PRESS SAYS ON SANJOY BANDOPADHYAY
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-- It is debatable
whether our classical music today has the potency of Tansen's time. Mian-ki-malhar
however beautifully performed scarcely induct Calcutta's sultry weather to make
way for the rains these days; that was the case the case when sitariya Sanjoy
Banerjee put in a magnificent effort during Aritra's Saturday evening
sitting to portray the king of Malhar-s. The sweltering heat did not
relent, but Sanjoy held his audience in rapt attention.----
[The
Statesman, Calcutta, 15 June, 1982 ]
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-- His alap in Puriya
Kalyan was both technically sound and emotionally rich.
His plucking and note progression gave his sitar
the continuity of human voice.
The Statesman, Calcutta, 25 May, 1982
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-- He then presented a Ragasagar
consisting of 32 raga-s divided into three parts. The first
consisting 10 raga-s, the second of eleven and the third of eleven, an
intricate exercise by any norms. The Statesman,
Calcutta, 13 January, 1995
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Jaunpuri presentation came as an eloquent testimony of Sanjoy's
high grade musicianship. It was a tasteful, dignified unfolding, marked
by immaculate finger work on the frets - it was the piece that served to make
the recital memorable.
Mohan Nadkarni, Times of India, 24 November, 1994
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Sanjoy commenced with a
detailed elaboration of Bihag through alap, jod, jhala and vilambit and
drut gats. ---- One got glimpses of many styles Rabab, Veena, Sitar.
The following gat in Mian Malhar created its own mood immediately
with novel arrival on the Sa in a cluster of three notes instead of the
usual and expected andolon between two vital nishada-s. ---- The
next item which was a gat set in the rarely heard Saptaraishi tala of
nine and one third matra-s.
Susheela Mishra, The Times of India Lucknow, 27 May, 1996
The audiences got
dripping wet in the soulful music-shower
Jabalpur, 27
October
--- the music
of the renowned sitar-player Pt. Sanjoy
Bandopadhyay created such a spell
that the whole audience became completely engrossed with the incarnations of the raga-s and ragini-s
-- the flow of tunes opened the hearts and the listeners started vibrating in
unison--
[DAINIK
BHASKAR, 28.10.1997 : [translated from Hindi]
A special reporting
Computers in Classical Music Curriculum
INDIA POST S
ASIA BUREAU
GWALIOR: In an innovative move in the field of art and
music, the Khairagarh University, for the first time in the country, has
decided to introduce computers in the curriculum of classical music.
The Madhya Pradesh University has already received grants
worth Rs.2 million from the University Grants Commission for the requisite
infrastructure, said project initiator and Reader in Khairagarh University,
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay. Using computers in music productions is a common practice
in the West and with the digital music and CD-culture hitting the stands in India,
it has become imperative to use hi-tech gadgets like sound generating modules
and sequencers. All these mixed together can help in creating an amazing array
of sound effects, all within the faculty through research work, Bandopadhyay
explained. The faculty aims to finish the complete infrastructural
implementations by December 1998. Many computer scientists both from India and
other reputed universities worldwide have come forward to help Bandopadhyay in
implementation of this project. Dr Bernard Bell from France, Dr A B
Sahasrabuddhe from Pune, Dr Richard Karpen from the University of Washington,
Dr Bary Veirco from MIT are some of the eminent scientists who are coordinating
for this project. "Dr Barnard Bell who also developed the first Bol processor
and Dr Richard Karpen, Incharge of CARTAH from Seattle helped us a lot,"
Bandopadhyay explained. The aim of the university is to bring some vocational
courses in the area of music which did not exist in India so far, said
musicians Sudha and Dudley Madeira. "India needs to catch up with the
quality standards of the music market worldwide which is worth a multi-billion
dollar. Otherwise Indian music which has a rich heritage will lose out in the
battle," and s Mandeira said while welcoming the idea of starting such a
course at the university level.
October 19 1998
Note: This press interview was taken on the
occasion of Tansen Samaroha 1998 where Sanjoy gave a sparkling recital.