Hindustani Classical Slide Guitar recital by Rhitom Sarkar at The Attic, CP - 5th June 09

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free

Event Details : Hindustani Classical Slide Guitar recital by Rhitom Sarkar.
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The sliding motion of, originally, the neck of a glass bottle against the strings produces a sound different from pressing the string against frets like in a sitar. This slide can then be moved along the string without lifting, creating continuous transitions in pitch. The technique lends itself to glissandi (swoops up or down to a note); in addition it has the ability to evoke sounds of the human voice, crying, sighing or weeping, or natural noises.
The technique of using a slide on a string has been traced to a one-string toy-instrument: the "diddley bow," which resembles one-stringed African instruments. There is also a Pacific connection, the Hawaiian "slack guitar style", possibly tracing its origins back to the Indian subcontinent, where the Vichitra Veena is played sliding a glass ball across the strings.The technique was made popular by African American blues and gospel artists and has also become commonplace in country and Hawaiian music.

Rhitom Sarkar comes from a family of musicians. His mother, Niyati Sarkar is a vocalist of the Vishnupur Gharana. From the age of 9 for ten he studied guitar with Pandit Debashish Bhattarcharya and then sitar with Kishore Chakraborty and guitar with Debotosh Dey, guitarist of All India Radio. His current sitar guru is Pandit Shyamal Chatterjee, disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. He has also learnt Spanish guitar from composer and director Sri Madhu Mukherjee. He has won awards at various youth festivals and received scholarships from the government and Sangeet academies. He has performed in concerts all over India and is an empanelled artist of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre. His album ‘Blessings and Divinity’ was released in 2005 and his new album ‘Enchanted Evenings’ in 2006.

Place : The Attic, 36, Regal building, Parliament Street, Next to 'The Shop', Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001
Nearest Delhi Metro Rail Station : Walking Distance from Rajiv Chowk Metro Station which Comes Under Line 3 ( Indraprastha - Barakhamba Road - Dwarka ) & Line 2 ( Vishwa Vidyalaya - Central Sectt. )
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