Sudeshna Bhattacharya

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Released: Sep 11, 2007

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Genre: Classical
Location Marseille, Rhône-Alpes, FR
Profile Views: 9098
Last Login: 3/5/2012
Member Since 8/12/2007
Website www.sudeshnasarod.com
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....Download music at: ....bandcamp.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. Sudeshna is a Musician, playing the rich tradition of North Indian Classical music. Her instrument is the SAROD. The more than one meter long, 19 string SAROD is a descendant of a mid-Asian instrument, the RABAB, which was modified seven generations ago, to better suit Indian music. Children usually begin to acquaint with the instrument at the early age of four, and practice each passage or movement on the instrument for many years. In contrary to Sitar, the places of the individual notes on the fretboard of the Sarod are not set (as with the violin, or cello). This particularity, and similarity with bowed western, and Indian instruments is an important necessity for indian music, knowing more notes, or microtones than the western scales. Sarod (and generally music) playing in India is inherited from father to son, meaning that there are very few female musicians in the country. There are only three known female Sarod players in the world, and Sudeshna is one of them. Sudeshna Bhattacharya was born in Calcutta. Her first teacher was his father Krishnamohan Bhattacharya, who is respected not only because of his Sarod, but also because of his vocal knowledge. According to the traditions, Krishnamohan Bhattacharya learnt from his father, who was a great ESRAJ player. After studying from her father, Sudeshna gave her first public recital at the age of seven, and in the same year she started participating in musical competitions too. Throughout three years she was chosen as the best among all the applicants, winning the first prize and a national scholarship for 9 years. Thanks to this scholarship, she could pursue her musical studies and participate in recordings under the tutelage of one of the greatest and most well known Sarod maestros of India, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. She was the youngest awarded by the Indian national scholarship, which she received till her age of 20. During this period she regularly performed on radio, live, and television. She was 20 years old when she Majored in the musical conservatory of Allahabad, and again received a national scholarship for further two years. In 2001 she won the title of the best Indian musician, and in 2002 the title of best music performer in India. She had her first European tour in 1999 touching Belgium, Switzerland, France, Sweden and Norway, and a half hour broadcast and a one hour interview in the Belgian public radio. It was this occasion that the music loving audience of Europe got to know her, and from this time she was regularly invited for performances. In 2003 the Ministry of Culture in France invited her to the Strictly Mondial international festival, and offered a five year contract to her. Since then she's living in Marseille, and she's giving concerts, teaches, records, and participates in French cultural happenings with the support of the French Ministry of Culture. Till now her music was known by audiences in Portugal, Algeria,Spain,Italy,Israel and Denmark too. This march she played on the Babel Med international festival in Marseille, from where 56 French radio channels broadcasted their concert. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Sudeshna Bhattacharya
Influences
My father and guru Sri Krishnamohan Bhattacharya and My guru Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Saheb
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Ustad Amjad Ali Khan