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Kabir Cultural Centre collection ➔ [Poster for Brij Narayan's performance of Inspiration at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec]

Item
Identifier:
2023_01_02_004
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.centrekabir.com/en/
Repository Identifier
Brij Narayan Oct 2005
Date
October 5 2005;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 poster
Format
ephemera
Description
Poster advertising a performance of Inspiration at Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Brij Narayan on the sarod and the Surbahar and Abhijit Banerjee on the tabla. Brij Narayan is an Indian classical musician who plays the sarod. He was born on April 25, 1952. He has been active since 1967. He is the son of Sarangi artist Pandit Ram Narayan and disciple of the sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Abhijit Banerjee is a tabla player from India. He was introduced to the tabla at the age of 4. He has accompanied top-ranking luminaries of Indian classical music and was a disciple of the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He also founded and established the Dhwani Academy of Percussion.
Location
Canada;Quebec;Montreal
Language
English
Notes
"Son of the greatest Sarangi artist Pandit Ram Narayan and disciple of the greatest Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Brij Narayan is among the most brilliant of contemporary Sarod players" -Kabir Cultural Centre "Brij Narayan is known for Monsoon Wedding (2001), Ardh Satya (1983) and La nuit Bengali (1988)." - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621252/ "Considered among the front ranking tabla players from India, Abhijit Banerjee is one of the most sought after creative artists in the realm of Indian classical music. With nearly 20 years of professional experience Abhijit has crafted a unique style and creative approach which has brought him accolades and awards from allover the world for his sensitivity, skill and deep sense of musicality. Apart from his contributions to Indian music he has left his mark in a diverse field of crossover music both as a performer and composer. Recognizing his talent and natural inclination towards music his father steered him to tabla at the age of four. Abhijit also studied vocal music and violin making a complete musician out of him. Now he is accepted as one of pioneering disciples of the illustrious guru, the late Jnan Prakash Ghosh." - https://banerjeeabhijit.com/153-2/ The sarod is a fretless stringed instrument used in Hindustani music. The sarod commonly has between 17 and 25 strings made of steel or phosphor bronze which are plucked with a triangular plectrum called a javvva. It is often used to produce a meend, a type of glissando characteristic of Hindustani music. The surbahar is a plucked string instrument related to the sitar, sometimes called a "bass sitar". It has a neck with very wide frets and uses a dried gourd as a resonator, which gives it a comparitively lower pitch. Like the sitar, it is played with a mizraab. The tabla is a pair of single-headed hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. The small, conical righthand drum is called the dayan and is used to created treble or tonal sounds. The larger, kettledrum-like lefthand drum is called the baya and is used for producing bass. The tabla owes its unique sound to the coat of syahi "tuning paste" applied to specific areas on the skin of each drum. *Date listed refers to date of performance.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Hindustani music [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85088852];Tabla players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006038];Sarod players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003228];Posters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001723]