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About the Artist
Pandit Sandip Burman a native of Durgapur, India, is an internationally touring tabla and sitar musician. In addition to his countless accomplishments as an Indian Classical musician, he also formed the band East Meets Jazz which included Jazz legends such as Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Goodman, Randy Brecker, Howard Levy, Paul McCandless, Steve Smith, Dave Pietro and Paul Bollenback. Additionally he has performed on several GRAMMY albums, as well as composed Western Classically for places such as the Nashville Symphony and the St. Louis Chamber Ensemble.
About The Event:
About the event itself, a lecture/demonstration runs about an hour or so and gives a full perspective on Indian Classical music. It will feature a general discussion of the music system from India (Raga and Tala) and how that compares to the Western system. The performance is very interactive and allows for the audience of up to 50 students to participate with and get to know Indian music in a short time.
The tabla is usually played as a rhythm instrument (Tala), which will be played with acomplex rhythm cycle, like 5 and 1/4, 8 and 1/2, 7 and 3/4, etc. Sandip-ji
will also play the sitar, which is a 20-stringed melody (Raga) instrument. Additionally Sandip Burman is able to play the tabla tarang, which consists of 12 drums tuned to a melodic scale (Raga). At this time Sandip-ji is the only touring tabla tarang player in the entire world.
Videos
Here is a video from a school masterclass. The music teacher in Canada speaks about his students’ experiences learning from Mr. Burman over the last 4 years:
And here’s one of Mr. Burman performing and explaining to high school students in Nashville:
There’s always new video, photos and comments, of course, on our Facebook:
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The tabla is usually played as a rhythm instrument (Tala), which will be played with acomplex rhythm cycle, like 5 and 1/4, 8 and 1/2, 7 and 3/4, etc. Sandip-ji will also play the sitar, which is a 20-stringed melody (Raga) instrument. Additionally Sandip Burman is able to play the tabla tarang, which consists of 12 drums tuned to a melodic scale (Raga). At this time Sandip-ji is the only touring tabla tarang player in the entire world.I have put Sandip-ji’s website as a link on the bottom of this page for you to take a look at as well. It gives a brief history on him and lists some of the people he has played with over the years. For more information, simply “google” Sandip Burman and a multitude of concert reviews, newspaper articles and pictures will pop up.
Here is a link to many videos of Sandip Burman- some in school settings and others in concert:
These are some of the benefits to students, in their own words, as reported by newspapers:
“It was really cool to see this. I’d never heard Indian music before …Your eyes aren’t as open to the world unless you have opportunities to see these things and change your world view.”
“It’s the first time I’ve ever been introduced to a different culture of music,” said tenor saxophone player James Fahlgren. “I was watching the way he uses the tip and back of his tongue – I can try that with my reed.”
“I wasn’t prepared for this to be so spectacular,” said senior flutist Juileann Stewart. “He really showed us that music is more than just notes.”
“I definitely made me want to experience different cultures and music from other countries.”
And here are two newspaper reviews from a recent tour in Sweden….just in case you can read Swedish!:
More Media:
As you know, you can see bio, updated schedule and more reviews (LA Times, Modern Drummer, Washington Post, Down Beat, Chicago Tribune, etc.) at: https://www.sandipburman.com
There are additional reviews as well as audio and video at:
https://www.myspace.com/SandipBurman
https://www.myspace.com/SandipBurman
You can read a review of a high school clinic that was covered by the Gainesville Sun:
https://www.gainesville.com/article/20070207/LOCAL/702060356
And here’s one from Texas:
Here’s an ABC radio interview of him in Australia:
And again, there are many more photos and reviews (from LA Times, Boston Globe, Downbeat Magazine, ect) at:
www.SandipBurman.com
www.SandipBurman.com
I hope these links are helpful in explaining the Sandip Burman performance.
Hope you’re well.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or to begin scheduling.