Shalil Shankar

Shalil Shankar (* 1947 in Shillong , Meghalaya ; real name: Shalil Shankar Chakraborty ) is an Indian sitar player and composer .

biography

Shalil Shankar was born in 1947 in Shilong, the then capital of Assam in what is now the state of Meghalaya, and discovered his passion for Indian music at a young age. In 1961 he became a student of Ravi Shankar , probably the best-known Indian musician in the West. In 1970 Shalil Shankar gave his first concert in Kolkata . In 1972 he himself was named the best Indian musician. The musician has lived in Switzerland in the town of Sursee for more than two decades . He advocates understanding between people - across all cultural, political and religious boundaries.

music

style

As a former student of Ravi Shankar, he is stylistically in line with Allauddin Khan's musical tradition, the school of vina players ( Binkar Gharana ). For Shalil Shankar, music is closely linked to an attitude towards life, to philosophy and religion. He plays Indian classical music and also incorporates folk, jazz and elements of African music into his sitar playing.

Pandit Shalil Shankar at a concert accompanied by Pandit Chandra Nath Shastri with tabla, near Jhansi , India, 1976.

Compositions

Ragas

• Bhagavati, Ravidhwani, Charubhairavi, Sovabati Madhuranjani

Concerts for sitar and orchestra

• Om Shanti, A Play of Clouds, Where are you, Morning Light, Chocolate, Romantic Garden

Film music

The music for the documentary Hippie Masala (Switzerland 2006; Damaris Lüthi and Ulrich Grossenbacher ) was composed and recorded by Shalil Shankar and the guitarist Disu Gmünder , member of the Swiss dialect band Patent Ochsner . The film was nominated for the Swiss Film Award in 2007.

Concerts

• May 25, 2003: Shalil Shankar , Ochsen Zofingen.
• January 18, 2004: Shalil Shankar, Mohinder Singh , CBSO Center, Birmingham (GB).
• February 23, 2005: Celebration of the birthday of the late George Harrison , Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire (GB).
• January 29, 2006: Shalil Shankar, Pritam Singh , 5th International Guitar Festival, Pieterlen, Switzerland.
• November 10, 2006: XIII Festival Hispanoamericano de la Guitarra , Sala de Espectáculos, Centro Cultural Tijuana CECUT (MX).
• November 17, 2007: Romantic Garden (world premiere) and Symphony No. 4 by Niels Gade, Sursee Monastery Church (CH). Orchestra Sursee, conductor: Leonardo Muzii, soloist: Shalil Shankar.
• October 13, 2008: Pandit Shalil Shankar , Indian Embassy, ​​Tiergarten Berlin
• November 2nd, 2008: Shalil Shankar Trio , Ochsen Zofingen.
• October 24, 2010: Shalil Shankar - Traditional Indian Music , Ochsen Zofingen.
• October 29, 2010: Shalil Shankar, Mohinder Singh, Roger Odermatt , sitar concert, Palace St. Gallen.
• June 6, 2010: Pandit Timir Baran Roy and Shalil Shankar , Alta Vita Social Club, Essen.

Discography

• Classical Music of India: Shalil Shankar (Sitar) (Melopea Records).
• Shalil Shankar (Sitar): Ragas (EMI Records).
• Shalil Shankar (Sitar): Ragas (Polydor).
• Waves of Romantic Ragas (New Dawn Record Company).

• 1991 - Ragas form India (Audio Records UK).
  Shalil Shankar (Sitar), Subhankar Banerjee (Tabla).
• 2000 - A tribute to east-west friendship - Concerto for Symphony Orchestra and Sitar (New Dawn Record Company).
  Arad Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Dorin Frandes, soloist: Shalil Shankar.
• 2000 - Two Worlds - One Soul: Music for meditation (New Dawn Record Company).
• 2000 - Two Worlds - One Soul: Music for Love (New Dawn Record Company).

bibliography

• Shalil Shankar: Nad o Atma - Sound and Soul . Autobiography, with an introduction by Roger Odermatt. Ed .: Newdawn switzerland. Newdawn switzerland, 2008 (English, edited by Indrani Sarkar).
• Shalil Shankar: Nada Brahma . History, theory and practical learning of classical music from the subcontinent of India. Ed .: Newdawn switzerland. Newdawn switzerland, 2008 (English, lyrics translation by Meghna Bhattacharya).

Web links

• Official website of Shalil Shankar (English)
• Shalil Shankar on MySpace
• Shalil Shankar at artlink
• Shalil Shankar on KulturRegion Sursee
• Shalil Shankar in the Internet Movie Database (English)

music

• Shalil Shankar concert with Pritam Singh (YouTube)
• Partial recording of the concert from the XIII Festival Hispanoamericano de la Guitarra (YouTube)
• Shalil Shankar on MusicIndiaOnline

Press

• La Jornada , Mexico City from April 20, 2006: Shalil Shankar busca "tender puentes entre los pueblos y las culturas" (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ The artist Shalil Shankar on the homepage of the music management fabulous-beast.com Archived copy ( memento of the original from May 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Shalil Shankar - Concerto for Symphony Orchestra and Sitar. artlink.ch, accessed on December 27, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Hippie Masala on the homepage of the Swiss film yearbook CINEMA http://www.cinemabuch.ch/p566.html
5. ↑ Shalil Shankar. The Movie Stars, accessed December 27, 2010 . 
6. ↑ Live in Concert: Shalil Shankar. The internationally known sitar maestro visits the ox. (No longer available online.) OXX.ch, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Martin Longley: Culture: Shalil Shankar and Mohinder Singh CBSO Center, Birmingham. Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd, January 19, 2004, accessed December 27, 2010 . 
8. ↑ Agenda Correo del sur ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ La Prensa San Diego, November 10, 2006 http://www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/2006/november10-06/guitarra.htm
10. ↑ Concert calendar on classicpoint.ch http://www.classicpoint.ch/konzert/romantic-garden-27.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ^ Sitar concert / Ragas On Sitar / Pandit Shalil Shankar, Indian Embassy, ​​Tiergarten, Berlin. Qype, archived from the original on September 7, 2012 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . 
12. ↑ Live in Concert: Shalil Shankar Trio. The Indian exceptional sitar player again in the ox. (No longer available online.) OXX.ch, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Live in Concert: Shalil Shankar. Traditional Indian music from the exceptional sitar player. (No longer available online.) OXX.ch, archived from the original on November 26, 2015 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ SHALIL SHANKAR (IND). Sitar concert. (No longer available online.) Palace, St. Gallen, archived from the original on October 15, 2010 ; Retrieved December 27, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
15. ↑ Shalil Shankar - Waves of romantic Ragas. artlink.ch, accessed on December 27, 2010 .