Events
Concert of Indian Classical Music – (Maharishi Gandharva Veda)
Saturday 13 September at 7:30pm at the Maharishi Dome, Skelmersdale
With vocalist Silpi Paul, and tabla player Dhiman Bhattacharya
Comment from previous concerts:
“The Gandharva Veda Concert feedback has been overwhelming: ‘Brilliant’ ‘Best ever’, ‘absolutely superb’, ‘I transcended many times’ and despite the pouring rain there was a good attendance.”
Silpi Paul
is a Gandharva Veda Indian classical vocalist from Kolkata, India following Kirana & Benaras Senia Gharana (style of Music), a disciple of Pandit Arun Bhaduri and Padmavibhusan Vidushi Girija Devi. She is an All India Radio graded artist, and empanelled artist of Spic Macay and Doordarshan. She has been performing many prestigious concerts across India and abroad as well.
Born in a family of music lovers, Silpi Paul started learning vocal music from Sri Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, a disciple of Pandit Manas Chakraborty. Later she was trained under Pandit Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay of Bishnupur Gharana and finally Pandit Arun Bhaduri of Kirana Gharana. At present she is under the tutelage of the doyen of Hindustani classical music, Padmabhushan Smt. Girija Devi of Benaras Gharana.
Silpi graduated from Calcutta University and has obtained ‘Sangeet Bisharad’ from the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh. She has also obtained Masters’ (M.A.) in Vocal Music i.e. Khayal from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata with 1st Class Distinction marks.
She was awarded National Scholarship in Hindustani Music from Govt. of India. Sur Singer Samsad, Mumbai, awarded her the prestigious title ‘Surmani’. She is a Graded Artiste of Kolkata Television and All India Radio in Khayal, Thumri, Dadra and Bhajan.
Silpi has received several awards and recognitions from organisations like Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India), Pandit Ravi Kichlu Foundation, Dover Lane Music Conference, West Bengal State Music Academy, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
Dhiman Bhattacharya
started his lesson of tabla under Sanjib Pal who is a senior disciple of Acharya Pandit Shankar Ghosh. Later he got the blessings of Guru Pt. Bickram Ghosh where he has been learning for the last 8 years.
Dhiman has accompanied many young and reputed artists like Pt. Sriram Umdekar, Pt. Partha Bose, Sri Soumalya Chakraborty, Sri Chiradip sarkar, Sri Abhisek Mallick and many others. He also has been associated with various musical projects with his Guru Pt. Ghosh.
Besides performing, he has been teaching in The Bickram Ghosh Academy of Performing Arts as assistant teacher for the last 7 years.
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