THE CHANGING PROFILE OF INDIAN MUSIC

12^th & 13^th January 2008 – NCPA Mumbai

 SATURDAY, 12^th January 2008

09.00-09.30 hours          TEA/COFFEE

INAUGURAL SESSION

09.30-10.40 hours

Welcome Address      Shri Arvind Parikh

                                    Chairman ITC-Sangeet Research Academy (West) 

Inauguration               Mr. Hans Ramaker

                                    Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mumbai

Awards distribution    Shri B S Lalli

                                    CEO Prasar Bharati

Vote of Thanks           Shri Anand Nayak

                                    Executive Vice-President, Corporate Human Resources

                                    ITC Limited, Kolkata

10.40-11.00 hours          TEA/COFFEE BREAK

SESSION I

11.00-12.00 hours

THEME PAPERS – THE CHANGING PROFILE OF INDIAN MUSIC

Moderator:                  Dr. Vidyadhar Vyas, Executive Director ITC-Sangeet Research Academy

Tributaries Make the River

Dr. Ashok Ranade – Eminent Musician and Scholar

Evaluating Evolution

Prof. Wm van der Meer – Associate Professor, University of Amsterdam

SESSION II

12.00-13.30 hours

CROSSOVERS I – The Indian Perspective

Moderator:                  Shri Arvind Parikh

Introduction:                  Ustad Zakir Hussain

Panelists:                   

*   Shri Trilok Gurtu

*   Shri Shankar Mahadevan

*   Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

13.30-14.30 hours          LUNCH

SESSION III

14.30-15.30 hours

CROSSOVERS II – The Western Perspective

Moderator:       Prof. Joep Bor

Professor of Extra European Performing Arts Studies at Leiden University (in the faculty of Creative and Performing Arts) & Associate Professor at Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Rotterdam

Panelists:

15.30-15.45 hours          TEA/COFFEE BREAK 

SESSION IV

15.45-17.00 hours

MUSIC-EDUCATION IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD

Moderator:                  Prof Frans de Ruiter

Panelists:

18.30 hours                   Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, NCPA

                                    Hindustani & Carnatic Music Recital – featuring winners of the

                                    All India Radio music competitions 2007

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SUNDAY, 13^th January 2008

09.00-09.30 hours          TEA/COFFEE

SESSION V

09.30-11.00 hours

EXPERIMENTS WITHIN THE TRADITION I – Western Performers Views

Moderator :                 Prof. Wim van der Meer

Panelists:                   

11.00-11.30 hours          TEA/COFFEE BREAK

SESSION VI

11.30-1300 hours

EXPERIMENTS WITHIN THE TRADITION II – Indian Performers Views

Moderator:                  Dr Ashok Ranade

Panelists:                   

*   Shri Arvind Parikh

*   Shri Umakant & Shri Ramakant Gundecha  - Dhrupad Vocalists

*   Sangeet Samrat Shri Chitravina Ravikiran

*   Sangeeta Saraswathi Dr Sudha Raghunathan

*   Shri Vijay Kichlu - Kolkata

*   Shri Deepak Raja - Musician

13.00-14.00 hours          LUNCH

SESSION VII

14.00-15.30 hours

FOLK, POP AND FILM MUSIC

Moderator:                  Prof Rokus de Groot

Panelists:                   

1530-16.00 hours           TEA/COFFEE BREAK

CONCLUDING SESSION

1600 hours onwards

Moderators:                Shri Arvind Parikh, Dr. Ashok Ranade, Prof. Wim van der Meer       

Panelists:                   

All panelists to participate

IMPROVISATION IN MUSIC

       13^th, 14^th & 15^th January 2006 – NCPA Mumbai

FRIDAY, 13^th January 2006

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SATURDAY, 14^th January 2006

SUNDAY, 15^th January 2006

[After each presentation 10 minutes for Question/Answer)

INAUGURAL SPEECH - Prof Premlata Sharma

INTERACTION BETWEEN VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC- Pandit K.G. Ginde

BEEN - Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar

MAIHAR GHARANA -  Deepak Chaudhury

JAIPUR BINKAR/SITAR GHARANA - Bimal Mukherjee

BISHNUPUR GHARANA -  Manilal Nag

INDORE GHARANA - Rajendra Varman

SENIA GHARANA & SANGIT ACHARYA
USTAD MUSHTAQ ALI KHAN - Debu Chaudhari

VILAYAT KHANI GHARANA - Arvind Parikh

Inaugural speech - Smt. Premlata Sharma

Sarod - Its Origin and Evolution - Dr. Indrani Chakravarti

The Contribution of Maihar Gharana to the 'Evolution and Technique of Sarod - Ustad Aashish Khan

Synopsis of Sarod- Shri Narendra Nath Dhar

A Paper Presented - Pandit Budha Dev Das Gupta

Paper Presented - Ustad Irfan Md. Khan  

Paper Presented -Shree Gangopadhyay

Paper Presented - Ustad Mukhtar Ahmed

CONTINUITY & CHANGE: INDIAN MUSIC 
17^th & 18^th January 2004, NCPA Mumbai

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2004

INAUGURAL SESSION : 
Welcome  by Mr. Arvind Parikh - Chairman ITC-Sangeet Research Academy (west)
Inaugural Address & Awards Distribution by Prof. Rupa Shah, Vice-Chancellor, S N D T Women's University, Mumbai

SESSION I - BACKGROUND PAPERS 
by
Dr. Wim Van Der Meer - Dept. of Musicology, University of Amsterdam,
Prof. Rokus de Groot - Dept. of Musicology, University of Amsterdam
Dr. Ashok Rande - Emiment Musician/ethnomusicologist 

SESSION II - MAJOR MUSICAL FORMS  

DHRUPAD         
MODERATOR  : Mr. Wim Van Der Meer
* Dr. Richard Widdess   -  Paper
  Reader in Ethnomusicology with reference to South Asia
  Dept. of Music, SOAS - University of London
* Dr. Selina Thielemann - Paper
  Vice-Secretary and Academic Director, Vraja Kala Samskriti Samsthana, Vrindaban
Panelists :   Shri Falguni Mitra
                   Smt. Shruti Sadolikar

KHAYAL        
MODERATOR  : Dr. Joep Bor - Director-Research, Rotterdam Conservatory
Shri Amit Mukerjee - Paper
Executive Director - ITC SRA  
Panelists :         Pt. Dinkar Kaikini
                         Ustad Aslam Khan
                         Dr. Vidyadhar Vyas 
                         Smt. Shruti Sadolikar  

THUMRI         
MODERATOR  : Shri. Amit Mukerjee
Dr. Ashok Rande - Introductory remarks
PANELISTS      :Smt. Savita Devi
                         Dr. Lalita Du Peron - Dept. of Music, SOAS London 

GHAZAL, ORCHESTRAL, GEET & OTHER FORMS 

MODERATOR  : Shri Amit Mukherjee 
PANELISTS     : Ustad Aslam Khan 
                         Shri. Rajendra Mehta
                         Prof. Rokus de Groot
                         Shri Tushar Bhatia
                         Mr. Ken Zuckerman

SESSION III - CARNATIC MUSIC

MODERATOR  : Shri K. Ganeshkumar
Dr. B. M. Sudaram - Paper
PANELISTS    : Shri V. Subramaniam
                        Dr. Sulochana Rajendran

SUNDAY, 18^th JANUARY 2004

SESSION IV - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

MODERATOR  : Shri Arvind Parikh
MELODY : TAT
PLUCKING - SITAR/SAROD
Shri Arvind Parikh  -  Paper
PANELISTS     : Shri. Brij Narayan (Sarod)
                         Mr. David Trasoff (Sarod)

BOWED - SARANGI / VIOLIN
Dr. Joep Bor - Paper
PANELISTS     : Shri. Dhruba Ghosh (Sarangi)
                         Dr. Nicolas Magriel (Sarangi)
                         Shri K. Shivakumar (Violin)

VIDEO PRESENTATION: "The Continuity of Musical Embodiment; Children of Hereditary Traditions" - Dr. Nicolas Magriel - Dept. of Music; SOAS London

MELODY (Contd): Sushir

BLOWING - BANSURI/NAGASWARAM
Shri Keshav Ginde - Paper
PANELISTS     : Shri. Ronu Majumdar (Bansuri)
                         Smt. Sathya Srinath (flute)

RHYTHM : AVANADDHA

TABLA             : Shri. Yogesh Samsi 
PAKHAWAJ     : Shri. Manik Munde 
MRINDANGAM : Shri. Rajesh Sreenivasan

SESSION V - THE NEW PHENOMENON

MODERATOR  : Dr. Ashok Ranade  
*  Music making inclusive of recording    :   Shri. Uday Chitre 
*  Propagation inclusive of PA System    :   Shri. Manohar Kunte
*  Preservation inclusive of archiving      :   Dr. Shubha Chaudhuri  

CONCLUDING SESSION

*   All presenters of papers and panelists from overseas
*   All lndian presenters of papers

Review of the Seminar proceedings.

QUESTIONNAIRE  

MUSIC AWARDS 2003

FOREWORD

MUSIC - YOUR CHOICE , SANGEET - AAP Kl PASAND (preview workshop held before)

Arvind Parikh - Welcome Address

Prem Lata Sharma: Inaugural Address

Rashmi Vajpayi - Key-note address

Joep Bor

Shanta Gokhale  

Bimal Mukherjee

T. R. Subrahmanyam

Ashok Ranade

Dinkar Kaikini

R. C. Mehta  

Mohan Nadkarni

Discussions

Instrumental Music

Instrumental Music - Rhythm

Session on Dhrupad

SESSION ON KHYAL  

SESSION ON LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC

SEMINAR ON "TRADITION & CHANGE"  

QUESTIONNAIRE

PROGRAMME  SEMINAR

Dr. Premlata Sharma

Gum-Shishya Parampara: In Wider Perspective
Ashok Ranade

Gurus and Teachers
Joep Bor

Questionnaire (for Guru) 

Input provided by Gurus

Questionnaire (for Shishya)

Input provided by Shishyass

Observation of a Shishya
Jane Harvey

Mr. Henni Tournier

Institutionalization of Art Education India
Music Education in Indian Universities — An Assessment
Jayasri Banerjee

Prof. Indrani Chakravarti

Dr. Sharmistha Sen

Clive Bell

Dr. Gerry Farrell

Mr. Balwant Joshi

Shri. T. S. Anantharaman

Teaching of Indian Music Conservatory Systems 
Dr. Joep Bor

Dr. Ken Zuckerman

Dr. Suvarnalata Rao

Dr. N. Ramanathan

The Role of Research & Technology in Music education
Prof. R. C. Mehta

Dr. N. Ramanathan

Dr. Suvarnalata Rao

Richard Widdess

Role of Media in Music Education
Dr. Jan Reichow  

MINUTES OF THE CORE GROUP MEETING HELD IN BOMBAY ON FEBRUARY 21, 1999

PREFACE  

Introductory Speech - Shri Arvind Parikh

Inaugural Speech - Prof. Prem Lata Sharma

Key-Note Address - Shri Ashok Vajpayee

The Chief Guest, Pt. Ramnarayan's Speech

S. R. A. Awards
Arvind Parikh
Shri K. G. Ginde
Rajesh Bahadur
Rajeev Vora

DISCUSSIONS BY THE AUDIENCE

SEMINAR ON SARANGI: REFLECTIONS FROM CANADA - Regula Burckardt Quereshi

"MUSIC RESEARCH - A FOCUS ON MUSICAL FORMS" 
24^th -26^th January 2003, 
NCPA Mumbai

INAUGURAL SESSION : 
Welcome  by Mr. Arvind Parikh Inaugural Address & Awards Distribution by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi
Vote of Thanks  by Mr. Amit Mukerjee  

Research  Presentations Session I - Historical Perspective & Musical Forms 
by Dr. Richard Widdess - 
SOAS Dr. Joep Bor    
DISCUSSION
Session II : Regional Contribution Musical Forms
Dr. S. A K Durga 
DISCUSSION
SESSION III - TEXTUAL STUDIES & MUSICAL FORMS
by Prof N. Ramanathan 
SESSION IV - COMPUTERS & MUSICAL FORMS
by Dr. Wim van der Meer 
     Dr. Nicols Magriel
SESSION V - EMERGENCE OF MUSICAL FORMS 
by Dr. Asok Ranade
PANEL DISCUSSIONS 

DHRUPAD         
MODERATOR  : Mr. Amit Mukerjee
PANELISTS     : Pt. Falguni Mitra, Gundecha Brothers, Mr. Peter Pannke, Dr. Richard Widdess, Mr. Ritwik Sanyal

THUMRI         
MODERATOR  : Mr. Arvind Parikh
PANELISTS :Dr. Lalita du Perron, Mrs. Purnima Chaudhury, Mrs. Savita Devi

GHAZAL, BHAJAN, GEET & OTHER FORMS OF POPULAR MUSICAL FORMS  
MODERATOR  : Dr. Ashok Ranade
PANELISTS     : Ustad Aslam Khan, Mr.Ashit Desai, Mr. Roopkumar Rathod, Mr. Rajendra Mehta 

VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL FORMS (CARNATIC MUSIC)
MODERATOR  : Dr. S Sunder
PANELISTS    : Mr. Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Prif N Ramanathan, Dr. S. A K Durga, Dr. Sulochana Rajendran

PERCUSSION  
MODERATOR  : 
PANELISTS     : Dr. Aban Mistry, Mr. T. S. Nandakumar, Mr. Nayan Ghosh, Mr. Sudhir Mainkar

INSTRUMENTAL FORMS (HINDUSTANI MUSIC)    

MODERATOR  : Mr. Arvind Parikh
PANELISTS     : Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, Pt. Raghunath Seth, Pt. Ram Narayan, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma

PREFACE

SEMINAR ON 'RIYAZ'
DECEMBER 3-5, 1999 - NCPA, MUMBAI

SEMINAR ON 'RIYAZ'
QUESTIONNAIRE

INAUGURAL SESSION
Pt. Vijay Kichlu

SPEECHES BY GUESTS OF HONOUR 
Prof. Frans De Ruiter

Prof. Einar Solbu

Dr. Joep Bor

AWARDS FUNCTION
Shri Deepak Raja

PERSPECTIVES OF RIYAZ
Dr. Ashok D. Ranade

PSYCHOLOGY OF RIYAZ BY
Dr.. Manoj Bhatavdekar

PHYSIOLOGY OF RIYAZ
Dr. Rajeev Sarangpany

VOCAL MUSIC DHRUPAD
Ustad Fariduddin Dagar

ShriI Ramaakant &Umakant Gundecha

VOCAL MUSIC KHYAL
Smt. Kishori Amonkar

Pt. Suresh Talwalkar

Pt. Phiroze Dastur

Pt. Dinkar Kaikini

Pt. Vijay Kichlu & Pt. Ajay Chakravarty

VOCAL MUSIC LIGHT CLASSICAL
Dr. Anita Sen

Pt. Ajay Chakravarty

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Pt. Shivkumar Sharma
Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan
Ustad Zakir Hussain
Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Ustad Sultan Khan
Pt. Arvind Parikh
Ustad Ashish Khan
KARNATAK MUSIC
Dr. S. Sunder
Shri Chitravina Ravikiran
Dr. Shriram Parasuraman
PRESENTATIONS BY OVERSEAS PARTICIPANTS
Prof. Frans de Ruiter
Prof. Einar Solbu
Dr. Jope Bor
Dr. Adrian McNeil
Mr. Richard Garneau

FOREWORD

Acoustics
ACOUSTICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE TANPURA
Dr. Suvarnalata Rao

ON THE ACOUSTICS OF TANPURA

Dr. H V Sahasrabuddhe

PHYSICS OF TANPURA : SOME INVESTIGATIONS
Prof. H.V. Modak

TANPURA : SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS  
Shri S. S. Bhave

TANPURA ACOUSTICS  
Shri G. Raj Narayan

Report on discussions-1

Aesthetics
TANPURA : A PHENOMENON
Dr. Ashok Ranade

Shri Dinkar Kaikini

Report on discussion -2

Performance
RELATING TO THE TANPURA
Ms. Neela Bhagwat

THE IMPORTANCE OF TANPURA
Shri Omprakash Chaurasia  

Report on discussion-3

Design & Manufacture
MAKING OF TANPURA
Shri Ajay Sharma

BRIEF NOTE ON TANPURA  
M/s. A. B. Satarmaker

MANUFACTURE OF TANPURA
Shri Girish B. Patel

TANPURA LANGUAGE
Mr. Jon Barlow

Report on discussion-4

WORKSHOP ON BANDISH : VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAMME

Bandish - A Map
Dr. Ashok D. Ranade
Dethronement of Bandish 

"Bandish" in Dhrupad
Dr. Premlata Sharma

The Melodic Aspect of Dhrupad Composition in Performance Practice
Dr. Ritwik Sanyal

The Dhrupad Composition in Samajagayana, Haveli Samgita and North Indian Classical Music
Dr. Selina Thieleman

Literary Aspects of Dhrupad Composition
Dr. Francoise "Nalini" Delvoye

"Bandish"
Pandit Dinkar Kaikini

General Observations
Pandit C. R. Vyas.

Bandish
Shri Satyasheel Deshpande

Place of "Mukhda" in Compositions.
Smt. Padma Talwalkar

Bandish of the Bhendi-Bazar Gharana
Dr. Suhasini Koratkar

Bandish In Khyal
Special Features of Bandish in Jaipur Gharana

Bandish - A Perspective
Dr. Prabha Atre

Tarana
Shri Amarendra Dhaneshwar

Bandish in Tarana, Tirvat & Chaturang
Dr. Ashok D Ranade

A Practical Demostration of Tarana, Tirvat etc.
Dr. Vidyadhar Vyas

Kajri
Smt. Kaumudi Munshi

Maharaj Bindadin's Bandishes
Shri Batuk Diwanji

The Tappa - a Genre of Hindustani
Classical Music
Pandit Jal Balaporia

Different Dimensions of Thumri Bandishes
Dr. Smt. Anita Sen

Bandish in Ghazal
Shri Rajendra Mehta

Bhajan Compositions
Shri Yeshwant Deo

Qwuali
Ustad Aslam Hussain Khan

Bandish
Shri Suresh Talwalkar

Pakhawaj Bandishes
Shri Vasantrao Ghorpadkar

Detailed explanation of Definitions and Aesthetic Values of Pre-Composed  "Bandishas" of Tabla.
Shri Arvind Mulgaonkar

Improvisation in Solo Tabla Playing
Shri Sudhir Mainkar

Concept of Chhand / Vritta
In Tabla Bandish
Shri Bhai Gaitonde

Identities of different gharanas of Tabla through the concept of bandish.
Dr. Aban E. Mistry.

Bandish in Tabla : An Inter-Media Approach
Shri Aneesh Pradhan

Classifying Types of Tabla Bandish and Usage of Terms In Bandish, Performance, Riyaz, and Taleem
Shri Nayan Ghosh

Padhant and its relationship with Bandish
Shri Yogesh Samsi

Bandish in Bowed Instruments
Dr. Sangeeta Shankar

Creating a new idiom for Sarangi
Shri Dhruva Ghosh

Bandish On Instruments with Particular Reference to Sitar
Pandit Arvind Parikh

Bandishes in Instrumental Music
Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta