Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee: Live in Toronto - Raag Yaman Kalyan

Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee was invited for a sitar recital by Raag-Mala, Toronto in association with the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto on 24th September 2016.
His first piece of the evening was in Raag Yaman Kalyan. He was accompanied by Soumen Nandy on tabla.
The renowned musicologist, teacher and vocalist Warren Senders was also present at this recital and was so impressed by Pandit-ji's performance that he wrote the following review:
“Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee's renditions of Yaman Kalyan, Chandani Kedar, Kafi and Bhairavi were superb examples of genuine classicism in music. While Pt. Mukherjee's astonishing technical skills were everywhere evident, his virtuosity is always in the service of a keenly-functioning imagination and a musical intelligence of exceptional quality. His presentation of raga is methodical in development, flawless in execution, emotionally nuanced, and aesthetically coherent. Like a master calligrapher who is simultaneously a poet of surpassing lyrical gift, this integration of profundity and pyrotechnics is extraordinarily rare in music, calling to mind the accomplishments of artists like Glenn Gould and John Coltrane as well as the historical supernovae of the Indian classical firmament.”

[@RajKumarSingh-fq8yr]

Aaj Guru Purnima ke avsar par punah sunte huye natmastak hun .Bade Guruji Acharya PT.Bimlendu Mukherjee Sahib key aur pujya Mataji ji ko naman...... Padam Bhushan Pt.Bhudhaditya Mukherjee Sahib jaisa Sangeet pesh kartey hain utne hi achhe dil ke bhi hain. Mai aur mera pariwaar unka pyaar aur shiksha kabhi bhool nahin sakte..... Raj from Shimla Himachal Pradesh India.

[@dr.vaidyaanilkumar]

संगीत के वाद्य बजाने वाले एक तपस्वी एवं साधक है।

[@ranjitbhattacharji1360]

Splendid. Soumen deserves for something special incentive. God bless you all.

[@SreematiMukherjee]

He is one of the best that are and among those who will be. An artist of superlative talents.

[@HindustaniMusic123]

Bhimsenji of Sitar, a towering figure of India 🇮🇳.

[@y12bute]

It is supremely elevating to partake of this pinnacle of virtuosity displayed by Budhadityaji. Here we hear the pristine purity of Raga Yaman as revealed by the Maestro, flowing eternally from some sacred fount, some profound dimension of the universe. At first some spurts of bliss start spilling forth into our awareness, creating a miraculous ambience, and then slow elaborations of mellifluous swirls developing into harmonious themes transport us to some magical ethereal landscape where we are dazzled by evermore complex rhythmical symphonic bouquets. There our being surrenders itself to some higher truth that is manifesting itself through enthralling soundscapes and one is left ultimately in an ocean of joyous tears.

[@shambhukandara]

Outstanding Yaman kalyan by Pandit Buddhaditya Mukherjee. Regards.

[@tomfurgas2844]

Magnificent! Mukherjee and Nandy are a perfect pair. Namaste!

[@alhadva]

Unbelievable. It took me to the another world where each atom is portraying the opulence of notes... Yaman 🙏🙏🙏

[@savitamanagoli5169]

Masterclass! Panditji has elevated his music into the highest realm of aesthetic beauty which can only be experienced by the true connoisseurs. The after-effect lingers like a sweet fragrance forever!

[@dipsikhabhattacharyya5385]

Yaman Kalyan leaves a certain emotion and feeling when it’s heard… Panditji took it another level!! And when he was playing jhalla, I could feel my hand paining…

[@GraceComet3417]

“A GRACE of The Infinite☝🏻 - To Have Heard Such a Master of Sitar Sound… This is Musical PRANA…”

[@Coltvikk]

pranaam pandit ji.the tabla player is adding beauty to the fluid rendition.one can learn the importance of riyaz from panditji's play

[@ramakantshrivastav5251]

बुधादित्य जी का सितार सुनना आनंद दायक अनुभव है।

[@HarisKhan-bh6uj]

one of the finest gem of indian classical music !!

[@supratimdas1234]

The best in the whole world ❤️

[@EduardoRiter]

Wah! Marvelous! And I love the review, comparing music to calligraphy, being a musician and a calligrapher myself, I find such similarities many times! Panditji is a true master, for me a living legend, for sure! Thanks all those involved!

[@khakimo100]

I love your comment. I am not an artist, but I too find that parallels can be drawn across different art forms - for example, for me this is like reading a beautiful literary novel, one that has a good story to tell, and is told in exceptionally constructed prose. And in my opinion, Panditji is one of the finest "storytellers"!

[@igorjee]

Thought the same, especially in relation to Sino-Japanese calligraphy, how the meends are like musical curving strokes of the brush.

[@EduardoRiter]

@@khakimo100 yes! It really has a certain hermeneutics to the way the Raga is developed. ✨🙏🏽🌹

[@EduardoRiter]

@@igorjee It really does, doesn't it? ✨

[@DKMKartha108]

Raaga elaboration at its most sublime and most refined! Thank you to the Maestros, to the First Edition Arts Channel and to the acoustics engineers!

[@JAIKRISHNA-ij3jk]

बहुत ही पवित्र और आनंदित वातावरण बना दिया जो अति मनभावन है ❤

[@PurushottamDuttuniyal]

बहुत ही अच्छा।।

[@ranjankumarghosal6758]

His best YamanKalyan. Very sophisticated, refined, deep but uncomplicated like Satyajit Ray's films. I am astonished by the Maihar-like intelligent planning of the barhat (listen phrases in 25.05 to 27.10 and 36.00 to 39.14) in addition to the technical perfection of his gharana. That innovative slowing at 40.00 to 41.00 was another pleasant surprise.

[@Prof_Hazra_IIT]

Aapni sob jaanta....Can you explain five differences between Yaman and Yaman Kalyan

[@debadityachakrabarty2368]

One of India's best musician.

[@devashishshah8761]

Just splendid! So soulful and soft and at the same time aggressive and amazing!!👌👌

[@stephanmitter824]

Das ist wunderbar famous grossartig .

[@shant1205]

Genau!

[@banirbn]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ruchitatalele4895]

It is just awesome😊

[@ashokmaulik439]

Excellent rendition! A different colour of Yama Kalyan!

[@ashokmaulik439]

Sorry for typo error. Yaman Kalyan!

[@mamatanath6142]

Soulful playing

[@ashakuldip1657]

Thanks, Pt. Ji. I enjoyed this very much!

[@SreematiMukherjee]

Wah!

[@apubanerjee5496]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 ❤ .

[@puransinghgill8990]

Excellent

[@deepakghodgaonkar382]

Amazing

[@nandkishoremishra]

जय जय श्री राम

[@gaurav5161]

💜

[@farrukabad]

Exceptional!!

[@gaurav5161]

34:44 waah

[@manabendradey8740]

"স্বং মা সরস্বতীর বর পুত্র"! আর কিছু বলাটা অতিশয়োক্তি!

[@sauravborborah2816]

From which gharana guru ji belongs?

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

He belongs to the Imdadkhani gharana.

[@matimuzo]

is the same than puriya kalyan?

[@sujanbose978]

Puriya Kalyan has Komal Risabh. And doesn't use Sudhha Madhyam

[@devashishshah8761]

Yaman doesn't use Shuddha madhyam either... The only difference is Komal Rishab in puritan Kalyan and Shuddha Rishab in yaman kalyan

[@Coltvikk]

@@devashishshah8761 yaman kalyan uses shuddha madhyam occasionally.that's the difference between yaman and yaman kalyan

[@shant1205]

@@devashishshah8761 puria not puritan 🙂

[@devashishshah8761]

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