Indian Newslink 15th April 2018 Digital Edition

APRIL 15, 2018
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Tribute to Music Maestro
from music aficionados
Venkat Raman
venkat@indiannewslink.co.nz
Apoint of discerning
difference between
organisers of entertaining
programmes and a
handful of others is that they are
performing artistes themselves
and therefore understand
the cultural impact of
events.
Among them are Swar
Sadhana Academy of
Indian Music Principal
and Director Sandhya
Badakere and Ravi Shetty
of Ravi Shetty of ‘Ravi
Shetty Concepts.’
While Ms Badakere
is a teacher, singer and
stage artiste, Mr Shetty
is a Radio Programme
Presenter, Singer and
stage artiste. Both
therefore understand the
vicissitudes of audiences
and accordingly organise
programmes. One such
forthcoming event is
a tribute to the great
maestro of Bengali and
Hindi music, Sachin Dev
Burman.
Suneheri Yaadein for
Hohepa
Called ‘Suneheri
Yaadein,’ the event will
be held on Saturday, May
26, 2018 from 630 pm at
Dorothy Winston Centre,
Auckland Girls Grammar
School located at Howe
Street in Auckland
Central. Tickets, priced at
$20 per person are now
on sale.
Third in the annual
‘Suneheri Yaadein’ annual
series, the Programme
this year is being held in
aid of ‘Hohepa Auckland,’
a charitable organisation
that provides people with
intellectual disabilities to
live, learn and work with
others of all abilities.
About Swar Sadhana
Established in 2008
and based in Mt Roskill with
three branches (two in New Lynn
and one in Papatoetoe), Swar
Sadhana Music Academy of India
Music has an impressive record
of students, some of who have
become performers and teachers
over the years.
Affiliated to arenowned Musical
institute in Mumbai, Swar
Sadhana enables qualifications
up to Diploma Level recognised
by the Maharashtra Government.
Ms Badakere said that the
Academy’s focus has been to promote
Indian music in Auckland,
develop local talents and provide
special grooming programme for
exceptional talents.
“Our Academy endeavours to
offer a wide range of training
support, appropriate to the needs
of students. As well conducting
courses on Vocal Music including
Hindustani Vocal (Classical),
Thumris, Ghazals, Bhajan and
Hindi film songs, we teach
Harmonium, Keyboard, Voice
Culture and Voice production
techniques,” she said.
For further information, please
contact Sandhya Badakere on (09)
627009 or 022-1060913.
Email: sandhya_badakere@
yahoo.com
About the Annual Series
Ms Badakere said that Swar
Sadhana has been organising
musical events for the past eight
years, the first of which was a
tribute the late Raj Kapoor, celebrated
as ‘The Greatest Showman
of the Millennium.’
“This was followed by tributes
to various music directors of
Bollywood. The brand name
‘Suneheri Yaadein’ started a few
years ago in partnership with
‘Ravi Shetty Concepts.’ We have
conducted shows in homage to
Shankar Jaikishan (2015), OP
Nayyar and Madan Mohan (2016)
and Laxmikant Pyarelal (2017).
We are now rehearsing for our
tribute to S D Burman. All these
events have been fundraisers for
various charities,” she said.
About Ravi Shetty Concepts
Ravi Shetty is a well-known
radio broadcaster with an
increasing number of listeners
from India, Fiji, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Nepal and the Indian
Sub-Continent Diaspora.
His Company has been
instrumental in conducting many
musical shows and other events
in New Zealand and India.
“The primary purpose of ‘Ravi
Shetty Concepts’ is to contribute
and showcase good music. The
recent association of RSC with
Swar Sadhana Academy of Indian
Music has brought forward
Suneheri Yaadein musicals in a
new light,” he said.
About S D Burman
India has produced many
celebrated music directors, but
Sachin Dev Burman was rare.
He composed music for more
than 100 movies in Hindi and
Bengali and each of them was a
tribute to the ears and soul.
He was the only music composer
who worked with both Kishore
Kumar and Mohammed Rafi, two
of the greatest singers of India,
in almost an equal number of
songs. Some of his classics include
‘Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Man Mera’,
‘Chanda Hain Tu Mera Suraj Hain
Tu’ and ‘Badi Sooni Sooni.’
Royal Family
Burman has a Royal ancestry.
His father, Nabadwipchandra
Dev Burman was from the Royal
family of Tripura while his mother
was from the Royal family of
Manipur.
Bengal’s revolutionary poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam was a close
acquaintance of his family. He
would stay with the Burmans
in their Comilla residence.
Burman has also sung four songs
composed by Nazrul.
In the late 1920s, Burman
worked as a radio singer at
Calcutta Radio Station.
His first record (that was the
pre-album era) came out for
Hindustan Records in 1932.
Prior to becoming a composer,
‘Karta’ (his nickname in the music
industry) had sung 14 Hindi and
13 Bengali film songs.