CELEBRATION OF TAGORE
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Rabindranath Tagore the poet, philosopher, educator, composer, and much more was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in literature for his book Gitanjali or the “Song offeringsin 1913. In this program we celebrate the life and works of this polymath. We take a fresh look at Gitanjali or the “Song Offerings”. We trace the progress of Gitanjali’s English renderings from the formative stage to its ultimate outcome of winning the Nobel Prize. Among his vocations, Tagore had a special feeling towards his music and embraced different genres of music whole heartedly. He chose from a vast array of world music starting from ancient Indian Dhrupad to Italian Opera to Folk tunes of Bengal to Carnatic music styles to Scottish and Irish folk tunes and composed songs which carried the indelible touch of Tagore’s originality. We attempt to highlight the origin and the inspired Tagore song side by side in our presentation. We also highlight Tagore’s friendship with some of the greatest minds in the world like Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein. Tagore was also extremely affectionate towards the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and we take a glimpse at their relationship as well.
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Rabindranath Tagore the poet, philosopher, educator, composer, and much more was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in literature for his book Gitanjali or the “Song offeringsin 1913. In this program we celebrate the life and works of this polymath. We take a fresh look at Gitanjali or the “Song Offerings”. We trace the progress of Gitanjali’s English renderings from the formative stage to its ultimate outcome of winning the Nobel Prize. Among his vocations, Tagore had a special feeling towards his music and embraced different genres of music whole heartedly. He chose from a vast array of world music starting from ancient Indian Dhrupad to Italian Opera to Folk tunes of Bengal to Carnatic music styles to Scottish and Irish folk tunes and composed songs which carried the indelible touch of Tagore’s originality. We attempt to highlight the origin and the inspired Tagore song side by side in our presentation. We also highlight Tagore’s friendship with some of the greatest minds in the world like Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Einstein. Tagore was also extremely affectionate towards the rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and we take a glimpse at their relationship as well.
- Refunds
- Up to 1 day before the event starts
- Free for children
- Free for 12 years old and under
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SUDESHNA BASU
Dr. Sudeshna Basu grew up in Kolkata, India. She started her early musical training under the tutelage of famous Hindustani classical vocalist Smt. Meera Bandyopadhyay of Patiala gharana. After a rigorous training in classical music Dr. Basu started taking Rabindrasangeet lessons under the maestro Sri Ashoketaru Bandyopadhyay.Recently, she started taking lessons on Dhurpad from the famous Gundecha Brothers. She obtained her Ph. D from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. She then went to United States to pursue her academic goals. After teaching at universities in the US, she quit her full time job to dedicate herself whole heartedly to music. She now divides her time between mathematics and music.
Sudeshna has collaborated with musicians and artists all over the world including Pianist, Flautist, Violinist and Bell choirs in western music and south and north Indian classical musicians and dancers. She has researched, scripted, performed, directed and recorded many projects with some of the leading Bengali artists like Barun Chanda, Rejwana Choudhury Bonnya, Srabani Sen, Mir Afsar Ali, Anindita Kaji , Anashua Majumdar, Biplab Dasgupta, Bijoylakshmi Barman, Sujoy prasad Chatterjee, Dolly Basu, Chaitali Dasgupta, Sreela Majumdar and Eleena Banik to name a few.
Mohd. Shafiul Islam
Mohd Shafiul Islam, on Tabla, hails from Jibannagar in Kushtia District of Bangladesh. He has had musical instruction from Babu Niranjan Padiya, Ustad Abdul Hossain Joardar and Babu Shishir Majumdar. While in BD, he started to perform for national Radio and TV channels on a regular basis since about 1975-76. He moved to Montreal in 1993. After a chance meeting with the legendary Manna Dey in Montreal (1993), the two bonded well and in Dey, Islam found a trusted mentor and well-wisher and their liaison lasted till the former passed away in 2013. Islam picked up Tabla entirely on his own out of necessity as vocalists often needed a Tabla player, which was hard to find. Here he relied on pure improvisation. He is fond paying on the Tabla and has the distinction of accompanying the artiste Haimanti Shukla of West Bengal in a concert in Montreal.