6. Badi Moti Bai (vocal) – Kanha Bikh Bhari Bansia (Raga Porvi) – CD „Golden Milestones – Melody Queens (Saregama)
7. Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (vocal) – Raga Shree Ranjani – CD Sari Evvare (2004, The Orchard / Saregama)
8. Siddheshwari Devi – Kajari

„Five minus 1 – Raga Malashree. – 21st December

1. Timir Baran Orchestra (1943/1944).
2. Hussain Baksh (Sarangi)
3. Badar & Qamar-uz-Zaman (vocals)
4. Ali Akbar Khan (2006, live – Dover Lane Festival (Kolkata))
5. Vilayat Khan (Sitar) – Raga Shankara – CD Raga Shankara (2004, Saregama)
6. Mohammad Hussain Sarahang (vocal)

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Jingle: WEST meets EAST – indian ragas on western instruments
(CDNF 150562 ADD Made in India . PKD. 12/2004)

1. MISHRA KALENGRA: JINAN PRAKASH GHOSH (Harmonium) & V.G. JOG (Violin) 2. THUMRI in RAGA KHAMAJ in ADDHA TEEN TAAL 3. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Slide Guitar) 4. RAGA KALAVATI: Shankar Jaikishan 5. RAGA MADHUVANTI: Charanjeet SINGH (Synthethizer)

P  & C 2004 Owner, Manufacturer: SAREGAMA INDIA Ltd., 33, Jessore Road, Kolkata – 700 028. India (Original sound recording: The Gramophone Company of India Ltd.)

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impressions of the Firework 2010 at the Harbour side

Saptak Annual Festival 2010 – Viraasat (1st till 13th Jan 2010)

The famous Russian composer and concert pianist Sergei Rachmaninov had once said that, “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” To delve deeper into the world of music, a group of performers and music connoisseurs in Ahmedabad started on a journey in 1980 The quest was to connect with all those who were associated with Indian classical music – as a performer, as a student or as a rasika (listener). The initiative had the blessings of two legends of Indian Classical Music – Pt. Ravishankar and Pt. Kishan Maharaj. Nearly 30 years later, the spark of inspiration continues to burn bright, lighting up the path for newer initiatives that continue to evolve.

Saptak annual festival of music
The annual festival of music organised by Saptak from the 1st to 13th of January every year, is a musical feast that is the delight of any music connoisseur. This celebration of music is quite a unique experience in itself. The evening’s performance always begins with an emerging talent. With several luminaries in the audience, this is a grand stage for the young performer.

As the evening progresses, some of the most renowned performers in Indian classical music take the stage. The rasikas often leave in the early hours of the morning with a Raag Baghesri, Malkauns or Lalit still humming in their ears. It’s a celebration of music in its purest form. There are no tickets, no reservations, and one gets to be in the hall only through invitation. With the hall brimming over with highly knowledgeable and sensitive music connoisseurs, the performers are motivated to put forth their best performance at Saptak.

What makes the annual fare a memorable one is that it scales over popular demands to provide a rich bouquet of experience. While the audience gets treated to vintage khayal performances from the established maestros, they also have an opportunity to experience the dhrupad gayaki, thumris, rajasthani folk music, instrumental recitals of sitar, sarangi, flute, the mohan veena, rudra veena and percussion recitals on the tabla, pakhawaj and even the mridangam by the great contemporary musicians and musical experimentations of fusion . With nearly 125 top artistes and about 50 performances spread over 13 days (15 Baithaks including 2 morning baithaks), the music lovers from all over India and abroad converge at the Saptak music festival for an unparalleled experience.

No	Artist Name	Instrument / Vocal			Event Date	Event Time
1	Shri Bhaskar Nath	Shehnai			01-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Ram Nath	Shehnai
	Shri Manu Maharaj	Sur Mandal
	Shri Kedar Nath	Tabla
2	Ustad Shujat Khan	Sitar
	Shri Sandeep Das	Tabla
3	Pandit Jasraj	Vocal
	Shri Ratan Mohan Sharma	Vocal
	Pt.Nandan Mehta	Tabla
	Shri Vijay Ghate	Tabla
	Shri Mukund Petkar	Harmonium
1	Ms.Geeta Javadekar	Vocal			02-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Jajwalya Shukla	Tabla
	Shri Raju Gandharva	Harmonium
2	Jayini Shah	Sitar
	Aishwarya Jalnapurka	Sitar
	Aastha Kachchi	Sitar
	Kabirdan Gadhvi	Tabla
3	Pt.Shounak Abhisheki	Vocal
	Shri Arvind Azad	Tabla
	Shri Sudhir Nayak	Harmonium
4	Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia	Flute
	Shri Vijay Ghate	Tabla
1	Shri Basant Kabra	Sarod			03-1-10	10:00:AM
	Shri Akram Khan	Tabla
2	Felicitation of Padmabhushan Dr.R.C.Mehta	–
3	Ms.Shubha Mudgal	Vocal
	Shri Aneesh Pradhan	Tabla
	Shri Sudhir Nayak	Harmonium
4	Shreyansh Shah	Tabla				08:30:PM
	Rahul Kushawaha	Tabla
	Kalpesh Bhojak	Harmonium
5	Ms.Pratima Tilak	Vocal
	Shri Aneesh Pradhan	Tabla
	Shri Sudhir Yardi	Harmonium
6	Ustad Nishat Khan	Sitar
	Shri Fazal Qureshi	Tabla
7	Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar	Vocal
	Shri Yogesh Samsi	Tabla
	Shri Sudhir Nayak	Harmonium
	Shri Sarwar Hussain	Sarangi
1	Ms.Rujul Pathak-Pota	Vocal			04-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Munjal Mehta	Tabla
	Shri Raju Gandharva	Harmonium
2	Shri Manu Seen	Sitar
	Shri Himanshu Mahant	Tabla
3	Shri Venkatesh Kumar	Vocal
	Shri Prithviraj Mishra	Tabla
	Shri Shishirchandra Bhatt	Harmonium
	Shri Moinuddin Khan	Sarangi
4	Shri Amaan Ali Khan	Sarod
	Shri Ayaan Ali Khan	Sarod
	Shri Shubhanker Banerjee	Tabla
1	Pt.Krishna Mohan Bhatt	Sitar			05-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Shubhanker Banerjee	Tabla
2	Pt.L.K.Pandit	Vocal
	Shri Akram Khan	Tabla
	Ustad Mehmood Dhaulpuri	Harmonium
	Shri Ikram Khan	Sarangi
3	Pt.Shivkumar Sharma	Santoor
	Shri Yogesh Samsi	Tabla
1	Ms.Sanhita Nandi	Vocal			06-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Pravin Shinde	Tabla
	Shri Yameen Khan	Harmonium
2	Ustad Ashish Khan	Sarod
	Pt.Pooran Maharaj	Tabla
3	Ms.Jayanti Ravi	Vocal
	Shri Vellore Ramabhadran	Mridangam
	Ms.Usha Rajagopal	Violin
4	Zakir Hussain	Tabla
	Shri Sabir Khan	Sarangi
1	Ustad Shaukat Hussain Khan	Vocal			07-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Rafiuddin Sabri	Tabla
	Shri Sudhir Yardi	Harmonium
2	Pt.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Mohan Veena
	Rajasthani Folk Group
	Anwar Khan Manganiar	Lok Geet
	Gazi Khan	Khadtal
	Ghevar Khan	Kamayacha
	Firoz Khan	Dholak
	Barkat Khan	Lok Geet
	Shri Ramkumar Mishra	Tabla
3	Ustad Sultan Khan	Sarangi
	Shri Sabir Khan	Sarangi- Support
	Shri Dilshad Khan	Sarangi- Support
	Shri Prithviraj Mishra	Tabla
1	Shri Josh Bennet	Sitar			08-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Jay Dabgar	Tabla
2	Shri Vikas Parikh	Vocal
	Shri Pravin Shinde	Tabla
	Shri Raju Gandharva	Harmonium
3	Pt.Bhajan Sopori	Santoor
	Shri Rafiuddin Sabri	Tabla
4	Pt.Rajan Mishra	Vocal
	Pt.Sajan Mishra	Vocal
	Pt.Kumar Bose	Tabla
	Shri Dharmanath Mishra	Harmonium
1	Shri Alla Rakha Kalavant	Sarangi			09-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Prithviraj Mishra	Tabla
2	Pt.Ajay Pohanker	Vocal
	Shri Arvind Azad	Tabla
	Shri Dharmanath Mishra	Harmonium
	Shri Alla Rakha Kalavant	Sarangi
3	Ustad Shahid Parvez	Sitar
	Shri Shakir Khan	Sitar- Support
	Pt.Kumar Bose	Tabla
1	Megh Vayada	Vocal – Vandana			10-1-10	05:30:PM
	Anushree Das	Vocal – Vandana
	Radhika Parikh	Vocal – Vandana
	Trusha Trivedi	Vocal – Vandana
	Shri Vasishth Shastri	Tabla
2	Shri Prashant Mallik	Dhrupad
	Shri Nishant Mallik	Dhrupad
	Shri Ravishanker Upadhyay	Pakhawaj
3	Dr.N.Rajam	Violin
	Dr.Sangeeta Shanker	Violin
	Kum.Ragini Shanker	Violin- Support
	Kum. Nandini Shanker	Violin- Support
	Shri RamKumar Mishra	Tabla
4	Shri Ravishaker Upadhyay	Pakhawaj
	Shri Rishi Upadhyay	Pakhawaj- Support
	Ms.Mahima Upadhyay	Pakhawaj- Support
	Ms.Malati Upadhyay	Harmonium
	Shri Ikram Khan	Sarangi
5	Ms.Shaswati Mandal Pal	Vocal
	Pt.Gopal Mishra	Tabla
	Shri Amit Thakker	Harmonium
	Shri Alla Rakha Kalavant	Sarangi
6	Pt. Debu Choudhary	Sitar
	Shri Shubh Maharaj	Tabla
7	Shri Umakant Gundecha	Vocal- Dhrupad
	Shri Ramakant Gundecha	Vocal – Dhrupad
	Shri Akhilesh Gundecha	Pakhawaj
1	Saptak Instrumental Ensemble:				11-1-10	08:30:PM
	Parv Tapodhan	Sitar
	Vinita Shukla	Sitar
	Hiral Shah	Sitar
	Bindu Patel	Sitar
	Bharvi Shah	Sitar
	Vibhavari Save	Sitar
	Shridevi Yajnik	Sitar
	Shital Patel	Sarod
	Adit Ravi	Flute
	Dr.S.B.Chakrabarty	Violin
	Sapan Anjaria	Tabla
2	Ms.Monica Shah	Vocal
	Shri Nakul Mishra	Tabla
	Shr Kishore Kunte	Harmonium
3	Shri Rahul Sharma	Santoor
	Shri Aditya Kalyanpur	Tabla
	Shri Bhavani Shankar	Pakhawaj
4	Ustad Rashid Khan	Vocal
	Shri Vijay Ghate	Tabla
	Ustad Mehmood Dhaulpuri	Harmonium
	Shri Murad Ali	Sarangi
1	Ms.Madhavi Jhala	Kathak			12-1-10	08:30:PM
	Shri Vasishth Shastri	Tabla
	Shri Mehmood Khan	Sitar
	Shri Prahar Vora	Vocal
	Shri Alla Rakha Kalavant	Sarangi
	Shri Shishirchandra Bhatt	Pakhawaj
2	Shri Saugato Roy Chaudhary	Sarod
	Shri Debajyoti Sanyal	Tabla
3	Pt.Ajoy Chakraborty	Vocal
	Shri Yogesh Samsi	Tabla
	Shri Ajay Joglekar	Harmonium
1	Shri Devi Prasad	Sitar			13-1-10	08:30:PM
	Pt.Gopal Mishra	Tabla
2	Ms. Uma Garg	Vocal
	Shri Nakul Mishra	Tabla
	Shri Yameen Khan	Harmonium
3	Ustad Amjad Ali Khan	Sarod
	Shri Sandeep Das	Tabla
	Shri Vineet Vyas	Tabla

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Other Saptak Events

Apart from the annual festival, Saptak also organises a week long Saptak Sankalp Saptah Festival to showcase and promote emerging talents alongwith accomplished, senior Gurus. Shorter festivals to celebrate various seasons such as Vasant (spring) and Varsha (monsoon) are also organised by Saptak.

(Source: 12/2009 – Saptak.org)

Impressions from the Saptak 2006

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Manju Mehta (Sitar) – Saptak 1999

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Bangalore: Singer C Ashwath passes away at 70/71

C. Ashwath (29 Dec 1938 - 29 Dec 2009)

By: Shekhar H Hooli

Singer C Ashwath, a master of Kannada Sugam Sangeetha, has passed away this morning. He was 70. The Kannada musician was admitted to Columbia Asia Hospital Yashwanthpur, Bangalore after he suffered a severe stomach ache on 17 December 2009.

C Ashwath was suffering from abdominal pain and was admitted to ICU at Columbia Asia Hospital. He was being treated for liver and Kidney problem. The doctor had said that he was responding well to the treatment and soon he would be back to normal condition.

C. Aswath is a household name in Karnataka. He is, perhaps the only Music Director in Karnataka, to have carved a niche of his own in all three fields that demand music as an element of expression: Theatre, Sugam Sangeetha (‘light music’) and Film.

He was born on December 29, 1939. He was graduated in Science from Bangalore University and later worked in Indian Telephone Industries for 27 years before retiring as an Executive Engineer in 1992. He started his musical career as a disciple of Devagiri Shankararao Joshi in Hindustani Music.

However, the singer has turned 71 today (29th Decebmer). His friends and well wishers had planned to celebrate his 71st birthday in a special way. A function was to be held at Ravindra Kala Kshetra, Bangalore and Swamiji of Suttur and Virendra Hegde were to facilitate him on the occasion this evening. After this, he was expected to sing his popular songs.

But bad luck! The singer C Ashwath has breathed his last on his birthday. His death has left Kannada music lovers into the pool of tears. We at Oneindia pray that may his soul rest in peace.

(Source: 12/2009 – Tuesday, December 29, 2009,12:20 [IST] | oneindia – Entertainment – Kannada – Top-stories)

Guptha Gamini (Chandrashekhar Patil) – C. Ashwath

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Ondirulu Kanasinali – C. Ashwath

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TV News on 29th December…

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India: Music sales… Cabinet approves changes in Copyright Act 1957

AMENDMENTS IN COPYRIGHT ACT 1957 – Cabinet approves changes

Mumbai: With the decline in the physical sales of music CDs and cassettes the music directors, singers and lyricists don’t get their share of revenue from the digital sales of music.

However, things might change now after the Cabinet approved amendments to the Copyright Act 1957 (see original as PDF) on Thursday.

The primary source of revenue in music market is now digital sales through mobile ringtones and internet downloads but all this goes into the pockets of music company and service providers.

“This did not exist few years ago. Nobody even imagined that there will be anything like mobile or ringtones. But as the money is multiplying people are becoming more and more greedy and don’t want to part away single pie from it,” says music director Anand.

“The physical sale has come down and its more of digital sales,” says Milind.

Many won’t believe but singer and lyricist Swanand Kirkire, who sung the famous song Bawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna from Hazaroon Khawashein Aisi didn’t earn a single paisa from it.

“Because there was no contract as such and we work in a very relationship based industry where you work on your relationship and if you want to keep working for same producer you don’t discuss money,” he says.

The other surprising fact is that this year the company which declared itself the largest music seller in terms of revenue was not HMV, Saregama or Tseries but Airtel.

While efforts are on to set the imbalance right, only a united initiative from the artistes will eventually bring about a change.

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• More infos @ the Copyright Office of Indian Government
• Read the Handbook of Copyright Law

(Source: 12/2009 (Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 01:47) – IBN Live – News in Entertainment section by Somen Mishra / CNN-IBN)

special “Miles from India” – documentary of a backstage talk with John McLaughlin (Shakti/Mahavishnu)

The promotion initiative IMC – India meets Classics and it’s media production IMC OnAir (IMCRadio.Net) enjoyed that the great fusion and Rock Jazz guitarist John McLaughlin followed the invitation for a unique BackStageTalk in May 2008. The production goes back to the 1st pre plannings during John’s Hamburg visit in July 2007 with “Remember Shakti” and together with Zakir Hussain (Tabla) for a Dalai Lama charity concert.

date of broadcasting: 2nd January 2010 – 03:00-03:58 p.m. (METZ)
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The 58 minutes special “Miles from India” being broadcasted on 2nd January 2010 documents the fully talk. (Rec.: The 28 minutes TV special was broadcasted on 7th July 2008 – 08:30 pm (MEST) and shows an extract.) – The BackStage Talk refers to John’s project in India “Floating Point” which was released in April 2008 and his composition of the titel song for the double CD “Miles from India” with world premiere in NewYork on 9th May 2008.

John’s time schedule of his European Concert tour 2008 with his formation “4th dimension” since 9th May “on the road” required to set the interview beside John’s concert on 28th May 2008 in the culture and communication centre FABRIK (Hamburg-Altona), Germany’s most famous hot spot (since 1971) for unique concerts in (Rock) Jazz, Blues, Fusion, Cross over and World Music…

screen splashs out of the TV production shortly documenting the “John McLaughlin Backstage Talk“

Thank’s to all supporters…

CD: Miles from India (2008)

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MILES FROM INDIA concert produced by Yusuf Gandhi and Bob Belden

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Miles From India (Encore Part 1) Montreal July 4, 2009

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Miles From India (Encore Part 2) Montreal July 4, 2009

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Moderation Script (12/2009): Five minus 1 – Raga Malashree (Raga CDs of the Months)

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Raga CDs of the months (12/09): Five minus 1 – Raga Malashree

The Ragas and Ragams of North and South Indian Classics can exhibit most diverse combinations in the ascending and descending scale. In our time the Indian music maestros, vocalists and instrumentalists present some few hundred Ragas from thousands of combinations to the audience and listeners. The 5 notes (Andav), 6 notes (Sadava) or 7 notes Ragas (Sapta) are established.

In India one meets the opinion among musicologists and musicians as facts that Ragas with at least five notes (Audav/Sanskrit = five (5)) have to be played. The last show of IMC – India meets Classic in 2009 will start the proof with rare  audio documents that it is not like that.

dates of broadcasting…
21st December 2009 – 10:00 p.m. (METZ)
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Our topic „five minus 1″ lets suspect that there must exist 4 notes ragas in Indian Classics also. The ancient Raga Malashree or Malshree is the representative of this category, a Raga of North Indian Classics, the Hindustani music. Its phonetically identical namesake Malasri is even a 3 note Raga.

Raga Malasri scala on key note C : C E G C | Sa – Ga – Pa – Sa’ ( 1 3 5 )
Raga Malashree plus 7th pitch Ni (1 3 5 7)

Raga MalaShree regularly possesses four (4) notes, Svarantara (popular type). The 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th pitch is played: SA – Ga – Pa and Ni. It is a kind of major triad with an extended 7th pitch, in Jazz a major seven (maj 7).

The name Malashri appears in India also as maiden name. Malashri originates from Sanskrit and means „marvelous garland “.

Ragamala paintings from Rajasthan (India):
Malasri Ragini – 3rd wife of male Raga Bhairava (morning raga)

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left: c. 1650, artist: unknown  (British Library) | right: c. 1605, artist: Nisaruddin (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

The „Garland of Ragas“ is illustsrated by motives and a kind of story telling in the Indian miniature painting, the Ragamala-s.  IMC – India meets Classic presented the special composition form in one of it’s former shows.

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Raga Malasri (3 notes) and Malshree (4 notes):

the selected key note is C the scale has 3 (Malasri) or 4 (Malshree) notes plus the octave

the scale is ascending

the default scale keynote is C

scale on C (see displayed graphically) : C E G (B) C

scale intervals in semitone or half steps from key note : 0 4 7 (11) 12

note to note interval : M3 m3 P4 (Malasri) or M3 (Malshree)

interval quality : dd: doubly diminished, d: diminished, m: minor, P: perfect, M: major, A: augmented, dA: doubly augmented

(Source: Dolmetsch.com – http://www.dolmetsch.com/pianochords.htm)

Raga CDs des Monats (12/09): Fünf minus 1 – Raga Malashree

Die Ragas und Ragams der nord- und südindischen Klassik können in der aufsteigenden und absteigenden Skala verschiedenste Kombinationen aufweisen. In unserer Zeit präsentieren die indischen Musik-Maestros, Sänger wie Instrumentalisten dem Publikum und Zuhörer wenige hunderte Ragas aus Tausenden von Kombinationsmöglichkeiten. Etabliert haben sich die 5-Ton- (Andav), 6-Ton- (Sadava) oder 7-Ton-Ragas (Sapta).

In Indien trifft man unter Musikwissenschaftlern wie Musizierenden auf die Meinung, dass Ragas mit wenigstens fünf Noten (Audav / Sanskrit = fünf (5)) gespielt werden müssten. Die letzte Sendung von IMC – India meets Classic im Jahre 2009 tritt mit seltenen Tondokumenten den Beweis an, dass dem nicht so ist.

S e n d e t e r m i n e …

21. Dezember 2009 – 22:00 Uhr (MESTZ)
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Der Titel „Fünf minus 1“ lässt erahnen, dass es in der indischen Klassik auch 4-Ton-Ragas geben muss. Der antike Raga Malashree oder Malshree ist ein Vertreter dieser Kategorie; ein Raga der nordindischen Klassik, der Hindustani-Musik. Sein phonetisch gleichlautender Namensvetter Malasri ist sogar ein 3-Ton-Raga.

Raga Malasri-Skala auf dem Grundton C : C E G C | Sa – Ga – Pa – Sa’ ( 1 3 5 )
Raga Malashree zusätzl. mit 7. Stufe Ni (1 3 5 7)

Raga MalaShree besitzt regulär vier (4) Noten, Svarantara. Es werden die 1., 3., 5. und 7. Stufe gespielt: Sa – Ga – Pa und Ni. Eine Art Dur-Dreiklang mit einer erweiterten 7. Stufe, im Jazz ein Major seven (maj 7).

Der Name Malashri findet sich in Indien auch als Mädchenname wieder. Ursprünglich stammt Malashri aus dem Sanskrit und bedeutet „wunderbare Girlande“.

Ragamala Malereien aus Rajasthan (Indien):
Malasri Ragini – 3. Ehefrau des männl. Ragas Bhairava (Morgenraga)

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links: c. 1650, Künstler: unbekannt (British Library) | rechts: c. 1605, Künstler: Nisaruddin (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

Eine „Girlande von Ragas“ motivisch und namentlich illustriert finden wir in der indischen Miniaturmalerei, den Ragamalas. Die besondere Kompositionsform der Raga-Girlanden, der Ragamalas haben wir in einer unserer früheren Sendungen vorgestellt.

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Raga Malasri (3 notes) and Malshree (4 notes):

the selected key note is C the scale has 3 (Malasri) or 4 (Malshree) notes plus the octave

the scale is ascending

the default scale keynote is C

scale on C (see displayed graphically) : C E G (B) C

scale intervals in semitone or half steps from key note : 0 4 7 (11) 12

note to note interval : M3 m3 P4 (Malasri) or M3 (Malshree)

interval quality : dd: doubly diminished, d: diminished, m: minor, P: perfect, M: major, A: augmented, dA: doubly augmented

(Quelle: Dolmetsch.com – http://www.dolmetsch.com/pianochords.htm)

Grammy Nomination News: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod) and Rahim AlHaj (Oud) get the chance in a peaceful co-existence

Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan nominated for 2010 Grammy

Rahim AlHaj and Amjad Ali Khan have been honoured by the Recording Academy with a 2010 Grammy Nomination* in the Best Traditional World Music Category for their CD Ancient Sound.  The nomination makes it the second for Mr. AlHaj’s (the first was in 2008 for When the Soul is Settled: The Music of Iraq) whereas its Khan Sahab’s first nomination.

Ancient Sounds is a remarkable collaboration between these two widely acknowledged string masters – Rahim AlHaj Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Two of the world’s renowned masters of ancient stringed instruments, the Iraqi Oud (lute) and the Indian Sarod that brings together the musical heritage of their respective ancient cultures in a contemporary way resulting in a mesmerizing and harmonious dialogue. Their live duets, accompanied by Indian and Middle Eastern percussion, are sublime, powerful, passionate and extraordinarily beautiful.

(Source: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 –  IndiaGlitz | Hindi – News)

*) The 52nd Grammy awards will be presented on January 31, 2010 at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles.

Rahim Alhaj in the studio…

Some important words of Amjad Ali Khan about music…