HCL Concerts Presents “The Wave of Maihar” featuring Shiraz Ali Khan (Sarod), Sourabh Goho (Tabla) and Arindam Bhattacharyya (Vocals)
Venue: The Apparel House, Epicentre, Gurgaon
Day and Time: 9th December 2016, 7 PM onwards
Note: Entry is complimentary. Passes available at www.hclconcerts.com
India 30 November 2016: HCL Concerts Presents “The Wave of Maihar” featuring Shiraz Ali Khan (Sarod), Sourabh Goho (Tabla) and Arindam Bhattacharyya (Vocals)
Shiraz Ali Khan (Sarod)
Shiraz is making a sincere attempt to carry on the lineage of the prestigious Maihar Gharana as a humble Sarod player with a towering background, being the great grandson of legendary Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan, grandson of Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and son of Late Dhyanesh Khan. He was trained by his father as well as his grandfather. As a teenager, he started experimenting as a lead player for his fusion band Indian Blue in 2005. Since then, his band has performed in many stage shows including in Kolkata, Goa, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai.
Sourabh Goho (Tabla)
Son of Harmonium maestro Jyoti Goho, Sourabh started learning under the legendary Tabla maestro Late Pandit Shankar Ghosh from the age of seven. Presently, he is taking Tabla lessons from maestro Bickram Ghosh. In 2010, Sourabh received the 'National Scholarship Award' from The Ministry of Culture, Goverment of India. He has performed at numerous concerts in Kolkata, Delhi, Gurgaon, Bengaluru and Chandigarh as well as outside India, in Shanghai.
Arindam Bhattacharyya (Vocal)
Arindam inherited music from his father, legendary Tabla meastro of Lucknow gharana Pandit Swaraj Bhattacharyya and his grandfather Late Sangeetacharya Bibhuti Bhusan Bhattacharyya. Arindam initiated his training in vocal music with his mother Smt Manjusree Bhattacharyya. He is a graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. Beside pure classical music, Arindam is a part of Indian Blue, a leading classical fusion band, with Shiraz Ali Khan.
About HCL Concerts: The conservation and promotion of India’s art and cultural heritage is very close to HCL’s heart. To this end, HCL has been organizing HCL Concerts for over 18 years, dedicated to identifying, evolving and promoting talent rooted in the glorious heritage of Indian classical performing arts. Concerts under the umbrella of HCL Concerts are organized in Delhi NCR and Chennai across various venues every month throughout the year. These concerts are free to attend and are enriched by the presence of luminaries in the field of Indian classical performing arts.
Over the years, HCL Concerts has evolved into a unique platform for the exceptionally talented veterans as well as upcoming artists – be it dancers, vocalists or instrumentalists. Over 400 artists have graced this platform and have contributed towards reinvigorating the Indian classical performing arts. While there have been spellbinding performances by legends such as Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt, HCL Concerts has also provided a platform for the rare genres of performing arts like Dhrupad, Rudra Veena and Gaudiya Nritya to name a few.