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A focused musician
THE ASIAN AGE. | SHAILAJA KHANNA
Published : Mar 20, 2017, 2:40 am IST
Updated : Mar 20, 2017, 6:43 am IST
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Budhaditya Mukherjee is a down-to-earth, grounded musician on whom stardom sits well. One of the senior-most sitariyas today, his exclusivity as an artist on stage stems more from a disinclination to repeat concerts in a city too frequently than from arrogance. He wears the accolades that have been showered on him with nonchalance; he has been hailed as
a major discovery since the age of 20. His incredibly swift, crystal clear movements on the sitar, the rounded mellow sound of his stokes are a delight to fans worldwide. He was also the first musician in the world to perform at the British House of Parliament. His training as an engineer (during which he won a Gold Medal) has seeped into his music as well
he analyses his music and the music world with a logical precision that is unlike the average artists. A hugely focused man, he says I do not allow frustrations to overcome me; I overcome frustrations.
You sound exactly like Ustad Vilayat Khan; did you consciously try to sound like him?
I was totally enamoured by the sound of his sitar! He was really my star, my sun that shining light I tried to reach for. In fact, for years I struggled to acquire a sitar that could sound like his! To engineer a perfect sounding instrument took me literally 15 years to achieve, and which I personally worked on even though I am not an instrument maker. I had to
break open a sitar, try out a change, play it, and then try again! A painstaking, time-consuming, expensive process... Finally I have a saaz that I am satisfied with.
I have heard there is a story associated with Vilayat Khan sahibs sitar. In the mid 1950s, while en route to a concert, his sitar got completely drenched, and he was unable to play it. His fathers disciple, Viru Mitra offered his sitar for the concert, and its sound suited Vilayat Khan so well that he decided to retain it, and accounts say that is the same sitar he had
till the end of his days, which is now with his younger son Hidayat.
Your style of playing has a lot of gayeki (vocal) ang. Which vocalists have you listened to a lot?
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan sahib, Kumar Gandharv, mainly all through recordings. They were not considered legends for no reason! On music legends I have another thing to add any musician who has devoted his whole life to music (acquiring it, honing it and presenting it) is Kaabil-e-tareef even if he is not a perfect musician.
You have been playing for more than 40 years; what changes do you find in listeners today?
Well for one today most of my audience is younger than me. I view it differently its not about the audience; its about you, the performer. Let me put it like this someone in your audience may have come to your concert because his friend dragged him along; and he knows nothing of classical music. Its up to you, the artist on stage, to perform with such
sincerity (asar) and in such a way that the appeal is insidiously absorbed. Maybe later the listener goes on to start to listen to another form of classical music, maybe vocal but at least hes hooked!
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