INDIAN WORK IN PROGRESS
हिंदुस्तानी और इलेक्ट्रॉनिक संगीत
Hindustani & electronic music
Collaboration with a great singer from India:
Sukanya Chattopadhyay
In 2021 during the pandemic, two musical artists started a virtual collaboration.
Sukanya, an Indian singer and artist based in Calcutta and Arash KHALATBARI, a French-Iranian electronic artist and musician based in Reunion Island.
Through screens and the internet they exchanged music and composed two tracks. They discovered common passions on several themes: the repertoire of traditional music and modern electronic and experimental music. Their project is to meet and write together a musical and artistic work around the two poets Rabindranath Tagore and Djalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî.
The freedom of spirit that these two poets have developed represents a remarkable creative potential.
Sukanya and Arash wish to compose a work related to these ageless poems combined with the vocabulary of urban and avant-garde music. This work will be both musical and visual.
A creative residency is planned in 2023 (Auroville, Chennai, Calcutta, Réunion Island). This workshop will be the occasion to compose an album and create a musical and visual show.
Biography
Sukanya Chattopadhyay started learning Hindustani classical music when she was 7 years old. She earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Hindustani Classical Music from the University of Calcutta, as well as a Diploma in Audio Engineering and Music Production from the Sri Aurobindo Center for Arts and Communication. She continues her training with Pt. Yudhajit Roy, Sangeet Bidushi's disciple, Mira Banerjeree.
Sukanya has explored a wide range of collaborations across genres - Arashka, Burudu, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, KS Abhishek, and Auroville's Varam, working on the five elements and Indian classical with pentatonic scales. She also sang for Amazon Prime's Made In Heaven show, and performed at NH7 Pune and Solar Delhi, as the music producer for the National School of Drama (NSD) project. Sukanya is currently exploring music with various international artists and is studying soundscapes and properties of sounds from a therapeutic perspective.
CONTACT :
artistundirecords@gmail.com
Management:
SONYA MAZUMDAR:
sonya@earthsync.com
