A musical tribute to legendary sarod exponent Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta brought together five of his students and several Rabindrasangeet performers at a concert titled Transformations , presented by Soumikdatta Arts and Baithak UK.
Datta, who grew up in London, began learning from Dasgupta at the age of 13. The concert featured bandish compositions by Dasgupta that drew inspiration from Rabindrasangeet. His students Pratyush Bandopadhyay, Soumik Datta, Abir Husain, Smarajit Den and Swarnendu Mandal performed the compositions, while Sangeeta Datta, Debashish Raychaudhuri, Sounak Chatterjee and Rohini Raychaudhuri presented Rabindrasangeet. He is an Aga Khan Music Award recipient and a contemporary composer. He recently completed an eight-month tour of India supported by the British Council. The concert marked a reunion of Dasgupta’s students on stage, while the singers also came together after a considerable gap. The show was sold out within a day, with the organisers considering another edition in Kolkata.
