Baithak Series: The Language of the Sarod with Arnab Chakrabarty
10 February 2024, 6.30pm PST
The Sanctuary at Vancouver Unitarians 949 W 49th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 2T1 Tickets: $27 (including processing fees) Included in Season Pass: Yes Purchase your tickets before February 3rd to get our Early Bird Discount (20% off)! Please note that refreshments are not available for purchase at this program. |
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Baithak Series is a thematic concert series aimed at presenting esoteric topics on Indian classical music in an engaging and accessible manner. Baithaks, essentially chamber concerts, are a traditional way of presenting Indian classical music to create an intimate connection between the audience and the artist through smaller venues with both floor and chair seating.
One of the top-ranking sarod artists of the current generation, Toronto-based Arnab Chakrabarty will present a concert featuring traditional and contemporary repertoire of the Shahjahanpur gharana and its various branches, highlighting the ever-evolving nature of the tradition. Having trained under Dr. Kalyan Mukherjea, Pandit Buddhdev Dasgupta, and Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan, Arnab is well known for his fine articulation of musical phrases, prodigious imagination, and fidelity to canonical raga forms. Joining Arnab on Tabla is our very own Sunny Matharu, a disciple of Pandit Yogesh Samsi.
Arnab Chakrabarty | Full Bio
“A musician known both for his emotive virtuosity and cerebral approach.” - The Hindu (2016)
One of the top-ranking sarod artists of the current generation, Indo-Canadian musician Arnab Chakrabarty (b. 1980) is a consummate performer and teacher of Hindustani instrumental music. Well known for his fine articulation of musical phrases, prodigious imagination, and fidelity to canonical raga forms, Chakrabarty is one of very few Hindustani musicians today who embody commitment to protecting and advancing the art form. He is the custodian of several hundred raga compositions inherited from both the Lucknow and Shahjahanpur lineages of sarod music.
Arnab has had his training under three major representatives of the Shahjahanpur Gharana of sarod music, Dr Kalyan Mukherjea, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta and Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan. He has also benefited from vocal training under the late maestro of the Gwalior Gharana, Pandit Yeshwantbua Joshi.
A student of music for over 35 years, Arnab Chakrabarty has been a professional musician for two decades, appearing at nearly 1000 public concerts in 33 countries. His performances have taken him to almost every important music festival in India and dozens in Europe and the United States, including the London Symphony Orchestra (2023), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2023), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (2014), Victoria & Albert Museum (London, 2017, in the presence of the then HRH Prince Charles), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1999), Silk Road Festival (Damascus, 2010) and Trafo House of Contemporary Culture (Budapest, 2012). His own initiative, the annual Dr. Kalyan Mukherjea Memorial Concert in Calcutta, India, was a runaway success in 2023, featuring some of India’s most respected classical musicians. Arnab plans to make this concert an annual event.
Recent Accomplishments:
● Chalmers Arts Fellowship (2023) - Ontario Arts Council
● Concept to Realization Grant (2023) for The Music of Lucknow-Shahjahanpur - CCA
● Circulation & Touring Grant (2023) - Arts Abroad, CCA for a tour of the UK and Spain
● Consultant for acclaimed Marathi film The Disciple (2021) by award-winning director Chaitanya
Tamhane. The film also features me in a cameo as myself.
● Toronto Arts Council Music & Recording Grant (2020) resulting in the solo album Cat's Cradle –
Fresh Expressions in Vintage Ragas, released digitally in June 2022 on all major music
platforms; played nationally on several CBC Music shows, winning fulsome praise from critics and
listeners.
● Worked on the soundtrack of 2005 Oscar winner, Born Into Brothels – Calcutta's Red Light
Children.
● Visiting lecturer at the Music Department, King’s College London, hosted by renowned music
historian Dr. Katherine Butler Schofield.
● Member of the Lute Legends collective, also featuring Canadian lutanist Lucas Harris,
Sino-Canadian pipa player Wen Zhao and Palestinian oud virtuoso Ronnie Malley.
Looking to fill your year with more music? This program is included in our Friends of ICMSV 2024 Season Pass along with many other exciting events, all at a reduced rate.
This program is presented by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver (ICMSV). If you are looking to sponsor this event please send us an email to info.icmsv@gmail.com
One of the top-ranking sarod artists of the current generation, Toronto-based Arnab Chakrabarty will present a concert featuring traditional and contemporary repertoire of the Shahjahanpur gharana and its various branches, highlighting the ever-evolving nature of the tradition. Having trained under Dr. Kalyan Mukherjea, Pandit Buddhdev Dasgupta, and Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan, Arnab is well known for his fine articulation of musical phrases, prodigious imagination, and fidelity to canonical raga forms. Joining Arnab on Tabla is our very own Sunny Matharu, a disciple of Pandit Yogesh Samsi.
Arnab Chakrabarty | Full Bio
“A musician known both for his emotive virtuosity and cerebral approach.” - The Hindu (2016)
One of the top-ranking sarod artists of the current generation, Indo-Canadian musician Arnab Chakrabarty (b. 1980) is a consummate performer and teacher of Hindustani instrumental music. Well known for his fine articulation of musical phrases, prodigious imagination, and fidelity to canonical raga forms, Chakrabarty is one of very few Hindustani musicians today who embody commitment to protecting and advancing the art form. He is the custodian of several hundred raga compositions inherited from both the Lucknow and Shahjahanpur lineages of sarod music.
Arnab has had his training under three major representatives of the Shahjahanpur Gharana of sarod music, Dr Kalyan Mukherjea, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta and Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan. He has also benefited from vocal training under the late maestro of the Gwalior Gharana, Pandit Yeshwantbua Joshi.
A student of music for over 35 years, Arnab Chakrabarty has been a professional musician for two decades, appearing at nearly 1000 public concerts in 33 countries. His performances have taken him to almost every important music festival in India and dozens in Europe and the United States, including the London Symphony Orchestra (2023), Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2023), Copenhagen Jazz Festival (2014), Victoria & Albert Museum (London, 2017, in the presence of the then HRH Prince Charles), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, 1999), Silk Road Festival (Damascus, 2010) and Trafo House of Contemporary Culture (Budapest, 2012). His own initiative, the annual Dr. Kalyan Mukherjea Memorial Concert in Calcutta, India, was a runaway success in 2023, featuring some of India’s most respected classical musicians. Arnab plans to make this concert an annual event.
Recent Accomplishments:
● Chalmers Arts Fellowship (2023) - Ontario Arts Council
● Concept to Realization Grant (2023) for The Music of Lucknow-Shahjahanpur - CCA
● Circulation & Touring Grant (2023) - Arts Abroad, CCA for a tour of the UK and Spain
● Consultant for acclaimed Marathi film The Disciple (2021) by award-winning director Chaitanya
Tamhane. The film also features me in a cameo as myself.
● Toronto Arts Council Music & Recording Grant (2020) resulting in the solo album Cat's Cradle –
Fresh Expressions in Vintage Ragas, released digitally in June 2022 on all major music
platforms; played nationally on several CBC Music shows, winning fulsome praise from critics and
listeners.
● Worked on the soundtrack of 2005 Oscar winner, Born Into Brothels – Calcutta's Red Light
Children.
● Visiting lecturer at the Music Department, King’s College London, hosted by renowned music
historian Dr. Katherine Butler Schofield.
● Member of the Lute Legends collective, also featuring Canadian lutanist Lucas Harris,
Sino-Canadian pipa player Wen Zhao and Palestinian oud virtuoso Ronnie Malley.
Looking to fill your year with more music? This program is included in our Friends of ICMSV 2024 Season Pass along with many other exciting events, all at a reduced rate.
This program is presented by the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver (ICMSV). If you are looking to sponsor this event please send us an email to info.icmsv@gmail.com