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7th january at 7pm, classical music with Pandit Barunkumar Pal on Hansaveena, with Debojyothi Mukherjee and pandit Sujit Saha 

♪ 1. 11th June    NYC Manhattan (Chhandayan)       

♪ 2. 12th June    Matagiri, Woodstock

♪ 3. 17th June     New York City 

♪ 4. 19th June     Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles

♪ 6.  25th June    Concert of Ragmala in Edmonton

♪ 7.  26th June    Concert of  Ragmala in Calgary

♪ 8. 3rd July        Tampa

7th january at 7pm, classical music with Pandit Barunkumar Pal on Hansaveena, with Debojyothi Mukherjee and pandit Sujit Saha 

Hansaveena recital with Pandit Barunkumar Pal

Shubajyoti Guha and Debojyoti Mukherjee 

1rst January, 6 pm, Jahnavi Center for Performing Arts

2014:

• 2^nd to 8^th Jan’14- Concerts in Kolkata and around.

• Feb 7^th to 9^th’”14- Concerts and workshops in Rishikesh

• May 12^th to 17^th’14- Music workshop in Mother’s International School

• Dec 18^th to 28^th’14-Music workshop for the young talents of Auro-Mira Vidya MandirMatri in Kechla (Odissa) from 19^th to 28^th Dec. Local tribal students of age 10 to 14 are already trained in different disciplines like Sanskrit chanting (more than 50 different), Prayer songs, Bhajans, devotional songs, contemporary songs, English speaking –reading and writing fluently, Yoga- Ashanas, doing Havans of all the different occasions, physical activity demonstrations, scientific agriculture and many other.

They also had the basic training of singing Indian Classical music (Ragas), playing Flute and Tabla.  

During this intensive workshop of eight days ( 8 hrs. a day) they enjoyed learning 12 compositions including Chanting’s, famous Tagore songs, compositions from Bharat Ratna Ravi Shankar, folk tunes, Lakshan geets on different Ragas, Tabla Parans, different Talas and their improvisations, basics scales and chords on Western Guitar, art of presentations with co-ordinations and Harmonisations etc. On the last evening of the workshop they even gave a presentation of what they have learned during the workshop for an hr. and concluded with several chantings, songs and patriotic songs of their own choice to entertain the listeners. 

• Three of the advanced students are given recognitions by the All India Radio, Ministry of Broad Cast, Gov. of India :

1. Debojyoti Mukherjee- Sitar also a recipient of National Scholarship
2. Shubrodip Paul-Flute. Stood first in All India Radio music competition and All India Flute competition organised by The Shahara music competition, Lucknow.
3. Pravar Tandon: Flute. Graded artiste of All India Radio

• Special broad cast of Hansaveena by All India Radio on the 21^st Nov’14

 In 1983, during his stay in Kolkata, with the blessings of Pt. Ravi Shankar, Barun Pal established Shubham Music Circle -a society created in service of classical Music, to give a platform to young artists and more importantly to cultivate the true values of Indian Classical music and understanding its real essence by presenting senior musicians not just to a larger audience but to genuine lovers of music.

Very recently in New Delhi- 20^th of September, Barun Pal brought this beautiful journey to our city with the inauguration of Shubham Music Circle’s Delhi Chapter. 

It was a truly memorable evening, with the right amount of all ingredients required to make a successful concert but what made those three hours a part of everybody memories forever was the authentic love for music in both the performers as well as the audience which had gathered for the auspicious event.

Pt. Barun Pal’s contributions as a Composer, music director and conductor in Indian Classical music for A.I.R., Doordarshan, DD-7, and National Youth Festival are well known. He is also popularly known for having produced Raga symphony,  and numerous choirs with young talents, with over 75 presentations. He has worked together with Gerald Wirth, the director of the Vienna Children’s Choir and the choir group of RIMPA which perform several concerts in India and Austria as a part of the project Global Children’s Choir for peace.

Pt. Barun Pal has been training numerous students in New Delhi at the Ravi Shankar Institute of Music and Performing arts, RIMPA, in the guru-shishya parampara, following the methodology of Pt. Ravi Shankar for many years now. Under his guidance many of these young talents have been awarded with All India Radio Music honours, National Awards and National Scholarships from the government of India. The evening gave us the opportunity to witness music from some of his young artists, wielding stringed, blowing and bowing instruments.

The serene atmosphere created for the baithak at Mr. Khare’s residence, one of key members of the Shubham family, was an ideal venue for hosting such an event. After an inspiring speech by Mr. Khare, the lamp lighting and unveiling of the logo took place by the senior musicians and well wishers including Pt. Vijay Shankar Mishra, Mr. Kotwal and Pt. Barun Pal. This made way for a calm and beautiful chant by his disciples, a perfect start to the musical evening.

The Program opened with a violin recital by Sarth Khare a student of the prestigious School for Planning and architecture.  He showed immense confidence and prowess while playing a typical short dhun format in raga Khamaj- the popular, Vishnav jan to tene kahiye, creating a beautiful sutra of notes with good support by the guest tabla artist Pranav Ramji, a disciple of Shri Gulfam Sabri.

The next artist Priyanka Nayyar a Hansaveena player presented Raga Bihag, a melodious rendering in the traditional Indian Classical Music format where she played a beautiful Gat in teental composed by Pt. Ravi Shankar. The dynamic sound of the hansaveena combined with her own musical sense made for a pleasing atmosphere within those few minutes. Pranav Ramji gave steady accompaniment on Tabla.

                                                                                                                                     Radhika, the next young performer presented Raga Desh on Sitar, in a short presentation while trying to keep with the traditional structure of classical music, with an introductory alap, gat and tans in Ektaal and ending with a Jhala, Again Pranav Ramji provided with able support on Tabla. 

Naren Ramaswamy a disciple of Barun Pal, is currently pursuing his engineering degree at Stanford University is an excellent flute player.  He performed Raga Hemant with an alaap , gat in teen taal in a crisp presentation, with intelligent taans and exciting Tihai’s while keeping the Raga in focus. He was accompanied by the well known tabla player Shri Subhas Kanti Das. 

The next young performer was Srija Das – 15 years of age, she had the maturity of an accomplished vocalist. She is currently training with Vidushi Savita Devi of the Banaras Gharana & Damodar Lal Ghosh. She was accompanied on Tabla by her father Shri Subhash Das and Shri Shah Alam provided good support on the harmonium. 

She began with a mellifluous thumri in Raga Khamaj and finished with a well embellished Bhajan- Akhiyan Hari darshan ki pyasi…

The next artist, a professional flautist, Pravar  Tandon disciple of Pt. Barun Pal, is currently also working as a software engineer. He gave a mature performance with a steady and balanced blowing technique and fine tonal quality.  He presented Raga Maru Bihag beginning with an emotional alap and gat in Drut teen Taal, with accompaniment on Tabla by guest artist Shri Pradeep Sarkar. 

The evening concluded by an enthralling sitar recital by Debojyoti Mukherjee, disciple of Pt. Barun Pal, who is currently also pursuing a Masters Degree from the School of Planning and Architecture. His rendition of Raga Jogeshwari, a creation of Pt. Ravi Shankar, began with tuneful and elaborate alap followed by a harmonious jod. He presented a two exciting gats in Teental with perfect support of Tabla also adding solos at the right moment. The sawal jawab also created a wonderful mood with equal involvement from the sitar as well as percussion. The performance concluded with a fast paced Jhaala and a thrilling tihai.

Mrs. Laxmi Ramaswamy along with Smt. Deepa Khare, important members of the Shubham family gave the vote of thanks to conclude the memorable musical evening.

Pt. Barun Pal gave an encouraging speech and wishes to see Shubham playing host to many more such truly musical gatherings. With this the Shubham Music Circle completed its first successful baithak.

• 19th May concert in Singapore
• 23th May Stanford ( San Francisco) concert and workshop 
• 26th May Concert in Los Angeles (Laos Paolo near Beach Land)
• 29th May concert in Sandiego at Ravi Shankar Centre of USA
• 1st June Concert in Los Angeles
• 3rd & 4th June Concert in Los Angeles
• 8th June Concert in Woodstock
• 9th June Concert in New Jersey
• 15th June Concert in NYC, Manhattan 
• 16th to 21st June Nashville, workshops and concert
• 25^th May back to India

For the available dates of concerts in India, Europe and U.S.A. and reservations for the Advanced Music Workshop in Feb’13 ( “Sadhana”-A Musical satisfaction) 

please contact:

Mrs. Lipika Pal: 09873209227/00 91-1126015174 / email

1^st Jan’ 2012- Kolkata, India- Solo Concert at Swami Satyananda Devayatan’s Kalpataru Utsav programme . Tabla accompaniment by Pandit Sujit Saha

4^th Jan’ 2012- Kolkata, India – Solo Concert of heritage Club of Kolkata- The Calcutta Club. Tabla accompaniment by Shri Subhajyoti Guha

10^th March, 7^th April and 21^st April’ 2012- Music workshop for the young participants of Mozarts Choir of India at the Austrian Embassy, Delhi

24^th April’ 2012- Solo Concert at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi, India

22^nd May to 12^th June’ 2012- Tour to Mumbai

22^nd to 30th June’ 2012- Music Workshop for advanced students at Ramgarh, Himalayan Ashram

1^st Aug’ 2012- New session for the Mozart’s Choir of India

13^th Aug’ 2012- Presentation of Raga Symphony at Gurgaon, India

15^th Aug’ 2012- Solo Concert at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi

20^th to 29^th Oct’ 2012- Concert tour to Kolkata

13^th to 16^th Nov’ 2012- Concert to Rishikesh and Release of new CD album,

“ Ragas for Ever”

23^rd Dec to 6^th Jan’ 2013- Concert tour to Kolkata and release of new CD album 

“Soul to Soul”-2

2^nd April to 23^rd April’ 2013- Concerts in Vienna and England.

June ’ 2013- Concert tour in U.S.A.