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Santoor | Tarun Bhattacharya | Raga Kalavati - Rupok (7 Beats)

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Channel: Sur Sagar Music · 2018 · Music

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The young santoor maestro captures the beauty and magical charm of the Indian hammered dulcimer.
Raga Kalavati  - Rupok
Artist: Tarun Bhattachrya
Tabla: Ramkumar Misra

Executive Producer - Alpesh Patel
Produced By - Derek Roberts 
Recorded at Virtual Studios, Gujarat, India
Location Engineer - Derek Roberts 
Assistant Engineer - Krishna Shirgaonkar
Digitally Mastered by: Derek Roberts of Dr Creative Productions | www.drcreativeproductions.co.uk
Photography - Derek Robets,
VFX Producer: Vijay Dave | Varun Creations

The Santoor is part of a larger family of musical instruments known by various names throughout the world, most popularly played in China 'yang chin', Iran 'santoor and Eastern Europe 'cymbalon' and the 'hammered dulcimer' played in western Europe and the U.S.A.
It found its way into India through Kashmir, where the Sufi mystics helped to establish it as an important part in North India's vibrant folk music tradition. With its one hundred resonating strings, the Santoor's magical charm has won over classical music audiences and played an important role in the popularisation of Indian music worldwide.

Tarun Bhattacharya is the most established Santoor player of the younger generation. He hails from Calcutta, which has become a 'hotbed' for musical talent, ensuring a healthy future for India's classical music culture. His music possesses a rare dynamic vitality, with a highly developed aesthetic sense and an impressive command of rhythmic syncopation.

Like many of India's leading artists, his earliest music training came from home. He was first encouraged to learn Sarangi, Sarod, Sitar, Tabla and Piano before finally settling for the Santoor. Initially guided by his father, his musical skills have been fine- tuned by the revered Pandit Ravi Shankar, and his bent for innovation is a tribute to his mentor.
He has embarked upon revolutionary changes to the Santoor, which have enhanced its tonal quality and increased its range, introducing glides and slides which emulate the bending of notes characteristically associated with more established instruments like the Sitar.

In this recording Tarun Bhattacharya plays Raga Kalavati, a popular evening melody, which has been adopted from the South Indian musical repertoire. 
This composition is played in a rhythmic cycle of seven beats (Rupok) provided by the tabla.
The recital of Raga Kalavati concludes with a faster tempo composition in tintaal, a sixteen beat rhythmic cycle, which gives the soloist opportunity to demonstrate his virtuosity with intricate patterns played at great speed, as the momentum builds up to an exciting climax.

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