Category: Music

Foreign visit itineraries since 2005

2016 Bangladesh

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

  1. 13 August: Arrival Chicago O’Hare and to Champaign.
  2. 14 August: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [official work]
  3. 15 August: To New Jersey
  4. 17 August 2013  : The Maverick at Woodstock [with Steve Gorn (flute) and Pt. Samir Chatterjee (tabla)]
  5. 18 August : Bethel Woods Center For The Arts [Opening item for a musical tribute to Richie Havens at 3pm] [with Steve Gorn (flute) and Pt. Samir Chatterjee (tabla)]
  6. 19 – 21 August: Workshop at Chhandayan, New York  – Cancelled
  7. 23 August: Music Presentation and Concert at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs [with Nabin Shreshtha on the tabla]
  8. 24 August -07 September: To Calgary. [details TBA]
  9. 8-12 September: Seattle with Dr. Rajib Doogar [some intimate music and meeting with friends]
  10. 14 September : Calgary Ragamala Concert [with Pt. Samar Saha on the tabla]
  11. 15 September-19 September: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign [lecture and meetings].
  12. 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

Tribute to the Music Legend Richie Havens

First Posted on August 20, 2013 by sitardivine

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.

[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/07/richie-havens-tribute-set-for-woodstock-1969-festival-site/2627601/ accessed on 20 August 2013]

 The Bethel Woods Arts Center announced..

Sunday, August 18, 2013

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.

[http://www.bethelwoodscenter.org/bwevents/eventdetail.aspx?id=402 accessed on 20 August 2013]

The famous Woodstock Music Festival ground

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