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A Musical Celebration of Spring and the Beginning of Traditional Indian New Year
Venue:
Himalayan Village
Date: March 24-26, 2006
Singer: Gaurav Mazumdar
This March, experience Chaitra Rythms in the vast expanse of the mountains and the forests with Classical Raags (Indian Art Music Compositions) from the sitar strings of Gaurav
Mazumdar.
The event will coincide with the first month of India’s New Year Chaitra after Holi – the Indian festival which marks the end of winter and the beginning of Spring. We invite you to come celebrate it with Raag Kafi, a lighter, more festive Raag associated with the festival. The music will take form amidst the back drop of Trisul, Panch Chulli and Nanda Devi – some of the majestic peaks that form the Great Himalayan Range. Each peak is filled with stories and myths with deep significance to India’s philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions. We may be unaware of the legends but will be able to grasp the sheer power of the physical presence of the peaks and the range on a clear day from the beautiful little retreat
Himalayan Village
Gaurav Mazumdar’s tutelage was under the famed sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar where he imbibed music under the age-old Guru Shishya Parampara. Gaurav recently won the famed Echo prize (akin to a European Grammy), for a collaborative musical composition titled East Meets West with reputed violinist Daniel Hope. Part of the effort is to continue the tradition that began when their respective masters Pt Ravi Shankar and legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin showcased the ability for Western Classical Music and Indian Art Music structures to connect. The project has also been nominated for a Grammy this year.
Gaurav has been very particular in maintaining the integrity and authenticity of the Indian Classical structure in the project.
Along with sunrise Alaaps and evening Candelight concerts, we could also explore the
Mukteshwar forest reserve, hike to a 1000 year old temple and play cricket with the local villagers. Be prepared to eat Pahadi cuisine in addition to mouth watering momos. There could be days where we all will witness the majestic Himalayan range.
 Pricing
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Sonapani with Gaurav Mazumdar and then a trip to Jim
Corbett National Park... all for for seven nights! Know
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The two nights/three days package is priced at
Rs. 13,500 and the three nights/four days package is priced at
Rs. 15,500. All prices are per person on a twin sharing basis and are subject to a
cancellation policy and terms and conditions.
In case you would like to drive down to Sonapani yourself, please email us for pricing options.
The pricing includes:
- All meals and accommodation in cottages at the Sonapani
- Transfers and pickups from the nearest railhead (Kathgodam)
- Gaurav Mazumdar’s performances
- Taxes
The pricing does not include:
- Train tickets
- Alcohol, tips, laundry, fax/email/phone charges
- Travel insurance
- Items of a personal nature such as toiletries
- Additional meals at Himalayan Village
About
Gaurav Mazumdar (www.gauravmazumdar.com)
In another collaboration with Carnatic music structures, Gaurav has performed extensively with veena exponent Jayanti Kumaresh. The veena and the sitar are first cousins, very similarly designed stringed instruments with frets and wooden bridges. However, they remain two of a family, separated by distance. As music critic of the newspaper The Hindu, Gowri Ramnarayan said after a performance “Jugalbandis work only when the participants respect each other, as also each other's tradition, and come to the stage untouched by one-upmanship. In addition, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Gaurav Mazumdar decided to emphasize melody rather than go for rhythmic fanfaronades. The veena and the sitar had obviously spent some time in achieving compatibility so that everything presented had a finished quality that pleased and impressed. Jayanthi's phrases were luminous with nuances; her strings tolerated no admixture of anything light. Mazumdar's little interpolations here and there did not jar but added tassels and frills. His own contributions were equally elegant, nothing was rushed, but everything was measured. Both, the sitar and veena were restrained in the use of gamakas, but neither imitated the other's style, they maintained the individuality of each system. The conclusion had finesse.”
It is Gaurav’s ability to remain rooted in the best of India, maintain the authenticity our art musical traditions but yet be open to work to connect with other art music forms (both Indian and Western) that attracted us to conceiving the experience in the Himalayan Village.
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