Sitar recital by Indian artiste Chakraborty on 9 Oct.

Swami Vivekananda Culture Centre, High Commission of India  will be organizing a Sitar recital by Dhrubajyoti Chakroborty, eminent ethnomusicologist from  Indian  on 9 October at 6.00 pm  at Indian Cultural Centre auditorium located at  16/2 Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7.

Dhrubajyoti has received his  training from great music stalwarts such as  Prof. Sunil DevBurman, Prof. Santosh Kumar Bandopaddhay Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pundit Nikhil Banerjee, Pundit Dhrubatara Joshi. He  has been able to carve out a distinct and exclusive place in the hearts of the music lovers and critics from all over India and abroad, especially Europe viz. the countries like Germany, France, Netherlands, Norway etc. where his Sitar recitals as well as lecture seminars on Anthropology and Music i.e. Ethnomusicology have been highly appreciated. 

He, as an Indian artist, was honoured with the rare opportunity to perform at ‘Leipzig Chamber Music Hall’ where the western stalwarts like Bach-Beethoven-Mozart had rendered their first performances of life. He  has also been bestowed with the title “Suromani”. He is an empanelled artiste of  All India Radio, Doordarshan and many other popular Channels. Apart from being a Ph.D. in Anthropological Science from Calcutta University Dhrubajyoti is  also an essayist, poet, lyricist and music composer  and writes proficiently both in Bengali and in English. 

Free entry but seating on first come first serve.