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PRESS SAYS ON SANJOY BANDOPADHYAY
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It is debatable whether our classical music today has the potency of Tansen's time. Mian-ki-malhar
however beautifully performed scarcely induct Calcutta's sultry weather to make way for the rains these days;
that was the case the case when sitariya Sanjoy Banerjee put in a magnificent effort during
Aritra's Saturday evening sitting to portray the king of Malhar-s. The sweltering heat did not
relent, but Sanjoy held his audience in rapt attention.----
[The Statesman, Calcutta, 15 June, 1982]
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His alap in Puriya Kalyan was both technically sound and emotionally rich. His plucking and note
progression gave his sitar the continuity of human voice.
[The Statesman, Calcutta, 25 May, 1982]
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He then presented a Ragasagar consisting of 32 raga-s divided into three parts. The first
consisting 10 raga-s, the second of eleven and the third of eleven, an intricate exercise by any norms.
[The Statesman, Calcutta, 13 January, 1995]
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Jaunpuri presentation came as an eloquent testimony of Sanjoy's high grade musicianship.
It was a tasteful, dignified unfolding, marked by immaculate finger work on the frets -
it was the piece that served to make the recital memorable.
[Mohan Nadkarni, Times of India, 24 November, 1994]
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Sanjoy commenced with a detailed elaboration of Bihag through alap, jod, jhala and vilambit and
drut gats. ---- One got glimpses of many styles Rabab, Veena, Sitar.
The following gat in Mian Malhar created its own mood immediately with novel arrival on the
Sa in a cluster of three notes instead of the usual and expected andolon between two vital
nishada-s. ---- The next item which was a gat set in the rarely heard Saptaraishi tala of
nine and one third matra-s.
[Susheela Mishra, The Times of India Lucknow, 27 May, 1996]
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...the music of the renowned sitar-player Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay created such a spell that the whole audience
became completely engrossed with the incarnations of the raga-s and ragini-s -- the flow of tunes opened the hearts
and the listeners started vibrating in unison
[DAINIK BHASKAR, 28.10.1997 : translated from Hindi]
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A special reporting: Computers in Classical Music Curriculum
INDIA POST S ASIA BUREAU GWALIOR:
In an innovative move in the field of art and music, the Khairagarh University, for the first time in the country,
has decided to introduce computers in the curriculum of classical music.
The Madhya Pradesh University has already received grants worth Rs.2 million from the University Grants Commission
for the requisite infrastructure, said project initiator and Reader in Khairagarh University, Sanjoy Bandopadhyay.
Using computers in music productions is a common practice in the West and with the digital music and CD-culture hitting
the stands in India, it has become imperative to use hi-tech gadgets like sound generating modules and sequencers.
All these mixed together can help in creating an amazing array of sound effects, all within the faculty through research
work, Bandopadhyay explained. The faculty aims to finish the complete infrastructural implementations by December 1998.
Many computer scientists both from India and other reputed universities worldwide have come forward to help Bandopadhyay
in implementation of this project. Dr Bernard Bell from France, Dr A B Sahasrabuddhe from Pune, Dr Richard Karpen from the
University of Washington, Dr Bary Veirco from MIT are some of the eminent scientists who are coordinating for this
project. "Dr Barnard Bell who also developed the first Bol processor and Dr Richard Karpen, Incharge of CARTAH from
Seattle helped us a lot", Bandopadhyay explained. The aim of the university is to bring some vocational courses in the
area of music which did not exist in India so far, said musicians Sudha and Dudley Madeira. "India needs to catch up
with the quality standards of the music market worldwide which is worth a multi-billion dollar. Otherwise Indian music which
has a rich heritage will lose out in the battle", said Mandeira, while welcoming the idea of starting such a course at the
university level.
[Note: This press interview was taken on the occasion of Tansen Samaroha 1998 where Sanjoy gave a sparkling recital.]
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