| Dates |
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Events |
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| Feb 1978 |
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The revolutionary
concept of the Mini Sangeet Sammelans - taking music to small towns all over the country -
is started by ITC-SRA. |
| Sep 1978 |
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The Scientific Research
Department is set up at ITC-SRA, with Smt Dipali Nag as the Chief Research Co-ordinator. |
| Jan 1980 |
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The first of a series
of All India Musicological Seminars is conducted by ITC-SRA, under the chairmanship of
Thakur Jaidev Singh, where eminent musicologists and musicians deliberate on issues of
relevance in the field of music. |
| Apr 1980 |
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The Scientific Research
Department is recognised as a Scientific Research Association by the Department of Science
and Technology, Government of India. |
| Sep 1981 |
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The first of a series
of International Propagation tours by the ITC-SRA team, commences. |
| Feb 1982 |
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The Scientific Advisory
Panel is set up under the chairmanship of Dr. B D Nag Chaudhuri. The other members of the
panel comprising eminent scientists are Dr. S Chatterjee, Dr. D Dutta Majumdar, Dr. M K
Dasgupta and Prof. B M Banerjee. |
| Oct 1985 |
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ITC-SRA takes a team of
musicians representing both Hindustani and Carnatic music to the Festival of India, USA
and organises 4 major festivals comprising concerts and workshops lasting 3-7 days, at
Washington, New York, San Francisco and Boston. |
| Aug 1986 |
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An international
seminar on Rhythm in Indian and Western Music is conducted by ITC-SRA in collaboration
with Max Mueller Bhavan at Kolkata to examine and explore the structure, philosophy and
behaviour of rhythm in the two systems. Musicologists and musicians from both sides
participate. |
| Sep 1986 |
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The first of a series
of annual music festivals, the Golden Greats Music Festival, is organised by ITC-SRA at
Kolkata, featuring accomplished maestros under the age of 40. |
| Mar 1988 |
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The first ITC-SRA
Tollygunge Sangeet Sammelan is organised by ITC-SRA for the benefit of music lovers of
Tollygunge, where ITC-SRA is situated. |
| Oct 1988 |
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An ITC-SRA team,
consisting of V K Kichlu, V G Jog, Anando Gopal Bandhopadhyay and Sandip Ghosh, goes on a
highly successful tour of USA and Canada. Honorary citizenship to the State of Maryland is
offered to all the members of the team by the Governor of Maryland, and to the City of
Baltimore, by its mayor. |
| Dec 1988 |
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The Ford Foundation
puts forward a proposal to the Government of India, seeking therir permission to sanction
a grant of approximately $150,000 to ITC-SRA for conducting two major research projects in
areas of classical music. |
| Mar 1990 |
|
ITC Sangeet Research
Academy under a grant from Ford Foundation, USA takes up the assignment of collecting 5076
compositions (Bandish) from forty one living exponents of nine Khayal gharanas. The unique
features of this Gharana Project are collection, documentation, analysis, systematisation
and finally dissemination of musical information among research scholars and devoted
musicians - an activity that is unparalleled in the history of North Indian music. |
| Sep 1990 |
|
ITC-SRA Western Region
organises its first seminar under the stewardship of Sri Arvind Parikh, on the subject of
Sitar. |
| Dec 1991 |
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An International
Workshop on Speech, Music and Allied Signal Processing is held at New Delhi, jointly
organised by ITC-SRA, Acoustical Society of India (Kolkata), Indian Statistical Institute
and Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Delhi. An extensive seminar on the
Sarod is organised by ITC-SRA Western Region at Bombay. |
| Dec 1993 |
|
Pt. A Kanan, veteran
guru and member of the ITC-SRA family receives the prestigious ITC Award at Delhi's
Sangeet Sammelan. |
| Jan 1995 |
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Smt Malavika Kanan gets
the prestigious ITC Award for her continuing distinguished service in the field of
classical music at Kolkata's Sangeet Sammelan. |
| May 1996 |
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ITC-SRA conducts a
seminar on Teaching Methods of Classical Music and Dance in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Nov 1996 |
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ITC-SRA Western Region,
in collaboration with NCPA and Music Forum holds a seminar on Indian Music and the West,
at Mumbai. The seminar is supported by the International Institute for Asian Studies,
Rotterdam Conservatory, Zee Music and Dept of Culture, Govt. of India. |
| Aug 1998 |
|
1st presentation of
"Guru-Shishya Parampara" features some of the gurus of the academy and their
shishyas. A 4-day presentation of only vocal music takes Kolkata by storm. |
| Mar 2001 |
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Rare traditional
compositions are showcased in a 'Bandish Baithak' at the Basant Utsav soiree at ITC-SRA.
Erudite musicians like Pt. Ram Ashreya Jha, Ajoy Chakraborty, Mashkoor Ali Khan, Abdul
Rashid Khan and Subhra Guha participated. |
|
Aug 2001 |
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The ITC-SRA
website is launched by the Union Minister of Human Resource
Development, Science and Technology, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. |
|
Jan 2002 |
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A seminar on 'Globalisation
and Indian music' was organized by the ITC-SRA (Western Region) in
collaboration with the NCPA and Music forum, Mumbai. The event
was supported by the Rotterdam Conservatory, The Hague Conservatory
and Pro Helvetia. |
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Mar 2002 |
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An Instrumental
division is introduced at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy. |
|
Nov 2002 |
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In collaboration
with ITC-SRA and Department of Cultural Affairs (Governemnt of West
Bengal), Sangeet Natak, Akademi, New Delhi organized an event called
'Rag Darshan' in which little heard ragas were presented by experts
like Dinkar Kaikini, T. D. Janorikar and Suhasini Koratkar,
Babbanrao Haldankar, Bharati Vyshampayam, Sulochana Brihaspati,
Ramashray Jha and Mashkoor Ali Khan. |
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Apr 2003 |
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A workshop was
held in collaboration with the British Council at the ITC-SRA
auditorium by the well-known multi-percussionist from UK, Pete
Lockett. |
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Aug 2003 |
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Celebrations of
25 years of ITC-SRA were begun with a seminar on Ragas, entitled
"Raga Parikrama". |
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Nov 2003 |
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As part of the 25th
anniversary celebrations, a reunion of past scholars was organised. |
|
Aug 2004 |
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A seminar on
"Stylistic Patterns of the pathfinders of HIndustani Classical
music" was organized at the ITC-SRA auditorium. |
|
Jan 6-7, 2005 |
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An International
Workshop ‘Frontiers of Research in Speech & Music’ (FRSM) is held at
Resource Centre for Indian Language Technology Solution, Utkal
University, Bhubaneswar. The special theme: is ‘I.T.-to-Mass: Speech
and Music’. |
|
Jan 14-16, 2005 |
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An
international symposium on ‘India-Iran:
Confluence of Musical Cultures’ is organized by ITC-SRA Western
Region. |
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Sep 3, 2005 |
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ITC-SRA Western
Region begins broadcasting a half hour programme featuring vocal and
instrumental performances of 16 – 30 year-olds over Ashmita Vahini,
All India Radio, Mumbai. |
|
Sep 20-21, 2005 |
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A Seminar ‘The
Crossroads’ is held at the auditorium. Participants include Dr Ashok
Ranade, Arvind Parikh, Dipali Nag, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Vidyadhar
Vyas, Ashwini Bhide Bikram Ghosh, Gajendra Narain Singh, Deepak
Raja, Amarendra Dhaneswar, Shankarlal Bhattacharya, Vijay Kichlu,
Ajoy Chakrabarty, Ulhas Kashalkar, Shruti Sadolikar and Amit
Mukerjee. |
|
Mar 16-18, 2006 |
|
Shrimati
Dhondutai Kulkarni conducts a Workshop on the Jaipur Gharana. |
|
July 17-18, 2006 |
|
Noted tabla exponent of the Banaras gharana, Pandit Kishen Maharaj,
conducts a workshop at the Academy |
