Rabinandan

All are welcome to Rabinandan's Annual Program on Sep 30, 2023 at Birla Academy of Arts from 5:30PM to 8PM! See you all there!

Here is the first ever online program by Rabinandan. Thanks to all participants for an outstanding effort!

Rabinandan Program 2021 Rabinandan's evening programme on Feb 27, 2021

All are welcome to attend Rabinandan's annual program on Sunday Feb 25, 5:30PM at Birla Academy of Art and Culture. In its 20th year, we present a unique take on Tagore's creations.

The first half features Tagore's works featuring the flute - "Banshi-r Modhugunjorone". The second half features "Darun Banshi Kahe Bajaot" - a rendition of Tagore's Bhanusingh-er Padaboli narrated through the mediums of Kathakali and Mohini-attam.

Do not miss this unique event!

আমাদের ১৮ইমার্চের রবীন্দ্রচ্ছন্দে শকুন্তলা ও ভাঙাগানের অনুষ্ঠানের দৃশ‍্য । হারমোনিয়ামে আছেন
শ্রদ্ধেয়া দিদি শ্রীমতি দেবযানী মজুমদার ।

Students and members of Rabinandan remembered Tagore through his music and poetry to commemorate his death anniversary. Photos courtesy Rupanjali Chaudhuri

Raving review by Bangla Statesman on Rabinandan's annual program.

Ganashakti reviewed Rabinandan's annual program on Mar 19, 2016.

http://bangla.ganashakti.co.in/shownews.php?w=745&h=288&year=2016&month=3&date=19&page=17&dpn=406352

The Statesman reviewed Rabinandan's annual program on Tagore's "Bhanga Gaan" today. Here is the review:

Tagorean eve
Rabinandan organised an event based on “Bhanga Gaan” at Ashutosh Memorial Hall (20 February). After the inaugural lectures, the first part of the evening featured Chhanda Sen, former student of Geetabitan and teacher. Her solo renderings emanated traditional flavour. This was followed by the Rabinandan Choir group’s presentation, which began with a mantra from the Upanishad, tuned by Tagore, and moved on to Rabindrasangeet, which draws its sap from dhrupad, dhamar, khayal, thumri, tarana, bhajan, folk and even Western numbers, presented as solo, duet or in a group by Sanghamitra Chatterjee, Shabari Nag Das, Shabani Sen, Soumi Bhattacharya under the seasoned direction of Suparna Basu and Tapasi Nandan. They were accompanied by Shikharesh Basu (tabla), Arabinda Sen (esraj), Rupak Das (keyboard), Rupak Mukherjee (mandira). Debjani Majumdar, the director of Rabinandan, strung the event expertly.

http://www.thestatesman.com/news/marquee/haunting-melodies-nostalgic-moments/129344.html

Friendly reminder for all of you to join us tonight at 6PM at Rabinandan's annual program at Ashutosh Memorial Hall.

We hope you will all enjoy an interesting side of Tagore that assimilated different genres of music from all over the world - and created something beautiful and soulful out of it.

All are welcome. We are pleased to be able to bring you this programme free of charge.

See the pinned post for the invitation and more details. And feel free to share with your friends who are music lovers too!

Join us for Rabinandan's annual program on Feb 20, 2016 at Ashutosh Mancha, Kolkata at 6PM. The first part of the program will feature a solo performance by Gitabitan's Professor Chhanda Sengupta. The second half will feature a segment on Tagore's "bhanga gaan" - or songs composed by Tagore that were influenced by factors external to his genre of music.
Tagore's interest in "bhanga gaan" probably takes root in his early childhood at Jorasanko. In those days, Jorasanko regularly hosted the top musical talent in Bengal like Ramapati Banerjee, Jadubhatt and Ramchandra. Tagore's brothers regularly composed music based on their styles for the purpose of Maghotsab - a festival marking the anniversary of the Brahmo Samaj.
Inspired by this innovation, Tagore adopted this approach in his later works taking inspiration from Indian classical music, bhajans, eastern and western composers, folk music etc. Tagore was a rigorous student of music of all genres - and composed approximately 228 songs based on other genres.
Rabinandan's exhibition of "Bhanga Gaan" is a small effort in showcasing this unique side of Tagore's Music.

Rabinandan is looking for a few new Rabindrasangeet singers to join our organization in Kolkata as members and for on-stage performances. Prior stage experience is not necessary. Please contact Debjani Majumdar at 93312-64552 or 2455-3775.