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Laggi
Laggis are lilting rhythmic designs and patterns which are traditionally performed towards the conclusion of a semi Classical vocal rendition be it Thumri, Dadra, Chaiti, Kajri or Hori.
In this piece, Ishaan presents some rare Laggis which were performed by landmark Tabla legends including the great Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa.
He also presents few Laggis of his father Pandit Nayan Ghosh who, in modern times is termed as the 'Doyen of Laggi Playing.'
In Season 1 of HCL Maestros in Studio Live @The Peninsula Studios Ishaan is accompanied on harmonium by Tanmay Deochake.
Ishaan Ghosh
An exceptionally gifted child-prodigy with a mature and sensitive musical thought process much belying his age, young Ishaan Ghosh, born in 2000, took to Tabla naturally and gave his first brief solo tabla performance at the age of 2-1/2. An inheritor of the music of a few generations in his family, he is the grandson of Tabla-Guru, Padmabhushan Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and the grand-nephew of the legendary pioneer flautist Pannalal Ghosh. Ishaan has received focused ‘Taleem’ in traditional Tabla from his father, Pandit Nayan Ghosh, who is regarded as one of India’s front-ranking Tabla and Sitar maestros.
In 2008, Ishaan played Tabla Jugalbandi concerts with his father in Switzerland, France and Spain representing India at International Music Festivals.
At 9, he was invited to perform alongwith his father in the Indo-Occidental Symbiosis “Jugalbandi Festival” at the Kala Mandir in Kolkata and the Sangeet Natak Akademi-organized “Tabla Samaroha” in Kolhapur.
He has regularly performed at famed venues both in India and abroad such as the NCPA in Mumbai, MIT-Boston, The Institute of Culture in New York, the Stanford University, the Gerogia-Tech University in Atlanta, the World Music Institute in Chicago and the RIOJAFORUM in Spain among number of others.
In 2014, Ishaan was blessed to be invited by the Kathak legend Pandit Birju Maharaj for a Tabla solo recital at New Delhi’s Kamani Auditorium, on the maestro’s 75th birthday.
A busy performing artiste, besides accompanying his father’s sitar concerts, he has also performed with landmark figures in the field of Indian Classical Music like Sangeet Martand Pt. Jasraj, Sarod stalwarts Padmabhushan Pt Buddhadev Dasgupta and Ustad Aashish Khan, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, violin legend Dr. N Rajam and Dr. Sangeeta Shankar, Purbayan Chatterjee, Ramakant Gaikwad, S Akash, Dilshad Khan.
He has regularly collaborated with musicians of various other genres like Jazz Guitarist Max Clouth of Germany, Mohammad Rasouli and Percussionists Fakhroddin Ghaffari and Hamidreza Rahbaralam of Iran, Hoo Eouling of China and Raho Langsepp of Estonia.
He has received the BABA ALLAUDDIN KHAN YUVA PURASKAR, a silver plaque after his performance at 150th Birth Celebrations of Ustad Allauddin Khan at Maihar, MP, in December 2013
In 2016, he was specially invited (along with his father) by the President of the United States President Jimmy Carter to give a benefit concert for the ‘HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’ project and felicitated by the President himself.
Curators: Kaushiki Chakraborty & Arunabha Deb (Hindustani) and Anil Srinivasan (Carnatic)
Produced by: Subroto Chattopadhyay & Sita Raina
Project Management for The Peninsula Studios: Avinash Chordia & Narinder Tawakley
Director: Salman Usmani
Audio Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Deepak Samson
Chief Assistant Directors: Alisha Chatterjee, Mohammad Saad
Assistant Directors: Mudit Singhal, Vijay Rawat
Lead Camera: Abhishek Negi
Cameramen: Punit Upadhya, Nitin Kumar, Shubham Thakur
Asst. Camera: Gaurav Pandey, Pawan Arya
Production Coordinator: Priyanka Nagi
Production Assistant: Shagun Dhir
Editors: Sougat Paul, Haseeb Ahmad, Sidharth Singh, Gautam Kumar, Ashish Kumar Pandey
Promos: Mohammad Waseem
Styling & Wardrobe: Kunica Sharma, Vidha Chadha
Make Up: Diyvashekhar Jha
Set Design: Mohsin Ali
Lights and Grips: Vinay, Manoj
Spots: Teja Singh, Ram Iqbal
Studio Technician: Shankar Muthuswamy
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