Chintan
Prerana presents a special concert of Hindustani classical Bandishes
Composed by well known classical composer Chaitanya Kunte
Artists: Saniya Patankar and Kumar Mardur
These two brilliant artists will present some compositions in uncommon genres such as Khyalnuma Tarana, Natwari Tarana, Bamayna Bandish, Thaat-mala, Tappa-Hori, etc.
composed by Chaitanya Kunte.
A CD album of these bandishes “Chintan” will be released by Tabla legend TaalYogi Pt. Suresh Talwalkar with Mr. Yamaji Malkar, editor of Sakal news group.
Accompanists: Nilesh Ranadive (Tabla) and Chaitanya Kunte (Harmonium).
Time & Date: Thursday, 28th August 2008, 6.30pm
Venue: Bedekar Ganapati Mandir Hall, Paud Road, Pune.
About the artist:
He is a graded artiste with All India Radio and has provided harmonium accompaniment with notable vocalists for commercial recordings and concerts.
Drawing inspiration from traditional compositions and from the work of more contemporary composers of Hindustani vocal music, Kunte has also experimented with composing in a wide variety of forms like khayal, tappa, tarana, chatarang, sadra, sargam-geet, thumri, dadra, and bhajan. He has explored raags and taals that are not commonly heard and has also composed thumris in Marathi. Kunte presents thematic concerts featuring his compositions.
Chaitanya Kunte has received a fellowship for his research pertaining to tappa, from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He is currently appointed as visiting lecturer at Lalit Kala Kendra (Centre for Performing Arts), Pune University. Apart from his research in music, Kunte also has Master’s degrees in Indology and History and an M. Phil. degree in Archaeology.
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