৬০ পার করাটা অনেক চেষ্টা করেও শেষ পর্যন্ত আটকানো গেলনা| কুষ্ঠিতে ছিলনা তাও পৌঁছেই গেলাম|এগার বছর বয়সেই সটকে যাবার কথা ছিল, তার জায়গায় ষাট! অতএব এ পর্যন্ত ৪৯ বছর ফাউ| ফাউ সবারই ভালো লাগে, সত্যি বলতে কি আমারও অল্প অল্প লাগে| জন্মদিনের দুদিন আগে জানতে পারলাম আমার শ্রীমতীজী কিছু একটা ফাঁদছেন, টের পেলাম উনি ছাত্র-ছাত্রীদের সাথেও কথাবার্তা বলছেন| ১৬ সেপ্টেম্বর সকালে ওঠার পরই তাড়াতাড়ি ইউনিভার্সিটি থেকে ঘরে ফেরার ফরমান জারী হল|
বিকেল সাড়ে-চারটে নাগাদ বাড়ী ফিরে দেখি সাবির সেই বর্ধমান থেকে আমার আগেই হাজির| এরপর আস্তে আস্তে অন্যরাও হাজির হল| ত্রৈলী সেই হাওড়া থেকে সাবির এর পর-পরই চলে এল | একটু পর ঢুকল সুমেধা| এর মাঝে সাবির আর অনির্বান টুক করে গাড়ী নিয়ে বেরিয়ে গিয়ে কিছু বিশালাকায় পাত্রে খাবার নিয়ে চলে এসেছে| নভনীল, বাড়ীতে শোকের পরিবেশ থাকা সত্তেও, অল্প সময়ের জন্য চলে এসেছিল| ওকে পেয়ে আমাদের খুব ভাল লেগেছিল| সন্ধে গড়িয়ে গেলে এল দীপঙ্কর, অনুশ্রী আর তাদের ছোট্ট মিষ্টি মেয়ে| মাঝে বনুদি আর অঞ্জনদা| একটু রাত করেই দিলীপ আর সপরিবার পরিমল ঢুকল| সবশেষে এল সুজু, অরুন আর পুকলাই| ওরা যখন এলো তখন পার্টি বেশ জমজমাট| অনির্বাণ সরোদ নিয়ে বাজনার ঘরে বাজিয়ে চলেছে| মাঝের বড় ঘরে গান, হাসাহাসি, কবিতা| আর মা’র ঘরে অঞ্জনদা, বনুদি আর পরে জুড়ল আমার মেয়ে মিম্মাই| সেখানেও চলছে নানা মজার মজার গল্প-গুজব| আর অন্য ঘরগুলো? সেখানে ঢাই করা জিনিস-পত্র, প্রয়োজনে আমরা সেখানে গিয়ে কাজ করে বেরিয়ে আসছি| সব মিলিয়ে এক অদ্ভুত খুশীর মেজাজ| শব্দ নানা ধরনের হলেও তাতে ঠোকাঠুকি নেই| চলুক না আলাদা স্কেলে সরোদ আর গান| গানের পেছনে মৃদু সরোদের আওয়াজ, কখনও বা রান্নাঘর থেকে বাসনের শব্দ, সব আওয়াজই যেন মিলেমিশে খুশীর ছবি এঁকে চলেছে| ওই ছবিই কিছুটা ধরে রাখার চেষ্টা করেছি এই ছোট্ট ভিডিও তে| পার্টি যখন শেষ হল তখন আমার গিন্নির জন্মদিন ১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর ছুঁয়ে পরের দিন সকাল দু’টো!
আমরা সবাই মিস করলাম সুবীর, কর্নজিত, আয়ুষ, রাজরূপা, সুহাস, বিট্টু আর কুশলকে| কেউ বা ষ্টুডিও-তে আটকা, কেউ বা সেদিনই বিদেশ পারি দিল, কেউ আছে দেশের বাইরে বা কারুর বাড়ীতে পুজো| আর মিস করেছি তরাই, দেবাশিস আর তুলুকে|
Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra, Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee, Pt. Peejush Prasanna Bandopadhyay, Pt. Manas Chakraborty. Also from Pt. Ajay Sinha Roy, Pt. D.T. Joshi, Pt. Shankar Ghosh.
AIR grade
Top Grade
Performances
Large music festivals in India, Bangladesh, European Countries, USA, Canada, South Africa, Mauritius, etc.
Discography
12 CDs including from the RPG-HMV and India Archive Music, USA.
Academic placements
Ustad Allauddin Khan Professor at Rabindra Bharati University. Currently Professor at the Sikkim University.
Important foreign assignments
Participation at UNESCO Conference, Finland; George A. Miller Visiting Professor, UIUC, USA; Artist in Residence at University of Chicago, Distinguished India Focussed Visitor at University of Alberta, Canada, etc.
Member of Committees
Served as Expert Member of many committees including the Music Audition Board, All India Radio; Executive Councils, Academic Councils and other committees in several universities including the University of Delhi, Banaras Hindu University, Visva Bharati to name a few.
Current status
Retired Professor of Instrumental Music [Ustd. Allauddin Khan Chair], Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, India.
Legacy to follow
Trained some renowned musicians and globe trotters including Pandit Kushal Das, Rajrupa Chowdhury, Troilee Dutta, Kalyanjit Das, etc.
Bio-sketch of Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay is an exceptional combination of an outstanding Sitar virtuoso, eminent Guru and a thoughtful academician. This internationally reputed musician is especially known for his exemplary spontaneity in musical expressions. His music is always lively, fresh and new.
Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay received extensive training in sitar playing in Senia- Shahjehanpur, Imdadkhani, and Rampur-Senia gharanas. A beautiful synthesis of the practices and knowledge of these three very famous schools of music can be experienced through his sitar renderings. Professor Sanjoy had his major training in sitar playing from Pandit Radhika Mohan Maitra and Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee. He started learning music with his father Pt. Peejush Prasanna Bandopadhyay. He also learnt with Pandit Manas Chakraborty, Dr. M.R. Gautam. He had special opportunities of having blessings through intensive musical interactions with Professor Dhruva Tara Joshi, Pandit Ajay Sinha Roy, Pandit Gajanan Rao Joshi and Pandit Shankar Ghosh.
Professor Sanjoy’s music gets widely featured in national and international TV and radio channels in India and other countries. He has been awarded prestigious ‘Top- Grade’ by the Director General, All India Radio. He has 12 audio CDs to his credit. These were published by different reputed music companies in India and the USA. He served as ‘Artist in Residence’ at the University of Chicago and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, USA.
He participated at the Plenary Session of UNESCO Conference and other important global and bilateral events. He was invited by the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as the George A. Miller Visiting Professor. The University of Alberta invited him as Distinguished India Focus Visitor.
Before his recent appointment as Professor in Music at the Sikkim University, Pandit Bandopadhyay was the Ustad Alauddin Khan Professor of Instrumental Music at the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. Also, he was the Director of the S.M. Tagore Centre of Documentation & Research of Languishing & Obsolescent Musical Instruments, a research center in the same university and the Coordinator of the UGC SAP-DRS Research Project of the Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University.
Panditjee is proud that some of his disciples have proved to be exceptionally brilliant and established themselves as foremost musicians of Hindustani Music. This includes, Pandit Kushal Das, Rajrupa Chowdhury, Troilee Dutta, etc.
Sunday 27 November: 2:00 a.m. | Concert at Dhaka Army Stadium, Bengal Foundation Music Festival
2014 USA
08 t o 15 February – Visit to the University of Michigan
Friday, February 7th : 9:05 pm Flight Departs Kolkata Saturday, Feb 8th : 1:50 pm Flight arrives to Detroit Ground Transportation from airport to hotel Sunday, February 9th : Rest! Recover from jet-leg. Monday, February 10th : 2 – 3:30 pm Tentative: Guest: Music and Culture class with Dr. Meilu Ho Tuesday, February 11th 11:30 – 1 pm Guest: Himalayas: An Aesthetic Exploration class with Dr. Nachiket Chanchani 2:30 – 4 pm Guest: Ocean of Stories: Telling Tales in the Indian Subcontinent class with Dr. Nachiket Chanchani Wednesday, February 12th : 10:10 – 11 am Guest: Introduction to World Music class with Dr. Meilu Ho Thursday, February 13th : (11:05 am Samir Chatterjee’s flight arrives to Detroit airport.) 5:00 pm Arrive to UMMA and prepare for performance 7:30 – 9:30 pm UMMA Performance Friday, February 14th 12-2:00 pm: Meet and talk with grad students over lunch 4:45 pm: Meet at 506 Burton Memorial Tower to set up for Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series 5 – 6:30 pm Lecture: “Improvisation on the Sitar: Traditional Knowledge and Free Expression” Saturday, February 15th TBD Ground Transportation from Hotel to airport 12:30 p.m. Flight Departs from Detroit/Metro to Seattle 6:05 p.m. Arriving Seattle [Chicago O’hare – Seattle – AMERICAN 6973]
Feb 15th – Feb 18th At the University of Washington, Bothell Feb 18, 2014 10-10:30am – Faculty conversation with Prof Bandopadhyay (facilitated by Prof Rajib Doogar) Noon –1:30pm lunch with undergraduate research students 2:30 – 3:00pm – Faculty conversation with Prof Bandopadhyay (facilitated by Prof Pierre Mourad) 3:30-4:00pm – Faculty conversation with Prof Bandopadhyay (facilitated by Prof Jason Pace) 5pm – intimate recital on campus with Ravi Albright 6:30pm – dinner and airport drop off 9:52 p.m. – UNITED 1142 UNITED LV: SEATTLE 952P NONSTOP AR: NEWARK LIBERTY 600A 19 February 2014 Departure for Kolkata from New York at 4:45 p.m.
2013 USA & Canada
13 August: Arrival Chicago O’Hare and to Champaign.
14 August: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [official work]
15 August: To New Jersey
17 August 2013 : The Maverick at Woodstock [with Steve Gorn (flute) and Pt. Samir Chatterjee (tabla)]
24 August -07 September: To Calgary. [details TBA]
8-12 September: Seattle with Dr. Rajib Doogar [some intimate music and meeting with friends]
14 September : Calgary Ragamala Concert [with Pt. Samar Saha on the tabla]
15 September-19 September: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [lecture and meetings].
19 September: Departure from Chicago O’Hare for Kolkata
2010 Engagements and open dates
24 October Reaching Edmonton 26 October Concert cum Workshop at the University of Alberta [Host: Prof. Regula Qureshi]. 27~29 October University of Saskatchewan to participate at the Engaging India: A Multidisciplinary Symposium and play a 30~31 October Simon Fraser University, Vancouver for concert.
2009 USA: 1 5 TO 30 MAY 2009
15 ~ 30 May ‘Musician in Residence’ at the University of Chicago
2008
EUROPE: 19 TO 22 NOVEMBER 2008
19 November Reaching Amsterdam and inauguration of the International Conference ‘Indian & the World: Intercultural Performing Arts’ 20 ~ 22 September The conference.
USA: SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER 2008
24 September Reaching Chicago 26 September Concert at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Tabla: Anindo Chatterjee] 28 September Concert at Mithas, MIT, Boston [Tabla: Anindo Chatterjee] 30 September Two seminars at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 01 October Workshop at the The College of New Jersey, NJ 02 October Concert Workshop at the The College of New Jersey, NJ [Tabla: Abhjit Banerjee] 03 October Master class at the The College of New Jersey, NJ 04 October to 08 October Artist in Residence at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
SOUTH AFRICA – JULY-AUGUST 2008
26 July Reaching Johannesburg 27 July to 01 August University of South Africa [UNISA], Pretoria [concert and research activities] 02 to 06 August University of Cape Town [Master class and research activities] 07 to 11 August Rhodes University, Grahamstown [concert and research activities] 13 August Departure from Johannesburg
MAURITIUS– JUNE- JULY 2008
01 June to 12 July Visit to Mahatma Gandhi Institute [MGI] as Resource Person for Teachers’ Orientation, curricula review and general capacity building.
2007 USA: OCTOBER 2007
11 to 15 October Los Angeles [workshop] 16 October Travel to Colorado 17 October Lecture at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 18 October Concert at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 19 October Travel to Chicago
20 October Open
21 October Travel to Manhattan, Kansas 22 October Concert at the Kansas State University 23 October Travel to Urbana Champaign, IL 24 October Concert at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
25-26 October Open
27 October Concert at Spandan, Moline/Chicago, IL
28 to 30 Open
31 October Departure from ORD, Chicago for Berlin, Germany
Europe
04 Nov Concert at SMB National Museum, Berlin 05~09 Nov Research in SMB Museum 10 Nov Concert in Berlin 11 Nov Departure for India
USA: OCTOBER 2005
03 October Arr. Chicago ORD and then to Urbana-Champaign 05 October Meeting with Faculty Members of UIUC and SPICMACAY/BSA Core Group 06 October Concert 7:30 p.m. [2100 MBA] 07 October IPS/Engg/SOM Computer Music Groups Meeting and Other meetings 10 October Group interactions/classes 11 October India Studies Lecture [noon] 12 October Talk in the evening [venue TBA] 13 October Group interactions/classes 15 October Concert at the University of Chicago 17 October Workshop at the University of Chicago 19 October Presentation at The College of New Jersey, NJ 21 October Concert in Rochester, NY 24 October Recording for India Archive Music, Inc., Manhattan, New York 26 October Concert at Drury University, Missouri at 7 pm 29 October Workshop and Concert at Moline, IL 30 October Workshop at Moline, IL 31 October Departure from ORD, Chicago for India
FRANCE: JANUARY 2005
26 January 2005 Arrival: CDG, Paris in the morning 27 January Concert at La Rochelle] ————— SOLD OUT 28 January Concert at the Musee Guimet, Paris : 20:30 hrs. ————— SOLD OUT 29 January Concert at MJC in Toulouse 30 January Workshop and concert in Gamas [Ariege] 31 January Concert near Marseille 01 February Concert in Marseille ————————- SOLD OUT 03 February 2005 Departure from CDG, Paris in morning 12 September, 2004 Arrival in Berlin 13~14 September Visit SMB Museum, Berlin 15 September Concert at Berlin Museum 16~21 September XIIIth International Conference of German Musicological Society at Weimar, Germany [presentation on the 20th September] 22 September Concert in Berlin before Newsgroup 24 September Arrival in Vancouver, Canada 25 September Concert in Vancouver 27 September Visit to Simon Fraser University 28 September Reaching Edmonton as Distinguished India-Focus Visitor to the University of Alberta 28 September Workshop at the University of Alberta 03 October Concert at the University of Alberta [UoA organized the concert in collaboration with Ragamala Society, Edmonton] 05 October Workshop at the University of Alberta 07 October Arrival in the USA [Moline, Chicago] 08 October Two workshops at Augustana College 09 October Workshop at River Music for the Jazz Musicians of the locality. 10 October Concert at Concert at Wallenberg Hall, Moline 11 October Concert at the University of Illinois [SPICMACAY] 12 October Workshop at the St. Ambrose Uniersity 13 October Workshop at a college in Moline 14 October Concert before a selected gathering, Moline 16 October Concert in New York 17 October Concert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Mithas] 19 October Concert at the University of Oklahoma 20 October Workshop at the University of Oklahoma 22 October Concert at the University of Pennsylvania 24 October Recording in New York for the India Archive Music, Inc. 25 October Departure for India from JFK, New York June 13 Presentation at the PELLERVO-INSTITUUTTI, Espoo [Finland] UNESCO Pre-Conference June 16 Presentation at the Plenary Session of UNESCO Conference, Jÿvaskÿla, Helsinki [Finland] June 18 Presentation at H320, UNESCO Conference, Jÿvaskÿla, Helsinki [Finland] June 21 Concert in Paris, France June 22 Concert Di Pinte, Brussels, Belgium June 23 Workshop at the University of Köln, Germany June 26 Concert in Toulouse, France June 27 Concert in Toulouse, France June 28 Concert at St etienne(near Lyon), France June 29 Concert [Final item] at the 15th District Music Festival, Paris [France] July 01 Concert in Marseilles, France July 02 Concert in Paris
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Commendable Research Presentation by Dr. Pragya Pyasi connecting PSB’s Music Pedagogy and SDG at the Lovely Professional University
Dr. Pragya Pyasi’s research presentation on “Exploration of Innovation and Traditional Knowledge Transfer Methods in Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay’s Hindustani Raga Music Pedagogy and Connecting Sustainable Development Goals” at the International Conference at the Lovely Professional University received high appreciation. She presented her research design and results at the conference on 07 November 2023.
Dr. Pragya Pyasi was felicitated with the Best Publication Award for Naad Nartan 2022 National Seminar organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The felicitation took place during the concluding ceremony of the National Seminar of the same institution at Jaipur on September 23, 2023.
Pragya is the first among the disciples of Prof. Bandopadhyay to get felicitated for excellence in academic writing!
Dr. Troilee Dutta and Dr. Pintu Saha, Two scholars who worked under Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, were awarded Ph.D. by the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, during its 2023 convocation on 08 May 2023. An occasion of pride indeed!
Kolkata, 09 May 2023
Professor Bandopadhyay talked on “Connecting Poetry, Painting, Neuroscience, and AI with Raga Music: In search of a Deeper Understanding of Indian Raga Music and its Potentials to Serve” on 05 April 2023 at the Assam University [A Central University], Silchar. The Department of Performing Arts arranged this talk under their Distinguished Lecture Series titled Performing Arts through Different Lenses.
07 April, 2023
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Pintu Saha got his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Sanjoy
Rabindra Bharati University provisionally awarded Pintu Saha his Ph.D. degree on 27.12.2022. Dr. Pintu Saha did his research under the supervision of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay. This photograph was taken before the Sangeet Bnavan RBU after the final Viva-Voce.
Dr. Saha currently serves Assam University, Silchar, a Central University, as an Assistant Professor in Music at the Department of Performing Arts.
29.12.2022
SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 2022
Professor Sanjoy’s disciple Pt. Kushal Das received the coveted Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022.
01/12/2022
A core research group of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, will interact with Professor Sanjoy on 26 December 2022 on the applications of Hindustani Raga Music as the source for generating neuro-cognitive and emotional responses of the human brain for clinical interventions.
22.11.2022
Melbourne Hindustani Music Collective invited Professor Sanjoy as the Chief Guest to initiate a discourse on Raga and respond to questions from the participants on October 21, 2022.
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Connecting London
PSB’s disciple Rajrupa Chowdhury will connect London through Darbar Music Festival on October 15, 2022.
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Professor Sanjoy will speak on “Coding in Qualitative Research: Quickly on Taguette” at the Department of Music, University of Hyderabad on September 26, 2022, from 11:00 a.m.
Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay was felicitated by the Central University of Sikkim on Teachers’ Day, on 05 September 2020, for his outstanding contributions to the development of the university. Click to reach his felicitation speech.Click to reach his felicitation speech.
The whole program was held online. It was well attended by the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, other Statutory officers, the Deans of Schools, Heads of the Departments, many professors and other teachers of the university.
05 September, 2020
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Troilee Dutta was provisionally awarded Ph.D. degree from the Rabindra Bharati University on 03.09.2021 on her research titled ‘The Presence of Sarod in Kolkata after Independence: An Analytical Study of the Cultural Traditions’ under the supervision of Professor Sanjoy Bandopadhyay.
Prof. (Pt.) Sanjoy Bandopadhyay was invited by the Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University for a talk on 06 July 2020. Prof. Bandopadhyay talked on ‘Conceptualizing the Micro to reach the Macro: A small music-lantern from my Revered Gurus’. More than 1200 music enthusiasts attended the talk online and later there were many more who listened to the recording online. An edited version of the talk is now available on YouTube. | 09 July 2020
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Dr. Pragya Pyasi, a disciple of Panditjee, has joined University of Hyderabad as an Assistant Professor in Music earlier this month.
February 27, 2020
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Sukanya Chatterjee received the provisional certification of PhD degree on completion of her research titled “The Effect of Hindustani Raga Instrumental Music as an Intervention for Children with Sub-Average Intellectual Functioning (IQ 35-55)” from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. The research was conducted under the supervision of Professor Bandopadhyay.
January 21, 2020
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Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will feature at the National TV channel in the National Program of Music. The program will be telecast on August 10, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. at the DD National channel. Pt. Tanmoy Bose provided tabla support.
July 10, 2019
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Rajrupa Chaudhury, a disciple of Panditjee, played sarod recital at the Head Quarters of Commonwealth Nations, the Marlborough House, London. It was arranged as a part of a celebration of the Commonwealth Day on 11 March 2019. The Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall graced the occasion.
April 09, 2019
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Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will perform in Kolkata on Decmber 16, 2018 in the silver jubilee celebration of the Dhrupad Academy, Delhi. Pt. Parimal Chakraborty will provide him tabla support. Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Salt Lake | Date: December 16, 2018 | Time: From 6 P.M.
Invited by the All India Radio to perform at the Radio Sangeet Sammelan on 06 October, 2018 at Indore.
August 16, 2018
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A special happening and a very special recognition for Ayush Ghosh, a sitar disciple of Panditjee.
(a) National Radio CBC (Canada Broadcasting Corporation) interviewed Ayush. It was broadcast across Canada on 08 January 2018. Click to listen.
(b) Calgary Herald honored 20 Calgarians making a difference in the community or their mark on a grander stage. Ayush was honored among these remarkable individuals.
Here is the Top page of Calgary Herald of January 08 2018.
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Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay has been offered a Professor’s position at the Sikkim University. He has joined the SU on 04 August 2017 as Professor of Music at the Department of Music under the School of Professional Studies.
Professor (Pt.) Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will perform in Kolkata a concert in Kolkata on 08 December, 2017; a tribute concert for the legendary scholar-musician Kumar Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury. The CSSSC has invited him for the performance as a part of their exhibition of the BKRC Collection during 06-09 December, 2017 at the Jadunath Bhavan Museum and Resource Centre, [a unit of the Centre for Social Science Studies Calcutta], 10 Lake Terrace, Kolkata. Sri Dilip Mukherjee will give him Tabla support and Sri Nishaant Singh on the Pakhawaj.
Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay has been offered a Professor’s position by the Sikkim University. He has joined the SU on 04 August, 2017 as Professor in Music at the Department of Music under the School of Professional Studies.
Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay was felicitated by ‘Gour Malhar, Burdwan’ with the Pt. Dhruvatara Joshi Memorial Award on the evening of 28 January 2017.
February 04, 2017
PanditDhuravatara Joshi Memorial Award to Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay will get felicitated with Pandit Dhruvatara Joshi Award on 28 January 2017. A letter from the Secretary, Gaud Malhar dated 25/12/2016 to Prof.Sanjoy states:
” — This letter brings you our warmest congratulations and we, on behalf of Gour Malhar, feel really honoured to felicitate you the PanditDhuravatara Joshi Memorial Award for your extensive contribution in the field of music performance, music teaching and music education.—“
January 12, 2017
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sAhAnA on sitar at the mega Bengal Music Festival – 2016 in Dhaka
Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay is back to Kolkata after a dazzling concert at the Bengal Foundation’s Music Festival-2016. As scheduled he started at 2 a.m. on 27 November 2016 early morning at Dhaka Army Stadium. We hear that there were about 60,000 people present to attend that day’s music. Pt. Bandopadhyay chose Raga Sahana to start. He played alap-jod follwed by a vilambit gat in Jhaptala, drut gat in Trital and eneded with Sawal-Jawab and Jhala. Later he played Pilu Jangla. In this piece he played a composition frequently played by his grand-Guru Md. Ameer Khan and his Guru Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Pt. Parimal Chakraborty provided tabla support.
27 November, 2016
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Caesurae[Spring 2016, ISSN 2454-9495] published a review of Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay’s Music Album ‘Tribute to Mozart- Live in Vienna 1998’
21 April, 2016
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Mee Records has showcased 3 albums and 7 singles of Pandit Sanjoy Bandopadhyay. For music lovers staying in India may also order for physical CDS.
Prof. Bandopadhyay is now the top 3% of the researchers in Academia by last 30 days views! Academia has 27 million users!
30 December, 2015
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Invited as the ‘Guest of Honor’ at the International Conference of the Department of Musicology, Rabindra Bharati University titled ‘Music and Musicology in South Asia : recent Trends’ to be held on 5th-6th November 2015. [November 2015]
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Prasar Bharati [All India Radio] has inducted Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay as an expert member for their central Music Audition Board. [April, 2015]
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The Sikkim University has inducted Prof. Sanjoy as an Expert member for the School Board of Professional Studies. [Notification dated 30. 09.2014]
Invited as the ‘Guest of Honor’ at the International Conference of the Department of Musicology, Rabindra Bharati University titled ‘Music and Musicology in South Asia : recent Trends’ to be held on 5th-6th November 2015. [November 2015]
Center for World Performance Studies, University of Michigan [USA] just published its Fall-2014 New Letter.
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Professor Bandopadhyay is invited to participate in the 2014 ‘International Music Institution Leaders Forum’ and in the music festival to be held on the occasion of 50th anniversary of the establishment of the China Conservatory, Beijing during 20-22 September 2014.
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Hon’ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh nominated Prof. Bandopadhyay as a member of the Management Board of Bhatkhande Music Institute [Deemed University], Lucknow for a period of 3 years starting from 27 August 2014.
Playing at the Bethel Woods on the 18 Aug 2013 to pay tribute to the music icon Richie Havens
Richie Havens
I had the opportunity to pay my humble musical tribute to the music legend Richie Havens during the memorial function along with Steve Gorn [Bansuri] and Samir Chatterjee [Tabla]. Thanks to my dear Stevejee, who played on Richie’s CD ‘The Wishing Well”. Stevejee opened up this opportunity for me. He received special invitation to arrange a performance of Indian Ensemble. The invitation came directly from Richie’s wife.
I started typing this, I thought it a good idea to jot down a few lines on this very special event when the memory is still fresh.
When Steve [Gorn], Samir [Chatterjee] and I reached the music-shrine of the US the Bethel Woods it was a bit late than we were supposed to arrive. Naturally, we were not comfortable. However, when we reached the venue we saw that Stephanie Winters and Walter Parks, long time associates of Richie, engaged in sound check. We could sense that it would take some time, so we left for some food. Yes, we did our sound-check later…
Our names announced after the beautiful performance of Walter and Stephanie. We played Madhuvanti followed by a musical piece based on Richie’s brief sitar piece played by this legend himself and his song “”Something Else Again.” Someone told us that Richie used to play sitar before he took to Guitar! Isn’t it amazing?!! Our performance received very warm response with long claps, shouts and whistles… and standing ovation… We were very happy!
We were happy!
Jose Feliciano, the Nine-time Grammy winner, concluded the program. After this we went to Woodstock ground where 400,000 people assembled in 1969. Ashes of Richie was scattered on the ground from an air-plane that went on circling for three times, later helicopter came to scatter rose petals.. Richie’s song “Freedom” was going on… people were emotional..
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USA Today writes:
Richie Haven’s ashes was scattered by this airplane
The ashes of the late singer will be scattered across the festival grounds Aug. 18.
Folk singer Richie Havens will receive a musical tribute Aug. 18, the 44th anniversary of the final day of the 1969 Woodstock festival.
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, a music venue built on the Woodstock site in Bethel, N.Y., will host a musical tribute for the late singer-guitarist and his ashes will be scattered across the grounds, according to Billboard.
Havens opened Woodstock ’69 with a memorable, nearly three-hour performance, which included an entirely improvised rendition of his now most famous song, Freedom.
He died April 22 of a heart attack at age 72.
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The famous Woodstock Festival ground. Ashes of Richie Havens was sprinkled here.
Back to the Garden: A Day of Song and Remembrance Honoring Richie Havens In Memoriam Richie Havens
Market Sheds 10:00 AM Museum opens* 2:00 PM Main Gates open to the Market Sheds 3:00 PM Service Begins 5:00 PM (approx) Service Ends
Due to overwhelming demand tickets are no longer available for the services at the Market Sheds.
On Sunday, August 18 the ashes of music legend Richie Havens will be scattered across Max Yasgur’s farm – the field where the Woodstock festival took place in 1969, and today the site of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Guest speakers and artist information at www.RichieHavens.com.
This is a day of song and remembrance honoring Richie Havens. It is open to the public and all are welcome. A ticket is required for admission to the memorial service in the Market Sheds. The Woodstock festival field is open to the public everyday during regular museum hours.
Food and beverages will be available in the Museum Cafe and Festival Plaza Concessions (no ticket required) and in the first Market Shed as you enter the main gates (ticket required for admission to enter the Market Sheds).
*Museum admission is $15.00 and does not include admission to the memorial at the Market Sheds. A separate admission ticket to the memorial is required. Access to the Market Sheds will be restricted until 2:00pm on August 18. Seating is GENERAL ADMISSION first-come, first served for those with a ticket to the service in the Market Shed. A chair/seat is not guaranteed. You may be standing-room-only.
Rabindra Bharati University provisionally awarded Pintu Saha his Ph.D. degree on 27.12.2022. Dr. Pintu Saha did his research under the supervision of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay. This photograph was taken before the Sangeet Bnavan RBU after the final Viva-Voce.
Dr. Pragya Pyasi, a disciple of Panditjee, has joined University of Hyderabad as an Assistant Professor in Music earlier this month. 
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