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Bandish Bahar is a concept of SwarGanga, intented to promote the young and talented composer Shri. Pritam Bhattacharjee. Bandish Bahar 1 - Evening Raags was organized last year and very well appreciated by the audience. If you wish to see the videos of the concert can be found at Bandish Bahar 1 - Evening Raags
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 Pritam Bhattacharjee is a young rising star in the Hindustani music firmament. Having shown an inclination towards music from childhood, Pritam began his initial training under his mother Smut. Monjushree Bhattacharjee at the tender age of three. He was then trained under Shri. Amarendra Chakraborty till the age of 14. In the year 1995, with the Almighty's blessings, Lady Luck smiled upon him and his lifelong ambition of learning under the Mewati Maestro Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasrajji realized when the living legend accepted him as his disciple. Blessed with a highly cultivated voice, absorbing all the aspects of his Guru's style through vigorous riyaaz under the ever-watchful eyes of his Guru Pandit Jasrajji have made him progress into a very promising upcoming vocalist. Pritam has also performed solos in many a concerts and festivals in India and abroad. He has traveled extensively and performed with his Guruji all over India and abroad, prominent among them being the Doverlane Music conference in Calcutta, Gunidas Sangeet Samaroha in Delhi, Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Samaroha in Pune, Pandit Motiram Sangeet Samaroha in Hyderabad, Indore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mumbai etc., in India and at the ICCR's 50th anniversary celebrations in South Africa (Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg), Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Mauritius and the United States. Recently Pritam stood first in the competition held for upcoming talents all over India organized by the institution Vedic Heritage in New York. With his Guruji's blessings, Pritam is all set to ably carry forward the rich Mewati tradition and legacy in forthcoming years. Pritam is currently a faculty at the Pt Jasraj School of Music Foundation, Atlanta Chapter. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Prithwiraj Bhattacharjee another young and upcoming artist began his initial training under his guru Dhiranjan Chakraborty at the tender age of seven. In the year 1994 his life long ambition of learning under the tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain came true.Blessed with highly cultivated fingers, absorbing all the aspects of his guru's style through vigorous riyaz under the ever watchful eyes of his guru have made him progress into a very promising upcoming tabla player. Prithwi has performed in many solo concerts and travelled extensively all over India and abroad accompanying many eminent artists of Hindustani Classical Music, to name a few are Pt Jasrajji, Rahul Sharma, Kala Ramnath, Laxmi Shankar etc. With his Guruji's blessings, Prithwi is all set to ably carry forward the rich Punjab tradition and legacy in forthcoming years. Currently Prithwi is a faculty at the Pt Jasraj School in Atlanta. | ||||||||||||||||||
 Born in Kolkata and raised in southern and eastern India, Amitava Sen began South Indian classical violin at the age of twelve. He became a student of Rabin Ghosh, North Indian violinist and teacher in the Maihar tradition. Amitava received the Gold Medal for best all-round achievement at IIT Kharagpur. He later studied Western music in Atlanta, Georgia. Amitava has performed and composed music in a variety of styles. He has recorded with American rock artists, new-age composers, and Afghan and Iranian musicians, and has accompanied many Bengali artists, as well as Indian classical vocalists. His other interests include acting, visual arts, poetry, and writing. Amitava was recently interviewed for Desh-Videsh Magazine's series on "Indian Art & Artists." To read the article, titled "The Violin: An Indian Instrument?" please click on the picture of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||
