Nikhil Banerjee Raga Hemant Kanai Dutta-tabla Live in Amsterdam 1970

Description: "My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I want to really go beyond this materialistic world. Not for the sake of enjoyment, entertainment, no. A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards Space." — Nikhil Banerjee [from interview with Ira Landgarten, 1985] Padmabhushan Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986) was one of the finest sitarists of his time. His music earned deep respect among India's classical music connoisseurs as well as gaining him a devoted international following. He was the disciple of the two greatest forces in 20th century Indian classical music, Padmavibhushan Allauddin Khan and his son Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Though he recorded a number of LPs, few were live concerts, in which his leisurely, majestic raga development was unsurpassed. Mr. Banerjee disliked being recorded, feeling that the process compromised the inner meditative quality of his music, so high-fidelity live recordings are rare. More information: www.raga.com Legendary tabla player Kanai Dutta began to study as a child under Satish Das. Later he was a student of the noted Calcutta teacher Jnan Prakash Ghosh for over ten years. He first traveled to the West with Ravi Shankar in 1955. He recorded a number of LPs with Mr. Banerjee for EMI India. Raga Hemant, an evening raga also associated with spring season, was created by Allauddin Khan and was often played by Nikhil Banerjee. Shipped by USPS Media mail. If you buy more than one of Raga Records' CDs, the flat rate of $4.00 will cover all the discs ordered at the same time; the shipping on the additional CDs will be refunded via PayPal.

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: Hoboken, New Jersey

End Time: 2023-12-07T17:20:18.000Z

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