Sitar Samrat Nikhil Banerjee: Raga Marwa, Puriya Kalyan, Mishra Khamaj: Swapan Chaudhuri. Oct 1985.

[@7wardie]

The person who decided it would be a good idea to record this is a genius

[@pnfctg12]

Most exalted musician. Bless his beautiful soul.

[@ushapurohit7133]

Nikhilda's music makes your soul breathe with love , yearning, joy & a certain melancholy all at the same time. No other sitar player has achieved this quality yet. ❤💐

[@deepakraag]

Miss you Nikhilda.

[@skroy131]

This is the sound of the heavens descending on earth. Coming - as it is - like gentle rain on the auspicious Vijayadashami. Thank you! 🙏

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Beautiful words Soumya Ji. Yes, a very wonderful gift on a very auspicious time for all. May the Celestial Beings bless all who connect with the divine through his eternal bhaav in his music.

[@krdc85]

This is beyond music, and there are few words to express what it is.. If this is how it sounds in a recording, what must it have been for the listeners present

[@burkabandar3393]

Bhogobaan. Loke chinloi na thik moto

[@astralcourtmusician]

well said

[@mahuaraybannerjee8583]

Quality recording. Thanks

[@chandanbhattacharya783]

Great music by a Great Musician. No wonder he is titled Sitar Samrat.

[@yamlynn]

so beautiful

[@girishtabla]

This music is from heaven, Thanks a lot , Pandit Nikhil Benerjee , pandit Swapan Choudhury and this channel , this is divine 🙏🙏🙏🌹🙏🙏🙏

[@rupadhye]

This is beyond words, serene, pure, intense and emotive...

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Pink gold ! His Sitar and His Music and His Conveyance of His Love for all Listeners.

[@associazionemusadistefanog2058]

Marvellous and rare video of one of the greatest sitar Maestros. Thank you for sharing. Pranam.

[@urmilaapte9853]

Humble bow to the great artist pandit Nikhil Banerjee for his divine sitar playing !!!🎶😔🙏🎼😔🙏🎵😔🙏💐

[@paullarnce2167]

God truly blessed this man with a gift.

[@astralcourtmusician]

Nikhil-da plays some beautiful hamsadhwani towards the end.

[@supportsquid]

Fantastic! Thank you for posting this.

[@sumitmazumder5726]

the king of the kings

[@GraceComet3417]

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

[@martindegaard1444]

No one else played like them. I was never able to see why

[@gccc830]

Why people tell him Samrat ?? He is God of siter........ & his music is heavenly....... Swadeshe pujjote raja vidyan sorbottro pujjote ....... Uni sei vidyan jini sorbotro pujito hon.....

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

Samrat in the relative world. God is an internal invisble connection. That God exists within you too. And it is easy to realise that.

[@gautamsen6423]

Rightly commented on a musician ,as a true sitarist, who was respected everywhere for his sincere and devoted performance of recital before the audience.

[@burkabandar3393]

Ini to sitar diye bhogoban dorshon korechhilen

[@parthaaditya5225]

Whenever listens to him, it's a heavenly experience. Can't describe in words.

[@samsam77104]

Thank you for sharing for the love of music only, great respect in that !! Love from France

[@sapnahazarika3127]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@suvirmisra]

IS it possible to get a clearer video? maybe use AI to scale it upto 4k.

[@7wardie]

According to the tuner he is tuned Sa as D with the tuner set to about 432hz, given the audio quility could affect the pitch. Having said that would he tune Marwa, the open playing strings to G# D (somthing other than A a 5th) maybe B,then low sa D? Nikhil has not, you can clearly hear the Pa string is an A. But what about the chikari? G#? it sounds a bit dissonant but that note is in the scale? Or are the playing strings kept separate and only sympathetics are tuned according to raga? It is very hard to hear i find. Someone please help this little sitar player in New Zealand!

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

On Facebook , there are 2 major groups of fans of Nikhil Banerjee. There you will find someone to help you and guide you. Best wishes.

[@jmmarino88]

Good ear.. It does sound like he has tuned the Pancham string (3rd string) to Pa, and you can see by his playing Da (without meend) on the second fret that this is the case (see 11:40). You can hear the Pa slightly when he strums at certain points between 12:00-14:00. For Marwa, I tune my Pancham string to Tivra Ma and my 3rd chikari to Da, as taught by my teacher. Thanks for pointing this out! I did not know he tuned his Pancham string to Pa for this raga. All the best.

[@theanigos]

@@jmmarino88 that was his default choice for most of the time. Pancham was set to A.

[@andresbonillatorres4655]

🙂✨️💓🎶🔅🏵🔅🎶💓✨️

[@suvirmisra]

Who has this sitar now?

[@gauravbabar423]

Rasa Rishi

[@kamaliccaghosh7017]

Where was the program held?

[@VISHUDDHATMA]

San Rafael California.

[@文静-t1c]

Excuse me, do you know where is the beginning of the hamsadhwani?

[@alvinharper3218]

Watch for some tuning and regrouping at 2:09:30 and you'll hear the Hamsadhwani gat begin about 2:10:20 🙏

[@debiprasadsadhu1017]

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