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Dhrupad Maestro Pt. Falguni Mitra
The master Dhrupad exponent from Kolkata, India, is the Guru (Resident Teacher) at the famous Sangeet Research Academy of India. He is also the Prefect (administrating all music teaching activities) of the SRA. Since then, SRA made Dhrupad a compulsory subject for all students learning classical music with the resident maestros. A top class broadcaster on All India Radio, participating in National Programs, Radio Sangeet Sammelans and Special Programs, he frequently telecasts from various Television centers.
A venerable Resource Person (expert scholar) to major universities and institutions, he remains very busy giving seminars/workshops to teachers & professors. He is advisor to many institutions. He is an Author of many valuable publications.Pandit Mitra has blended extraordinary grace and sweetness into the heroic style of Dhrupad singing, always maintaining an unwavering purity of the 'raga' and the Dhrupad traditions. His majestic presentation of Aalaap, Dhrupad, & Dhamar, and his profound mastery over 'laikari' are incomparable.
Falguni Mitra’s guru and father Pandit Shib Mitra, learnt from the celebrated Pandit Bholanath Pathak of the Bettia-Banaras Gharana and greatest Dhrupadia of the twentieth century, Ustad Nasiruddin Khan, the patriarch of all the Dagars. Thus Falguni Mitra combines the Dagar style of Aalaap with the Bettia-Banaras style of Dhrupad and Dhamar, with a distinctive stamp of his own personality, distinguishing his music from all others’ in this genre.
Accompanying Pandit Mitra on Pakhwaz (a double sided barrel shaped percussion instrument) will be Sri Tapash Dash, a bright young percussionist of Kolkata. Tapash, initially trained by his father Sri Kalipada Dash, was a disciple of the illustrious Pakhawazi Pandit Rajeeb Lochan Dey (who was also his father’s guru). Later he received training from the renowned Pakhawaz players Pdt Ramakant Pathak and Pdt Vitthaldas Gujrati. A guest teacher at the Raindrop Bharati University, he is a well known performer in music conferences, Radio & TV.
Date: 07/17/2004
Location: India Museum and Heritage Society, 58 Tell Street, Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm
Cost: Donations: $10 to 15 per person. Children free (Capacity 45)
Contact: Kulbhushan Chowdhury 401-369-0177 or Arun: 508-676-5706
Directions: From 95 south take exit 21, take a right onto Atwells Avenue and from 95 North take exit 21 and then a second left onto Atwells Avenue. Drive about 3/4 mile and take a left onto Knight Street (at The Holy Ghost Church) Take a second right onto Tell Street. Mahatma Gandhi Center is the second building on the left. Please allow time for parking.
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