Sougata Roy Chowdhury (Sarod) • Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival 2021 • Day 2

Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival of Music 2021
Day 2 • Featuring a performance by:

Sougata Roy Chowdhury (Sarod)
Rupak Bhattacharya (Tabla)


This concert originally aired on Viewcy on Sunday, September 26th @ 10am for an exclusive group of ticket holders who purchased tickets to help support the artists, in order to share these wonderful concerts with the wider world we are releasing them for free here on youtube.

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The 2021 edition of the Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival of Music premiered for the first time in its history both online and internationally in three time zones. The festival features an exciting lineup of highly praised artists from Kolkata, India and Toronto, Canada, hand-selected by Artistic Director Sougata Roy Chowdhury.

The Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Foundation has partnered with Raag-Mala Toronto to present the festival this year with the mission to provide a much-needed platform and support to mid-career and emerging artists who have been hit specifically hard during this 2 year-long global pandemic.

The Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Foundation was created in 2012 after the passing of renowned sculptor & artist Sarbari Roy Chowdhury in order to carry forth his idealism, passion and his artistic thoughts and to keep up the legacy through the younger generation.

The Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival was first presented in 2013 on the 80th Birth Anniversary of Sarbari Roy Chowdhury. The aim of the festival is to provide an encouraging platform for young talented artists to perform and showcase their creativity.

Message from the Director:
Since the beginning of the pandemic, artists have lost their natural habitat of live performances and been forced to try and share their music online. This has not only presented challenges for artists from a technical point of view, but also in the contest for exposure. Listeners have been bombarded with concerts from all over the world right at their fingertips. The top maestros have become even more accessible for everyone’s enjoyment, but sadly many younger musicians who have dedicated their lives to reach such a high level of expression in this art form are not finding the same platform to showcase their rich artistic expression. This is why this year’s festival is presenting a group of younger and talented artists from both India and Canada. We hope to present these talented artists in a format that cultivates community engagement and support, which is why we are asking the audience to select a patron level as their ticket to access the festival, and to donate generously while viewing the concerts.

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The Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Festival is presented by:
Raag-Mala Toronto &
The Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Foundation

Artistic Director - Sougata Roy Chowdhury
Festival Director - Andrew Kay

Kolkata
Technical Director - Gourhari Das
Sarbari Roy Chowdhury Foundation Team:
Sougata Roy Chowdhury, Saurav Roy Chowdhury, Labonee Mohanta
Recorded @ I.C.C.R. Auditorium, Kolkata, India On March 9, 2021
Videography & Video Editing by Gourhari Das & Team
Sound & Light by Khokan Prasad & Team

Toronto
Raag-Mala Toronto Team:
Andrew Kay, Aliya Ghose, Mohamed Khaki, Nishant Parekh
Recorded @ Small World Centre, Toronto, Canada on August 9 & 10, 2021
Videography by Greg Hopen & Golan Sarhaei
Lighting by Samira Banihashemi
Video Editing by Andrew Kay
Sound & Audio Mixing by Reza Moghaddas

Graphic Design by Andrew Kay, Peter Atenberg, & Ashish Bhadra
Festival Theme Music: The Coltrane Sutras - Dusk Dawn Suite by Jonathan Kay & Andrew Kay