Sangeet Natak Akademi

National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi

Sangeet Pratibha
Festival of Young Musicians
19 22 October 2011 Nainital

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA, NEW DELHI

Sangeet Pratibha
Festival of Young Musicians 19 22 October 2011 5:00 p.m. daily Nainital

Organized in association with Sangeet Kala Akademi and Yug Manch, Nainital

Programme: 5:00 pm daily WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER Smit Tiwari Aman Pathre Arnab Chatterjee Tapas Kumar Das Peravali Jaya Bhaskar & group Nawab Ali Rama Murthy Vetri Bhoopathy Bejjanki Ravi V.S.K. Anna Durai Haldwani Delhi Delhi Kolkata Hyderabad Delhi Delhi Delhi Delhi Delhi THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER Salim Kumar Kuldeep Mishra Suchit Narang Jai Shankar Mishra Raj Kumar Bharti Hari Dutt Sharma Diwakar Sharma Rohtak Delhi Dehradun Dehradun Dehradun Shimla Shimla FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER Sanjay Kalotra Smit Tiwari Prabal Sharma Kumar Rishitosh Asif Ali Khan Imran Khan Rashid Niyazi Jammu Haldwani Guwahati Delhi Delhi Ludhiana Delhi SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER Sukhwinder Singh & Satwinder Pal Singh Neeraj Shandilye Jasmeet Kaur Sukhamoy Banerjee Suhail Khan Pranat Kumar Avirbhav Verma Madhuresh Bhatt Asif Ali Khan Amritsar Jalandhar Shimla Jammu Delhi Delhi Haldwani Chandigarh Kurukshetra Delhi Sarangi Tabla Hindustani Vocal Tabla Sarangi Tabla Trio Sarangi Violin Tabla Hindustani Vocal Tabla Sarangi Rabab Tabla Sitar Tabla Hindustani Vocal Tabla Violin Flute Tabla Sarod Tabla Dhrupad Pakhawaj Percussion Ensemble Tabla Ghatam Khanjira Morsing Violin

Programme subject to change.

Sangeet Pratibha
Sangeet Pratibha is a festival of music focusing on young talent in the field. It is presented by Sangeet Natak Akademi, as part of a well-established programme to bring to audiences the work of a new generation of artists all over India and thus help young artists to find a foothold on the national platform. The Pratibha programme is not limited to music; over the last two decades, festival of dance and theatre featuring young artists has also been held as part of the series in various parts of the country. Many of the artists featured in these festival have subsequently established themselves in their own fields, be it music, dance, or drama. Sangeet Pratibha is designed to bring forth some of the best talents of the northern region of the country endowed with rich heritage of Hindustani vocal music. The festival will also present Hindustani and Carnatic practitioners of instrumental music, Sarod, Sitar, Violin, Flute, Sarangi, Rabab, Ghatam, Khanjira, Morsing and Tabla from various parts of the region. The Sangeet Natak Akademi is thankful to the Sangeet Kala Akademi and Yug Manch, Nainital for their support and hopes that the Sangeet Pratibha will receive enthusiastic response from the rasikas of the city of Nainital. Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi

WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER

Smit Tiwari
Born in the family of musicians, Smit Tiwari has initiated into Sarod from his father Shri Chandra Shekhar Tiwari. He is the recipient of the national scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has participated and proved his competence in various music competitions including the First Prize by Sangeet Natak Academy, Lucknow. In recognition of his excellence in the field, he has received many prizes and honors. He has performed widely and given numerous performances in India. Accompanied by Aman Pathre: Tabla

Arnab Chatterjee
Arnab Chatterjee has received his initial training in Hindustani music from his mother Smt. Anusuya Chatterjee and later learnt from Smt. Ranjita Mukherjee. Further, he honed his style of Dagarbani under the able guidance of Ustad

Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar. He is the recipient of the National Scholarship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India. A graded artist of All India Radio, he has performed widely in various music festivals in India. He has a number of awards to his credit including the 'Nirodbaran Smriti Puraskar', 'the Acharya Uday Bhusan Smriti Puraskar' and the 'Bani Basu Smriti Puraskar' of Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. He is pursuing Ph.D on the subject of 'Dhrupad and Bengali Padavali Kirtan Music' from the faculty of Music & Fine Arts, University of Delhi. Accompanied by Tapas Kumar Das: Pakhawaj

Peravali Jaya Bhaskar

Jaya Bhaskar received his training in Mridangam from Shri Yella Venkateswara Rao, an eminent guru and musicians. A graded artist of All India Radio & Doordarshan, he has been a member of the National Orchestra, Vadyavrinda of AIR. A recipient of senior scholarship of Ministry of Culture, Government of

India, he has performed widely in India & abroad in various prestigious music festivals. Accompanied by Nawab Ali: Tabla Rama Murthy: Ghatam Vetri Bhoopathy: Khanjira Bejjanki Ravi: Morsing V.S.K. Anna Durai: Violin

Nawab Ali
Nawab Ali received his training in Tabla from Shri Waheed Khan. A graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has participated in a large number of concerts in India. Presently he is working as a Staff Artist with the All India Radio, New Delhi.

Ramamurthy
Ramamurthy received his initial training in Ghatam from Shri Dandapani and later received advanced training under the tutelage of Shri K.M. Vaidyanathan.

A graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has given many solo recitals as well as accompanied many artistes in various music festivals in India and abroad.

Vetri Bhoopathy
Born in the family of musicians, Vetri Bhoopathy received his initial training in Khanjira from his father and guru Shri Prem Kumar. Presently he is receiving advanced training from Shri Karaikudi R. Mani, an eminent guru and musician. A graded artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad. Presently, he is a staff artist of the National School of Drama.

Bejjanki Ravi
Bejjanki Ravi received his initial training in Morsing from his father Shri Bejjanki Krishna and later learnt under the tutelage of Shri Jaya Bhaskar. Presently, he is receiving advanced training in Morsing and Mridangam from Shri Dandapani. He has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India.

V.S.K. Annadurai
V.S.K. Annadurai received his training in Violin from Shri T.K. Krishnamurthy Pillai. A graded artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad. Presently, he is associated with Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi, Delhi

THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER

Salim Kumar
Salim Kumar received his initial training in Sitar from Shri Ravinder Dev Tailang and later received training from Shri Nurullah Khan. He has polished his s t y l e a n d expanded his repertoire under the tutelage of Shri Shahid Parvez of Etahwa Gharana. A graded artist of All India Radio, he is a recipient of national scholarship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has performed both in the country and abroad including the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jalandhar, Himachal Sangeet Sammelan, Himachal Pradesh, Sharad Kumaon Utsav, Nainital and in Srilanka, Japan, Turkey and Europe. He has received many awards from various prestigious institutions including the National Award by Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, Jharkhand, the Ustad Mustaq Ali Khan award from, Delhi and the Pandit V.G. Jog Memorial Award from University of Delhi, Delhi. Accompanied by Kuldeep Mishra: Tabla

Suchit Narang
Suchit Narang received his initial training in Hindustani music from Shri Vasudev Rao Deshpande and later polished his style under Smt. Madhuri Mattoo of Kirana gharana. He is the recipient of national scholarship of Ministry of Culture, Government of India. A graded artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed in various prestigious music festivals within the country. He has received many awards such as the National Talent Award by Government of India, the Surmani by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai and the

Uttrakhand Ratna by All India Conference of Intellectuals, Uttrakhand. Accompanied by Jai Shankar Mishra: Tabla Raj Kumar Bharti: Violin

Hari Dutt Sharma

Born in a family of musicians, Hari Dutt received his initial training in flute from his father Shri Chet Ram Sharma and later received advanced training from Shri Ronu Majumdar, an eminent musician. A graded artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed widely and given numerous performances throughout India including the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, J a l l a n d h a r , a n d Yo u t h F e s t i v a l s i n Jamshedpur, Hyderabad, Bilaspur, and Patna. He has also participated in All India Radio Sangeet Sammelan, and represented the Indian youth delegation in China organised by the Government of India. Accompanied by Diwakar Sharma: Tabla

FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER

Sanjay Kalotra
Sanjay Kalotra received his initial training in violin from Shri Sumeet Madan and later received advanced training under the tutelage of Shri Aleem Khan of Delhi gharana. A graded artist with All India Ra d i o a nd Do o rd a rs ha n, he ha s participated in a large number of concerts in India. Accompanied by Smit Tiwari: Tabla

Prabal Sharma
Prabal Sharma received his training in Hindustani music from Shri L.K. Pandit, an eminent guru of Gwalior gharana. A doctorate in music, he is a recipient of National Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India as well as State Scholarship from the Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Assam. He has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad including the Hafiz Ali Khan festival, Gwalior; Tansen Samaroha, Gwalior; Kal Ke Kalakar Sammelan, Mumbai; and Indian Conference on Indian Music at Mauritius. He has received awards from various prestigious organizations, and has many recordings to his credit. Accompanied by Kumar Rishitosh: Tabla Asif Ali Khan: Sarangi

Imran Khan
Born in a family of musicians, Imran Khan received his initial training in Rabab from his father Shri Ghulam Mohammmad and later learnt the art under the tutelage of Shri Mukhtar Ahmed. A graded artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has widely performed in various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad including the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jallandhar, the Qutab Festival, Delhi and the Festival of Music in Afghanistan and South Africa organised by the Government of India. Accompanied by Rashid Niyazi: Tabla

SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER

Sukhwinder Singh
Born in a family of musicians, Sukhwinder Singh learnt Sarangi from Shri Shaminder Pal Singh. A graded artist with All India Radio, he has performed in various prestigious music festivals in India.

Satwinder Pal Singh

Born in a family of musicians, Satwinder Pal Singh learnt Sarangi from his father Shri Shaminder Pal Singh. A graded artist with All India Radio, he has performed in many prestigious music festivals including the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jallandhar; the Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai; the Nana Panse Sangeet Mahotsav, Madhya Pradesh, and the Ustad Allah Rakha Sangeet Sammelan in Patiala. Accompanied by Neeraj Shandilya: Tabla

Jasmeet Kaur
Jasmeet Kaur received her initial training in Hindustani music from Smt. Sudershan Kaur Kirti and later from Shri P.N. Raina and Shri Hanuman Prasad Mishra. Presently, she is receiving advanced training in music under the able guidance of Shri Rajan and Sajan Mishra, eminent gurus and musicians. She has performed in many prestigious music festivals in India. She has been awarded the title of Surmani by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai. She has many recordings to her credit. Accompanied by Sukhamoy Banerjee: Tabla Suhail Khan: Sarangi

Pranat Kumar Joshi

Born in a family of musicians, Pranat Kumar Joshi received his initial training in Tabla from his father Shri Leela Dhar Joshi and later received advanced training in Tabla from Shri Nisar Hussain Khan of Ajrada gharana. He is the recipient of a national scholarship of the Centre for Cultural Resource and Training and the Department of Culture, Government of India. A graded artist with All India Radio, he has

performed in many prestigious music festivals including the Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai, the Thumri Mahotsava, Gaya and the Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jallandhar. He has received the title of Talmani from the Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai.

Madhuresh Bhatt
Born in a family of musicians, Madhuresh Bhatt received his initial training in Tabla from his father Shri Surendra Bhatt and later learnt the art under the tutelage of Shri Sharda Sahai of Benaras gharana. An approved artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan, he has performed widely in India and abroad. He has given many solo recitals as well as accompanied many artistes in various music festivals.

Avirbhav Verma
Born in a family of musicians, Avirbhav Verma received his initial training in Tabla from his grandfather Shri Lachman Singh Seen of Punjab gharana and later from his father Shri Pawan Kumar Verma. A graded artist with All India Radio, he has represented India at the III Delphic Games 2009 Jeju, Republic of Korea. He has performed in various music festivals in India and abroad. He has received the title of Talmani from the Sur Singar Samsad,

Mumbai. Accompanied by Asif Ali Khan: Sarangi