THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 @ 7PM

The Indo- American Arts Council (IAAC) proudly presents the internationally acclaimed Bansuri
player Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia in Concert and Subhankar Banerjee on Tabla.

Although he began his musical studies as a vocalist, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia switched to the flute after hearing a performance by Pandit Bholanath a year later. Inspired by what he heard, Chaurasia spent the next eight years studying with Bholanath. He later studied with surbahar player Shrimati Annapurna Devi, the daughter of Ustad Allaudin Khan and the sister of Ali Akbar Khan. In 1957, Chaurasia began playing and composing material for All India Radio in Calcutta. Ten years later, he collaborated with Shivkumar Sharma and Brijbhushan Kabra on a much-celebrated raga suite, "Call Of The Valley."

With his virtuousic blowing technique, Hariprasad Chaurasia has turned the Bansuri (bamboo) flute into an instrument of beauty. Blending the musical traditions of India with imagination and innovation, Chaurasia has reached beyond classical music to create a sound of his own. Presented with the national award of the Sangeet Natak Academy in 1984, Chaurasia received the Gaurav Puraskar from the state government of Maharashtra, India in 1990, the Padma Bhushan and the Konarak Samman in 1992, the Yash Bharati Sanman in 1994, the Padma Vibhusham in 2000, the Hafeez Ali Khan Award in 2003 and so and so on.

At the age of five, this musical wonder kid, Subhankar Banerjee was placed under the tutelage of Shri Swapan Shiva celebrated artiste and teacher of Farukhabad Tabla Gharana and over the years he has been dedicating himself for learning other Gharanas from different maestros. He received awards in his early age from celebrities like Satyajit Ray in the year 1977, Pandit Ravi Shankar in the year 1985 and from President of India in 1987. Training in vocal music from his childhood made him a competent vocalist as well. In addition to being a reputed soloist Subhankar is one of the few choicest accompanists of most prominent celebrities of our country like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit,L.Subramanium, Dr. M.Balamuralikrishna, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit M.S.Gopalkrishnan, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit V.G.Jog, Ustad Imrat Hussian Khan, and many others.

Accompanied by:

Support Flute: Aura Rascon 

Tanpura: Shyamala

Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch College

55 Lexington Ave @ 25 Street

New York 10010

Tickets: Available July 1, 2010 onwards at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Box office: 646-312-4085
Online: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=562

Row A-G - $65, $55 (IAAC Members)

Row H-K - $45, $35 (IAAC Menbers) 

Music dissolves all boundaries...