Raga Kafi। Jod । Chandan Mallick Sarod

In memory of Shri Chandan Mallick, the loved son of our Guru Pt. Kamal Mallick and a brother to everyone at Shibpur Ranjini, we presents a recording of Raag Kafi (Jod) from his own strings.

On 3rd Nov, 1996 a day-long workshop was organised by the students of Shibpur Ranjini led by Guruji Pdt. Kamal Mallick. This recording is from the musical evening that followed. Stay tuned for the next part of this recording. Do note that the recording has been retieved from cassettes well past their use-by date and hence do pardon the quality of the audio.

Chandan Mallick was born in a family where musical note echoes from every corner of the home, a place where one can trace honesty, love, affection and eternal peace, a place of worship.
Chandan started his musical journey, ably guided by his father, the world-famous Sarod player Pandit Kamal Mallick, a disciple of Sangeetacharya Shri Shyam Ganguly and the Sarod Maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Letter on, he became a disciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Chandan performed as a solo sarod player in Sishu Mahal of All India Radio when he was only eight years old. He took part in Golpodadur Asor, Kishalaya, and Yuvabani of All India Radio. He performed as a regular B-High Grade Artist of All India Radio, Kolkata from 1992 and Doordharshan till his untimely demise on 18th July 2014.

Notable Performances:
Doverlane Music conference (Kolkata)
Kal ki Kalakar (Mumbai)
Mahabalipuram Music and Dance Festival (Chennai)
Maharshi College of Raipur (M.P), All India Music Conference
ITC Sangeet Sammelan (Kolkata)
IIT Kharagpur World Food Festival (Delhi)
Santipur Sangeet Sammelan and many many more.

Chandan has played sarode with Tabla accompanists of global fame such as Pt. Swapan Chowdhury, Pt. Shankar Ghosh, Pt. Anindya Chattopadhyay, Pt. Shyamal Bose, Pt. Kumar Bose,Ustad Sabir Khan and many others.
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