THE YALE RĀGĀ SOCIETY

AN UNDERGRADUATE TRADITION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC

The most unique musical event of the year…

Live in Concert

Sitar Maestro Ustad Shahid Parvez

Aditya Kalyanpur: Tabla

A Benefit Concert Sponsored by the UOFC/YCC

All Proceeds will be donated to the New Haven Charity: “There’s No Place Like Home”

Hosted at Yale’s Historic Battell Chapel

USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ: Few instrumentalists have enjoyed as much respect and admiration as Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan has from the music-loving fraternity worldwide. He is a Top Grade artist of A.I.R. and a recipient of numerous national and international awards including the Sur Shringaar, the Kumar Gandharva Samman, and the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award of 2006, among many others. He has performed in all major musical festivals in India and has toured extensively abroad as well.  Ustad Shahid Parvez has enthralled audiences in the United States, Europe, Russia, Canada, Middle East, Africa, and Australia, to name a few.

 

The power of Ustadji’s music is most immediately encountered in the highly charged sound quality he conjures from his Sitar and the sparkling intelligence that is the hallmark of his improvisatory music. By sheer precision and an astute artistic sense he has made for himself a place in the limitless, infinite universe of Indian Classical Music. As the Rajasthan Patrika once said, "After listening to Ustad Shahid Parvez, the future of Sitar is still bright after Pandit Ravi Shankarji."

 

Adapted from www.shahidparvezkhan.com

 

ADITYA KALYANPUR: Groomed under the vigilance of the late Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain from the age of five, Aditya is considered one of the most promising torchbearers of the Punjab Gharana. At a young age he has lived up to the reputation of his teachers, crafting a style that consists  of bold and clear execution of syllables, pinpoint precision in rhythm, and a colossal repertoire of compositions and improvisational techniques, all of which combine to  make his concerts a sheer joy. Honored with the title of Taal – Mani, he is the recipient of I.T.C’s prestigious Vidyasagar Award as well as the Sangeet Visharad. Having the honor of being an ‘A’ Grade artist of the All India Radio, he has given public performances along with his Guru Ustad Zakir Hussain and also as a soloist and accompanist at various prestigious music festivals in India and abroad.

Adapted from http://www.sangeetonline.org/sangeetonline/AdityaKalyanpur.pdf