Sarod-Sitar Jugalbandi: Sougata Roy Chowdhury & Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury

Raag-Mala Toronto, in partnership with the Aga Khan Museum, is proud to present a sarod-sitar jugalbandi by Sougata Roy Chowdhury & Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury on Sunday October 1st at 6pm

Sougata Roy Chowdhury

Sougata Roy Chowdhury is recognised as one of the most talented up-and-coming sarod player of his generation. Raised in West Bengal, Chowdhury began his training at age ten with sarod master Dyanesh Khan, son of the five-time Grammy nominee and MacArthur Fellowship recipient Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.  Following the early demise of his guru, Sougata continued his studies with Dyanesh’s brother Ustad Aashish Khan, also a renowned sarod player, and with Pandit Santosh Banerjee, a sitar and surbahar player who is one of the main disciples of Ustad Mohammed Dabir Khan, the last descendent of the Miyan Tansen family.

Since 2000, he has been working internationally as a performer and educator, touring and holding workshops in Europe, North America, and India. In 2006, he began performing regularly for All India Radio Kolkata, receiving “A” gradation in 2015. He was a finalist in the performance category of the Aga Khan Music Awards in 2019.

Sougata has received a scholarship from the Indian Ministry of Culture in 2000, and won the Pandit Ravi Kichlu Foundation Golden Talent Contest the same year. He has also performed at the Saptak Annual Festival of Music several times and was named one of the best young artists of the decade during the festival in 2010

Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury

 Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury is one of the most talented young exponents of Rampur Senia Gharana in the venerated lineage of Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury and Pandit Subroto Roy

Chowdhury. Primarily trained in the Veen-Kar style of Sitar which draws techniques and idioms of the Veena, Indrajit has been able to carve a niche for himself with his eclecticism and versatility. Indrajit strives for a fine balance of traditionalism coupled with innovation and is renowned for his meditative alaap and brilliant fast taans.

Based in New York, Indrajit has performed in a range of distinguished venues all over the world, notably: Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, The Lincoln Center, New York, The Hammerstein Theater of New York, Toronto National Convention Center, Berlin Indian Embassy and Concordia Arts Poznan, Poland.

In addition to his collaborations and tour performances, Indrajit is an arduous and a disciplined teacher. He was a visiting faculty of the renowned Department of Indian Classical Music at University of Pennsylvania and has conducted many student workshops in USA, UK and India. Indrajit is currently running Kolkata Sitar School, founded by his Guru, Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury and is humbly carrying his legacy by teaching many students around the world under his tutelage.

The artists will be accompanied by Vikas Yendluri on tabla.

Tickets: Balcony $40, Orchestra $50 (10% Discount for Members)
Tickets include same day Aga Khan Museum admission

A limited number of $20 student tickets, for full time students with valid ID, are available for purchase directly from Raag-Mala Toronto. Please email raagmalatoronto@gmail.com for details