Saturday, May 4, 2002 Time: 6:00 PM Venue: Art Auditorium, UT-Austin Sitarist Indrajit Banerjee accompanied by Gourishankar Karmakar (tabla) Sitarist Indrajit Banerjee was born in 1965 in a family of musicians. He inherited his musical talent from his sitarist mother, who was a disciple of Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Indrajit had initial sitar training from his maternal grandfather Bankim Kumar Pal and later from Pt. Manilal Nag. For the last fifteen years he has been under the tutelage of Pandit Kartick Kumar, senior disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar.   Coming from the rich heritage of Senia Gharana, he is able to astound both lay music lovers and connoissuers with his unique depth and poetic style. His sweet lyrical musical eloquence blends with his sophisticated aesthetic sense in a distinct manner which both charms and tugs at the heart strings of the soul. He is an 'A-grade' Artiste of Indian Radio and Televison, also an approved artiste of l.C.C.R. (Govt. of India). Indrajit was awarded the 'Gokul Nag Memorial Gold Medal' in 1987 by Bangiya Sangeet Parishad (Bengal), 'Sura-Mani' in 1990 by Sur-SingarSamsad (Bombay) and 'Abhinav Kala Samman' in 1997 by Abhinav Kala Parishad (Bhopal). Indrajit's perfomances in several music circles and conferences have been highly applauded both in India and abroad. He has participated in many prestigious festivals/ conferences, here are just a few of these: Concert at Mentmore Castle, Buckinghamshire, 1989 (England) Concert at N.C.P.A. 1990 (Bombay) Martinique Inde FestivaL, 1992 (Caribbean Island) International Festival of Performing Arts, 1994 (Beirut) Summer Festival, 1994 (England) Bath FestivaL, 1995 (England) Theatre de la Ville, Paris 1996 (France) Concert at M.L T., Massachusetts, 1996 (U.S.A.) Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, 1992 (Bombay) Srirampur Sangeet Sammelan, 1992 (Bengal) All India Music FestivaL, 1996 (Delhi) Srirampur Sangeet Sammelan, 1997 (Bengal) Alauddin Khan Sangeet Samaroha, 1997 (Bhopal) Spic-Macay Concert at Texas A & M University, 1997 (U.S.A.) Radio France Live Concert, Paris, 1997 (France) Sankat Mohan Music FestivaL, 1998 (Benares) Dover Lane Music Conference (Periodical), 1998 (Calcutta) National Programme of Music (Live) A.LR., 1999 Channel 'V' concert with 'Sting'. (Delhi)   Information courtesy of: Buckingham Musicals. Web design by JIVI solutions. Art work (c) Leelavati Bagavant.