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Kabir Cultural Centre collection ➔ [Poster for the India-Pakistan Music and Dance Show, a fundraising concert for South Asian earthquake relief, Montreal, Quebec]

Item
Identifier:
2023_01_02_005
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.centrekabir.com/en/
Repository Identifier
Benefit Concert Nov 2005
Date
November 11 2005;Date(s) of creation
Creator
Extent
1 poster
Format
ephemera
Description
Poster advertising the India-Pakistan Music and Dance Show, a fundraising concert for South Asian earthquake relief held at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Features ghazals performed by Akram Butt, classical dance performed by Manasi Jain, geet performed by Deepa Mathur & Hita Raghunathan, Catherine Potter on the bansuri, Jagjit Singh Soni on the tabla and Aditya Verma on the sarod. Akram Butt is a published poet, music composer and formally trained vocalist. He is a disciple of the Patiala Gharana (school) of Hindustani classical music and sings ghazal, geet and semi-classical composition. In Pakistan, he was a staff artist at Radio Pakistan and Pakistan TV. Manasi Jain is a student of the Bharatanatyam form of Indian classical dance who was born in Montreal, Quebec. She is a member of the Kabir Cultural Centre and a reputed junior artist who performs extensively in Montreal and other cities. She also has a PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Deepa Mathur is a vocalist who sings geet. Hita Raghunathan is a trained singer of Hindustani music, ghazals and bhajans who lives in Montreal, Quebec, where, according to the Kabir Cultural Centre, she is "arguably the most popular South Asian singer". Catherine Potter was a Canadian bansuri player. She was born on December 25, 1957 in the city of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She studied the bansuri in India with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. She was the founder of the Duniya Project music ensemble. She died on December 3, 2010. Jagjit Singh Soni is a tabla player and instructor. He was born and raised in the city of Batala in Punjab, India and now lives in Brampton, Ontario. He began learning tabla at the age of 4. He holds the Guinness World Record for Longest Drumming Marathon, having played 110 hours of tabla for five days and four nights straight. Aditya Verma is a sarod, sitar and tabla player from Montreal, Quebec. He was first trained in the tabla by his father, Dr. Narendra Verma, and Ustad Zakir Hussain. in 1987, Aditya moved to India where he studied North Indian classical music in the tradition of the Maihar Senia Gharana (school). He has also studied under the sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and the sarod players Ustad Aashish Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Location
Canada;Quebec;Montreal
Language
English
Notes
"Mr. Akram Butt is a published poet, music composer & formally trained vocalist. He is a disciple of the "Patiala Gharana" of music & sings Ghazal, Geet & semi-classical compositions with equal mastery. In Pakistan, he was a staff artist at Radio Pakistan & Pakistan TV. He is now settled in Montreal, Canada where he is a very sought-after poet and vocalist." - https://hi-in.facebook.com/Bazmeadabatlanta/posts/134742175322490/ "Manasi Jain was born and raised, here in Montreal. With a background in Nutritional sciences from McGill University, she is now nearing the completion of her PhD in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, focusing on the application of Nanotechnology in Medicine. Possessing a keen interest in business, Manasi hopes next to pursue a career in consulting where she may apply her academic background to best serve the health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Manasi is also a member of the Kabir Cultural Centre, an organization dedicated to building cross-cultural bridges through the promotion of classical South Asian arts. Finally, having studied the Indian Classical dance form, Bharat Natyam from a very young age, Manasi is today a well reputed junior artist who performs extensively in Montreal and various other cities."- https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=118544578216422&id=107372352666978&set=a.118544308216449&refid=13&_rdr "Hita Raghunathan, a trained singer of Hindustani music, ghazals and bhajans, is arguably the most popular South Asian singer in Montreal. Whenever she sings, she draws sold-out audiences. Her singing is full of sweetness and vigour and her diction is simply perfect."- https://www.centrekabir.com/en/events/ghazals-geet-bollywood/ "Over a career that spanned 25 years, Catherine Potter became a world renowned bansuri flute player, trained in the classical tradition of Northern Indian music. She held degrees in jazz from Concordia and in ethnomusicology from Université de Montréal. However, she had already begun studying the bansuri flute in the early 1980s with world famous Indian flutist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Her first CD, Bansuri (1997), represented a confirmation that she was beginning to master Indian music." - http://www.insafbulletin.net/archives/860 "Jagjit Singh is a Brampton Ontario resident and a local tabla teacher, His [Guinness World] Record [for 110 hours of playing tabla non-stop] eclipsed the previous record of 101 hours during an official attempt lasting 5 days from October 3 to October 7, 2007. Jagjit Singh 'Batalvi' was born and raised in Batala, a small city in Punjab, India, and was always a great music lover and passionate about playing tabla. He began learning tabla from his cousin, Kamalpreet Singh when he was only four years of age. His love and passion for tabla has brought him a long way from his childhood to now." - https://www.sikhnet.com/news/jagjit-singh-receives-guinness-world-record-longest-drumming-marathon "Raised in Montreal, within a family very respectful of Indian traditions, Aditya Verma began playing tablas (Indian drums) during his childhood under the teaching of his father, Dr. Narendra Verma, and the renowned Ustad Zakir Hussain. In 1987, Aditya moved to India where he studied North Indian classical music corresponding to the Maihar Senia Gharana tradition. He then followed the teachings of two prominent figures of Hindustani music: Pandit Ravi Shankar on sitar, and Ustad Aashish Khan on sarod. Aditya also studied with another great sarod player, namely Ustad Ali Akbar Khan." - https://www.google.com/url?q=https://centredesmusiciensdumonde.com/en/artists/aditya-verma-2/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1678920882603465&usg=AOvVaw3kNshzKhEv5sFrPMLvBMhT Ghazals are poems dealing with love and loss that originated in Arabic Poetry. Geet is a broad term describing poetry set to music in Hindi and Urdu. The bansuri is a side blown flute with six or seven finger holes from the Indian subcontinent. Though traditionally made from bamboo, modern bansuri can be made from fiberglass, ivory, or various metals. 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. 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. *Date listed refers to date of performance.
Rights Statement
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Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian women dancers;Ghazal (music)
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Ghazals [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054788];Bharata natyam dancers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005006127];Bānsurī players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005235];Tabla players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006038];Sarod players [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003228];Pakistan Earthquake, 2005 [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006004869];Posters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001723]