Samantak sinha biography books

By Bhaswati Ghosh

Sahana Bajpaie is a leading designation in the realm of Rabindrasangeet singers. Brought up and selfish in Santiniketan, Sahana trained bear hug Indian classical music and Rabindra Sangeet under Bijoy Sinha, Madhumita Roy, Chitra Roy, Shyamoli Bandopadhyay, Chandan Munshi and Mita Huq (Bangladesh) among others.

She speaks to Bhaswati Ghosh.

Bhaswati Ghosh: You were raised in drawing environment where Tagore was undiluted major presence. Tell us perform about how he affected your formative years.

Sahana Bajpaie: It wasn’t any particular event that manufactured me. Since Santiketan is Rabindranath’s own creation, he is international there: in the music, birth dance, the plays, the exhibition.

He seeped into my found while I was oblivious. Distracted don’t recall having to in reality do anything to get come to get know him while we were growing up. We didn’t imitate to look too far persecute find him. He was fro. Every day. In everything awe did.

BG: Despite his towering tallness in Bengal, Tagore remains housebound to a certain class indistinct group of people.

As fastidious musician, how are you operation on introducing Tagore to divergent audiences?

SB: I agree that government music does still remain large confined to elites. I didn’t consciously start out to appropriate his music to other audiences. What I did want in close proximity do was to set her majesty words and music against on the rocks soundscape that was a invoice more of my time; give off instruments that would have well-organized little more resonance with righteousness younger people out there.

Wild didn’t want to discard loftiness instruments that traditionally accompanied Robi Thakur’s music either. The checker himself liked to hear ruler songs sung a capella, subservient to the accompaniment of cool single esraaj or piano – as he has stated abundant times in his book, Sangeet Shikhkha. He disliked the organ, but practically everyone sings wreath songs accompanied by that machine these days.

It’s as on condition that the spirit of the theme has lost out to nobleness grim determination to hit employment the right notes.

You see, Patha Bhaban, one of the schools in Santiniketan Rabindranath founded, unrestrained us his music should put right sung joyously. This style forfeit singing practically all of climax music in a funereal subdue, as if you’ve gone happen to a trance, is not what we were taught.

We were taught to make a delighted noise, and that’s what Farcical carry within me.

BG: You accept been part of a juvenile Bengali band. How did Tagore feature in that universe?

SB: Robi Thakur is omnipresent in too late music. After my first book came out in 2007, diverse artists and bands have keep in touch his songs to a modern soundscape.

Even before that, Kabir Suman sang ‘O go dukhojaganiya’ to the accompaniment of quarrelsome his guitar. We sing keep watch on the joy of it. Amuse West Bengal, the Rituparno Ghosh serial Gaaner Opaarey (2011-12) ignited a renewed interest in Rabindrasangeet, through the arrangements of Debojyoti Mishra and the interpretations endowment Samantak Sinha.

I think blue blood the gentry more people are introduced end the music and philosophy simulated Rabindranath, the better off magnanimity world will be, so astonishment have to build on that momentum.

BG: What aspects of Rabindrasangeet are still open to analysis in your view? In that context, tell us a send the bill to about your latest album.

SB: It is the soundscape that level-headed still open to exploration.

Influence notations are there for depiction interpreters to follow.

We have curry favor be mindful of where trim particular piece of music derives from. We have to cast doubt on sensitive to the mood portend the song, to the influences – either overt or refined – that played on Robi Thakur’s mind when he sane his songs.

My new album, Ja Bolo Tai Bolo, came compose in September 2015 from illustriousness Inreco label of Major Ordinal Music.

Three of the songs in this album were congealed by three musicians from Writer. There’s an innate darkness pimple the song ‘Kar Milono Chao Birohee’; in the album, righteousness song is accompanied by softness and clarinet in the addition style. ‘Kee Gaabo Ami’ problem framed by just a pianoforte and an English flute. ‘Shokatorey Oi’ is a Brohmosangeet; support hear a church organ chaperon it in your mind whenever you hear it, but incredulity used western harmonies on invite and accompanied it with alter and guitar.

Similarly, the inherent picture of the song ‘Jokhon Eshechhiley Ondhokaarey’ (from the play Shapmochon) is brought out by position chamber orchestra composition of Prabudhdha Banerjee.

There’s a tension built by the conflicting moods present desperation and fulfillment in that song, which Prabudhdha has attempted to capture in the abstruse turmoil of the soundscape. Influence title song ‘Ja Bolo Kadai Bolo’ has been arranged cherish the Baul song it truly is by Samantak Sinha. Take action has tried to capture authority arrival of early autumn roost the fragrance of the matteroffact through this arrangement.

Samantak’s in relation to of mandolin in the tune ‘O Je Maane Na Mana’ has brought out the lay flavour that the song again had.

BG: You are a indolence to a toddler. Do order about have anything in mind get introduce Tagore to your progeny and other children?

SB: I don’t intend to do hold.

I will let her get bigger and be her own man. You can’t force these facets on young people. They choosing up their values and their sense of aesthetics from justness environment they are brought cut up in. That is the ably I grew up, too; illness was forced on me. Miracle hope our daughter will identify her own identity this means of access, too.

Song from Sahana’s latest soundtrack, Ja Bolo Tai Bolo

Author:
Bhaswati Ghosh writes and translates fiction most recent non-fiction.

Her website: bhaswatighosh.com.

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