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Samanwaya, an excellent sitarist of the young generation started his primary lessons from his very childhood at the hands of Pt. Sasanka Bandopdhyaya. His subsequent taalim from Pt. Manilal Nag, Pt. Shyamal Chatterjee and Pt. Kumar Prasad Mukherjee respectively belonging to Bishnupur, Senia Maihar and Agra Atrauli gharana has greatly contributed to his unique style of blending Tantrakaari ang ( i.e. style of instrumental music) with gayaki ang (i.e. style of vocal music) of Dhrupad and Khayal. Since his childhood he got his father Sri Swapan Kumar Sarkar in every step of his musical pursuit. With his mesmerizing approach and sparkling strokes he plays meends, gamaks, choot, fast and intricate taans from the lower octaves to soaring heights with ease. His unique way to unfold ragas gives his audience a unique aesthetic bliss of mind, for which he has achieved a remarkable reputation throughout the country and abroad. Presently, he is getting the tutelage of the legendary Padmabhushan Girija Devi from whom he has imbibed the intricacies of khayal, thumri, tappa, dadra, jhula etc in his Sitar. He is an A graded artiste of AIR. He has been also performing duet of Sitar and Vocal with an excellent young Vocalist Debapriya Adhikary maintaining the traditional way of tantrakaari ang and gayaki ang. Recently he composed music and performed live with Debapriya Adhikary, for an Australian film “The Sleeping Warrior” about to be released worldwide in 2012. |