Nikhil Banerjee - Dhun

amazing video of Nikhil-ji with Anindo Chatterjee on Tabla

Category:

Music

Tags:

• nikhil
• banerjee
• dhun
• sitar
• classical
• indian
• Pandit
• tabla

[dantheartisan]

Wow! The possibilities of three people sitting on a rug. Could this be the origins of the magic carpet idea? lol

[bmarley343]

@dantheartisan the origins have to do with the sadhus and yogis who take up a rug as one of their few posessions, all of the stories of levitation, mystical trances, and lots of other incredible things indeed make the myth of the magic carpet.

[alonzogarbanzo]

I will never forget stumbling upon a free noon concert in Schoenberg Hall in 1967, where this man played his magical sweet, liquid lines to a roomful of people whose main prior exposure to the sitar was most likely through the Beatles.

A whole new world opened up, a world very ancient and broad and beautiful. One of the best concerts of my life.

[tnemyo]

There is something about great masters that can never be taught or recreated. It is known as GRACE.

[TheMaxr1987]

Watching his face as he plays, I know Banerjee is truly transcendental. He looks not extremely involved or engrossed in his playing, nor is he zoning out. He doesn't look as if he's acting or reacting. It just seems like everything in existence is in concordance with the notes being played. And when you listen with no video, the experience is the same. What he plays is so natural, I dearly wish I could have seen him play in person. Thanks for uploading.

[heavyatheart]

the best

[anandvyasorg]

The Master

[skate4twente]

@alonzogarbanzo SOunds fucking tight, i would like to be there in this moment in time.

[AliobotQ]

So true. People are starting to lose their groove to music. Your point on globalization is well taken, however music has began a change, and it will never be 'as good as it was in the old days', but as long as you move with it, I think music will only get better.

[gautamsaraf]

Thank you bmarley343.

[Carter439]

yea these days music in all genres has seen a decline; for many reasons; (globalization?); and the in indian classical music the loss of selflessness or atleast the idea of attaining it through music (as banerjee) seems like a joke these days. This topic would even make most uncomfortable. One stroke of Nikhil Banerjee's mizrab and you are flying for another plane...