Ashu Babu Memorial Concert 2007 Programme

Here is the programme for this year's Ashu Babu Memorial Concert, in loving memory of our late guru-ji, Kaviraj Pt. Ashutosh Bhattacharya. I will be performing with bansuri player Taro Terahara. Please note that the main act, Purbayan Chatterjee will soon tour Australia (Brisbane concert details here).

Kaviraj Late Pt. Ashutosh Bhattacharya ("Ashu Babu")
Third Memorial Classical Music Evening

Date: 16 & 17 March (Two days - Friday & Saturday)
Venue: Dhrupad Tirth, Tulsi Ghat, Varanasi
Time: 6.30 evening

PROGRAMME
Date: 16-03-07 (Friday)

• Gayan & Vadan - Direction by Dr. Devashish Dey (Varanasi)
• Flute (bansuri) - Taro Terahara (Japan)
• Sitar - Dr. Ravindra Narayan Goswami (Varanasi)
• Classical Vocal - Smt. Arati Ankalikar (Pune, Maharastra)
• Sitar & Violin - Sri Sujay Vasu & Sri Indradeep Ghosh (Kolkata)

Date: 17-03-07 (Saturday)

• Kathak Dance - Smt. Malvika Mitra (Kolkata)
• Sitar & Sarod - Sri Kedia Brothers (Dhanbad)
• Tabla Solo - Sri Pundlik Krishna Bhagwat (Varanasi)
• Classical Vocal - Vidushi Sulochana Sahasrbudhe (Delhi)
• Sitar - Sri Purvayan Chatterjee (Kolkata)

ACCOMPANYING ARTISTS
Tabla: Pt. Sri Govinda Chakravarty (Delhi), Dr. Debabrata Bhattacharya (Varanasi), Sri Kishan Ram Dohakar (Varanasi), Sri Vinod Lele (Varanasi), Sri Shubha Shankar (Varanasi), Sri Shen Flindell (Australia), Sri Mani Shankar (Varanasi),Sri Dena Nath Mishra (Kolkata)
Vocal: Sri Anand Gupta Kolkata)
Sarangi: Sri Santosh Mishra (Varanasi)
Sarod: Sri Jayanta Bhattacharya (Kolkata)
Harmonium: Sri Vinay Mishra

Co-Sponsor: Islam Fabrics, Pili Kothi, Varanasi