Saturday, 11 April 2015

Suchismita & Debopriya (Flute)

Attended concert of Suchismita Chaterji (Flute) & Debopriya Chaterji (Flute) accompanied by Sawani Talwalkar (Tabla) on 5th Apr 2015 in Chembur, Mumbai. I attended the concert with Ravi. This concert was part of 'Sangeet Samrat Alladiya Khan music festival 2015'.

This was a one raag concert. It was Raag Jog. First they played without Tabla (solo, tandem and synchronized) and later Tabla joined them. This raag lasted one hour.

To conclude the concert they presented a Thumri in Raag Mishra Pilu. They said that this has become rare now a days.

Most of the jugalbandis are of two different instruments. Previously I have also attended  carnatic violin duet concerts. This was first time I attended a flute jugalbandi. It was innovative and piqued my interest.

This was also a ladies special concert. It was interesting and entertaining. I had a premium seat right in front of the artists and about 10 ft away. Parents of the artists attended the concert with general audience. It was also birthday of their mother.

Suchismita & Debopriya displayed fine synchronized and complimentary flute play, though they went slightly out of sync on a couple of occasions. They displayed controlled flute in the first half an hour of concert where they played without Tabla, this was the best part of the concert.

Sawani justified her lineage by playing very good tabla. She refrained from playing fancy and stuck to traditional tabla play. She too missed a beat once.

The duration of concert was about 1 hr 10 minutes. Around 250 people attended.

A different concert. Entertainment rating 7.75/10.

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