Rageshree Music Institute
Proudly Presents
An Evening Of Indian Classical Music
Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury
- SITAR -
with
Polash Gomes / TABLA
Sunday, April 22nd at 4:00 PM
at
TIBET HOUSE
22 West 15th St. (bet. 5th & 6th Ave.), New York, NY
www.tibethouse.org
About The Artists
Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury is a disciple of Pandit Subroto Roy-Chowdhury. His
training in sitar emphasizes the instrument’s affinity with the ancient veena,
associated with Dhrupad music, utilizing techniques which exploit the sitar’s
full-potential. Indrajit’s sitar work has been acknowledged worldwide. He has
performed at such venues as the Rabindranath Tagore Center Auditorium ICCR
(Kolkata), the Indian Embassy in Berlin, the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.)
and has had his concerts telecast by Doordarshan (Indian National Television).
Indrajit’s recordings appeared on NBC programs in 2009. In the fall of 2010,
Indrajit was a visiting faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania
teaching the university’s sitar course.www.indrositar.com
Polash Gomes born in a Bengali Roman Catholic family in Kolkata, India. He is
an accomplished tabla player in New York area. He follows the line of the
distinguished Lucknow baj, he is a disciple of Dr. Mrinal Pal of Lucknow
Gharana. He has also studied tabla under Pandit Swapan Chaudhri. He has
performed for the United Nations, Brooklyn Museum, Ruben Museum, Asia
Society-NY, Columbia University, Bucknell University, Brooklyn County College,
and more. He is the founder of Rageshree Music institute, a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to the dissemination of Indian Music in the West.
www.rageshreemusicinst.org
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