Musical show in Durgapur an Indo – French Project.

Musical show in Durgapur an

Indo – French Project.

City people are celebrating the 150^th birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda through various colourful programmes and it will be celebrated throughout the year in different ways and in different places of this city. Gurukul– the advanced classical music learning center of Durgapur established in the year 2002 with the sole purpose of teaching and promoting Indian Classical Music and Dance celebrated the birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda –HERITAGE 2012 in a gala way with various attractive programme on 10^th of March at Srijani Auditorium, City Center, Durgapur .

The programme of Panchajannyas's artists.

After the valuable Speech of the Chief Guest Srimat Apteswaranandaji Maharaj of Ramharipur, Bankura and followed by Saraswati Bandana by the students of Gurukul, Ishani Hazra performed her vocal recital on ‘Behag Raag’ accompanied by Sri Biswanit Chakraborty in Tabla and that was a nice programme. The voice and excellance performance of the budding artist was applauded much by the audience. The Tabla solo recital by Madjurjya Barthakar, Kolkata was also very charming.

Haimanti Shukla's solo performance.

After that Panchajanya Group of the city performed their dance drama and enthralled the audience by their excel performance. Panchajanya was found to enrich the Indian Cultural heritage among the people of Durgapur especially the next generation who are going to forget this heritage by the rampant influence of pop and rock songs. Soma Bhaumik the founder this Panchajanya says, “Though I am an Electrical Engineer from NIT-Tripura I have devoted major part of my life in learning and teaching the ancient dance from Bharatnatayam. We know very well that Durgapur was very rich in art and culture during 70s and 80s. But with the progression of technology Durgapur people became much techno-minded and its advancement in the cultural heritage took a back and we by our sincere effort and training promise to bring back the cultural mind of Durgapur.”

Panchajanya is located in the posh area of city center, Durgapur. The din and bustle free Ashramik atmosphere attracts the people much to enroll their names with this reputed organization in many fields like Dance, Vocal voice training with Musicians, Yoga, Art and Craft. In this programme the group performed their Dance Programme on the theme Holi. The composition and choreography was specially done by Soma Bhaumik. “Holi is the festival of Northern India but in this programme we have celebrated it with difference dance styles of North India merging with South Indian Dance Forms. We also convey our warm gratitude to Gurukulfor inviting us to perform such a colourful on their prestigious programme Heritage-2012”- said Soma.

“We achieved a lot by performing different cultural programmes based on different aspects of our society like Ban Pollithine, How man concurred this blue planet, Child Rights, Family Bonding, Navaras etc only to spread the message about the enrichment of our own Indian culture and highly praised much my the city people.” said Kamanashish Bhaumik, husband of Soma Bhaumik, a SAIL Executive (Alloy Steels Plant) but intensely attached with the Panchajanya.

Durgadas Karmakar, the President of Gurukul says, “The Music of the band is influenced by the transcendental aroma of pure divinity and spirituality of the majestic Indian Classical Music as well as the unique flavour o the jazz clubs of Europe. Their sound brings the bizarre tastes the Indian and French masala gets mingled through the influences of L. Shankar and Shakti on one hand and John Coltrane, Chick Korea and Giovanni Hidalgo on the other. ”

The primal note of Naada Naissance was struck in September 2011 as four musicians were just hanging out and jamming with their instruments in Metz, France. Rajib and Surojato – the two musical brothers were on a concert tour in Europe where they met Damien and Pierre. Damien a multi percussionist is also taking talimfrom Pt. Shankar Ghosh about Indian percussions. Pierre a three time winner of international competitions (Watrelos, UFAM and Leopold Bellan) and obtained his Cefedem Diploma in Saxophone at the Ile-de-France. “I love to explore music from all over the world around and find Jazz to be my center of attraction” –said Pierre.

Rajib Karmakar with his new Instrument.

Rajib Karmakar performed his best with his newInstruments MAYUR- TANTRI . “This instrument is a blend of Sitar and Guitar and is the world's only double necked Sitar . This unique instrument is created by me with the help of Braganza and Co. Tapan Roy and Anil Haldar . It took one and a half years to build this Instrument. This is the first Concert where this instrument has been launched and I have performed” said Rajib. The accompaniment by Surojato with his Tabla was also highly praised by the passionate audiences.

The people as a whole enjoyed the NAADA NEISSANCE (a Indo – French Project) to a great extent. “Naada - Naissance” was an initiative where the eternal spirit of ‘Naada Brahma’ is weaved through the dichotomized sounds of saxophone, Tabla, Sitar, Piano and Latin Percussions and is rendered into the ‘Naisssance’ or birth of an intoxicating, charming and mystique dimension.

In the concluding part of the programme Srimati Haimanti Shukla performed her best and enamored the audiences by her magical voice. Her name is her introduction and since 1972 her charming voice has captivated the hearts of thousands of music lovers. Srimati Shukla has a history of three decades of a successful musical profession. Yet she is considered to be one of the modern singers of today. From classical music to modern songs she performs it with a seemingly effortless manner that has made her so popular among all classes of music lovers.