Joyeeta & Debojyoti Sanyal - Raag Malkauns

Slowly building to an intense finale, this outstanding performance is worth watching for the whole 47 minutes. Brother and sister duo, Debojyoti and Joyeeta Sanyal (on tabla and sitar) are joined by Yammema Mitha on tampura. They play Raag Malkauns, one of the oldest ragas in Indian classical music.
Many thanks to John for providing such a beautiful house concert setting.

[@Kurt_Lechner]

The sitar of a female player is the soul, the sitar of male player the weapon.

[@shouqie844]

Joyeeta is certainly a very accomplished musician. The serenity of her music is much beyond her years.

[@drjayantaksaha9507]

You played my favourite Raga so nicely with excellent rendition. God bless you both to gift us such soulful music.

[@haclil]

Hard as I try, I can't remember an alaap as exquisite, soulful, and inventive in my 45 years of raga listening. And that was only the beginning to a magnificent rendition of Malkauns. Kudos also to Debojyoti for an equally bravura performance melded absolutely seamlessly to the sitar.

[@akshayblizz]

Try uday bhavalkar

[@shashibhai201]

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[@madhuvasudevan6070]

@@akshayblizz Uday Is a Drupad singer

[@oxydecobalt4426]

listening to this raag, I feel the breath of shiva invade my body and come to purify my mind

[@area1084]

Stunning on every level!!!! My only problem now is I can't stop listening to this!!

[@nikkaria2612]

Absolutely Beautiful, Brilliant and better than lot of other players

[@klpai1949]

best malkauns ever heard

[@kiransheth1027]

ADARNIY SANMANIYJI ITS A SO NICE LOVELY WONDERFUL U R GREAT ARATICE U R QUITE NR ADARNIY PANADIT RAVISANKAR JI

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Zabardast cheers from Toronto

[@naimahmadzai1961]

Unbelievable ❤️it Raaga Malkaunce take me to different places

[@swapanmajhi5946]

খুব ভাল লাগছে। মুগ্ধ হয়ে শুনছি।

[@desairajtube]

What a masterpiece! No words to admire this more than musical creativity. In modern world, people struggle to regulate feelings , good or bad, but this classical treasure is a symbol of how to ride the emotions in command and collective joy. I can go on talking about it as a professional dealing with with feelings, thoughts and behaviour but let's appreciate what treasures our ancestors have left for us!!!

[@ashishkumarlahiri2420]

Excellent,bishes kore bistar khub e gabhir.heart touching

[@artistranjan]

Great promising.......excellent depth.

[@tapanalonekumar]

wonderful Joyeeta..

[@amitghosal3208]

Immense depth and practice must have gone to play the king of all ragas...One of the best i have heard...very soon she could reach the levels of Nikhil Banerjee or budhaditya... very much absorbed...Need to hear more of her recitals....

[@srinivaspai3879]

She is indeed good, but comparing to Pt Budhaditya Mukherjee or Pt Nikhil Banerjee is not something I can digest. Rather ridiculous. They are the top of Mount Everest, and all these are yet to reach even the base of Mt Everest

[@anandpatole3272]

You both are my new discovery in Indian classical music that can drown me in 'Malkauns' reaching delightful climax!

[@bobfrog4836]

Very tasteful. Her alap really conveys the spirit of malkauns.

[@timewithdada-prabhatsamgii553]

A journey into a mystical world without fuss, without any show and showing off. Joyeeta is 100% absorbed, and 100% devoted to the instrument and her music. The mastering of the technique is just stunning. But more though fascinating is how she takes us with her into a completely another world, another universe, or another subtle realm of consciousness. A trip into a new land, a new form of existence. Debojyoti is able to pick up on Joyeeta's fly-through space territory. Really fully capturing my mind. Thank you so much. 🙏

[@shashishah5088]

What a team reaching crescendo together! This brother and sister team played beautifully. I applaud their performance and Joyeetaji played sitar most hauntingly and well supported by her brother on tabla. BRAVO!

[@suegirouard917]

Wow, such a beautiful mind. A very special artist indeed.

[@jagdishnarayan4785]

Thanks jaiho

[@manikdas8829]

Simply marvelous with perfect support on Tabla. thanks.

[@jayantdate]

Fantastic rendition of Malkauns by Joyita.

[@alexanderbeta-werburghii6176]

Beautiful. I could listen to this forever... and tablas to die for. :D

[@orawal]

words cannot describe how perfect this entire thing is ! and that end ... can move mountains!

[@anilsrivastava1998]

devotional experience. Great performance. Like to listen to more of their composition.

[@soumyapathaksir2144]

Tantalizing... Haunting, yet captivating... Awesome.

[@Nicoc1amour]

j'adore trop cette joueuse de sitar très douée kiss

[@gautamdeusa]

Excellent performance - exceeded my expectation even with the limitations of a home sound recording.

[@melodyst.claire5389]

🙏💐💐💐💐💐 Beautiful

[@madhusreesblog3155]

Kub sundor.joyeeta di to puro ma saraswati..sotti...I respect her.kub bhalo may....

[@imogenjolly5763]

Enchanting, a musical meditation

[@bkatbamna]

Beautiful Music. Very nice.

[@govindarajulu-kasturi9614]

Beautiful God Bless the Artists Thanks Kasturi G R

[@shridharaudupa5011]

Beautiful, marvelous, fantastic! What a performance! when I went on listening the music, I lost myself in hearing it. Excellent .

[@ArtistsOwnMusic]

+Shridhara Udupa Absolutely!

[@orawal]

heavenly!

[@alberc3134]

Yo hago meditacion y con esta raga he sentido una paz y u gozo interno como nunca.Segun he leído alguna vez esta raga fue creada por Shiva para calmar a su consorte Parvati que estaba enfurecida por algo.

[@mohanroy1]

La jabab shilpi La jabab

[@bodhiheeren]

Joyeeta certainly plays with depth and spirit

[@ArtistsOwnMusic]

+bodhi heeren Indeed she does ... such a soulful performer! Seeing her live is a magical experience.

[@vasantbhaipatel8824]

ArtistsOwnMusic jup

[@trepaniermathieu]

Amazing.. Thank you very much

[@zoharlindenbaum]

Great musicians, it was a pleasure watching and connecting with. Thanks for sharing :)

[@ArtistsOwnMusic]

+Zohar Lindenbaum They are amazing ... so glad you loved it!

[@professorsanch1987]

Absolutely great and soulful!

[@SkandaTejasw]

Thank you for uploading this tremendous performance! Loved every bit of it.

[@douglashurrell6188]

Saw them in small concert. A Shankar more melodic BUT here there was a poetry, spell binding, demanding a concentration that turned into a state of trance. The 'quiet' passages were of a beauty rarely attained.

[@sarkunansarkunan9603]

out standing

[@reijoturtiainen5067]

gets really kind of deep......

[@MeditacijaTM]

So, so beautiful!

[@sumitkumarnayak4234]

Very very good performance

[@isaacbarbosadonascimento2082]

Simplesmente maravilhoso!!!

[@madanbondre839]

सुंदर

[@Pindi44]

Lovely! Very well done, thanks.

[@KeziahMason]

Astounding!

[@ibmphotosandfilms6020]

Amazing performance!!!!!

[@anindyachakraborty9294]

অসাধারণ

[@arunmitra4911]

Excellent, pl upload some more live concert of Joyeeta.

[@ArtistsOwnMusic]

+ARUN KANTI MITRA We'll see what we can do! :)

[@KeziahMason]

We’re still waiting ;)

[@sumitkumarnayak4234]

Very good performance of my favorite raga

[@ashishkumarlahiri2420]

Superb performance.bistar khub e sundar

[@goutamghosh6063]

Kya baat! Didi

[@melodyst.claire5389]

Amazing you are! 💖

[@tra7943]

so beautiful...

[@kamleshkumardiwan]

Very nice 🎉

[@DALJITSINGHGABRI]

v.nice

[@bugsd7]

Beautiful!!! The tabla was fantastic too. Did someone else also feel that the "baaya" of the tabla did not get much of the mic!?

[@SkandaTejasw]

I'm guessing that adjusting equalizer settings through an audio software would fix the problem, if you felt that it was subdued. On my computer/earphones, it was very well balanced.

[@payalsarkar1]

Osadharon laglo.. :D

[@jrjrauche5271]

Going into 'That' there are no faces, no subjects, no raga, just the lanterns that some call stars.

[@camilacelinbancelin]

beautiful :)

[@dufusbug]

WOW

[@tomaykoplumbing]

I love this. How do I book ?

[@chachaarealsmoothh]

Wuddup dad

[@nabendubhattacharya6708]

Why u don't perform outside Bengal?

[@oscarfalcini8426]

Wonderful.. Truly beautiful. Do they have any recordings available? Blessings !

[@ArtistsOwnMusic]

Apparently not ... we hope to be filming them again soon! Their music is such a gift to the world.

[@oscarfalcini8426]

+ArtistsOwnMusic Please do!:)

[@soundbringer]

i can send you some recordings made in my recording studio

[@holfilm]

Apparently they do have some recordings out now.

[@rafakru5815]

absolutnie ANANDA!

[@SkandaTejasw]

Wondering if we could have a version with the audio and video fully synced...? That would be absolute perfection! :)

[@hotsabiful]

Omg can I be a star?

[@clemalford9768]

She must have been listening to a lot of Nikhil Banerjee. Sounds a bit like one of his recordings. Who was/is her teacher?

[@alexmanccuri324]

Tabla is higher level than sitar player

[@ajitchaudhuri131]

Nice to that you tried to play on the 3rd string. Usually, now a days, artist try to play fast on 1st string only. Malkauns is very soulful deep raga. Please practice meed on 3rd string, too. And, why not on 4th string? Baba' alauddin gharana.

[@MysticCaravan]

Oh skilled one, post your video and you may critique yourself playing.

[@djdelaxx]

kiabat

[@ernohegedus9930]

ez igazándibúl fájintos nóta vót

[@AapKiFarmaish]

good performance aroj

[@jimfanlair6159]

G tuning

[@rsitarsi4804]

Malkauns, SA is D. MA ,fourth is strong G. Tanpura sounds ma sa sa SA.

[@MysticCaravan]

Great performance. But it seems like the audio is a fraction of a second off from the video. If video and audio were different sources, then something went amis in the video editor. Let me know if you need help with that. :-)

[@freiundgeborgen]

Fabelhaft. Vom ersten ton an. Das Herz ist da ! Wer ist sie ?! !!

[@shortymike93]

Does anyone know the tuning of the sympathetic strings?

[@nmbilq]

it's not that important as long as you get whatever key you're playing in. I usually tune to C# (mixolydian mode rather than major key so with a dominant 7th - I think it's called kamaj in indian music) and my sympathetic strings are tuned C# D# F F# G# A# B (in whatever order). I just tune each string to whatever note it happens to be near to when I pick the sitar up. As long as your symp strings are pitched to the intervals of the key you want to play in then the setup doesn't matter too much

[@bindujoshi]

Sympathetic strings are ALWAYS tuned to the notes in the RAga you are going to play. Normally the sequence of tuning is 1. Strings 1-2-3 tuned to Saa-Ni-Saa or Saa-Dha-Saa (depending upon whether Ni or present in the RAga or absent) 2. Then Re (if present), Ga (If present), Ma (if present) Pa (If present), Dha(If present), Ni(If present) and then upper octave Sa and then upper Octave Re. Many people tune the last string to upper octave Ga. 3. If you have more than max 12 strings as tuned above, then we tune 2 consecutive strings to Pa or Ma whichever note is dominant in the Raga, or both.

[@srinivaspai3879]

Very good, but need to practice more on tuning the sitar, ragadhaari, and meends. But I liked your attempt

[@HariLilNandan]

You can trust Johnny at Johnny's house to have mood lighting that matches a pub, over emphasise the tabla while mixing and last but not least let loose his overfed cat on the hapless musicians. Kuch akal dilao yar!

[@marcusorangeboomivnone7490]

HariLilNandan biatch !

[@SkandaTejasw]

Haha, that's quite an observation! The lighting worked great, and the tabla balance in the mix was excellent to my ears though!

[@prafullakbasu289]

eta malkosh er moto birrasattak rag er pindi chatkano chara ar kichu bala jàey na.asal malkosh ki rakam hoy(sastra sanmato) ta jante ustad mushtaq ali khan er malkos doya koŕe sune udhar koren.erakam bajna bajiey hattali paoa ta rag sangiter mul uddessya noy.

[@cParthapratim]

Tabla is really problematic.

[@harishkapadia9841]

Bad recording.