Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay's video: Kalaa Utsavam 2020 Chakra-thon: Sur Sandhya

As dusk falls and the last glint of sunlight vanishes from the horizon, the day’s burdens are shed and thoughts turn inward. The raga sur sandhya - late evening musical notes – typically reflects the reverie and romance of the twilight period between dusk and nightfall. As Debasmita Bhattacharya’s sarod sings, its fluid melodiousness and metallic reverberations evoke dreamy musings. Used mainly in hindustani music, the sarod or sarode is a stringed, fretless instrument with a body made of teak and skin, and a long metal fingerboard used to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend (glissandi). From West Bengal, India, Debasmita is one of India’s finest young sarod players, representing the rich musical tradition of the Senia Shahjahanpur gharana. She learnt the sarod from her father and guru, sarod maestro Pandit Debasish Bhattacharya and the late Padma Bhushan Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta of the Senia Shahjahanpur gharana, and at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (Kolkata). Debasmita has performed at numerous music festivals all over the world including Darbar Festival (London), Ravenna Festival (Italy), Desiyup (Amsterdam), Chaiti Music Festival (China) and Sawai Gandharv (India) to name a few. Debasmita has received many prestigious awards and collaborated with musicians from diverse cultural backgrounds. Accompanist: Ashok Mukherjee (Tabla) In hindustani classical music, time-specific ragas evoke the cycle of diverse moods and emotions that we experience at different times of the day (prahar) and seasons of the year. Curated with National Arts Council Young Artist Award recipient Nawaz Mirajkar, Chakra-thon is a series of time-specific concerts that run from dawn to dusk. http://www.esplanade.com/kalaautsavam