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was amazed to hear Chandrakant Prabhakar Sardeshmukh
(who is barely eight years old) play the Sitar with
such confidence ! Considering his young age, he played
Raga Todi so well, and seemed to enjoy himself playing.
A sheer prodigy ! I hope he grows up to be a great
Sitaria by the grace of god. My best wishes are for
him.
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| Pt. Ravishankar, Pune, India,
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 I was very much pleased to hear master Chandrakant Prabhakar Sardeshmukh, son of Shri Prabhakar Keshav Sardeshmukh of Poona on 7th Sept. 1963. This little boy with his tiny Sitar is really a prodigy. This is the time when he needs great care and encouragement.
I strongly feel that if further educatin in sitar is provided this boy would achieve high standard of Indian Music |
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, Dated 22-12-1963 |
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 I had the pleasure of listening of Shri Chandrakant Sardeshmukh, a boy bearly 9 years old, playing on the Sitar, today. It was indeed a very thrilling experience. His command of rhythm and his imagination in raga elaboration is truly remarkable. I do hope earnestly that the boy will flower-out into a musician of the highest form. |
Dr. B. C. Deva
Special Officer (Music)
Sangeet Natak Akademy, National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama for India.
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I listened with great pleasure to a Sitar solo by Chandrakant P. Sardeshmukh. Chandrakant is a boy of 9, but has already acquired great proficiency in music. In fact, the performance he gave would have done credit to any of our first rate artists. He played with feeling and imagination and if one shut one's eyes, one would think that a master was playing on the Sitar.
Chandrakant Sardeshmukh has musical gift of an exceptionally high order. He is also otherwise extremely intelligent and I was glad to hear that he is top of his class in almost every subject. His success has not in any way affected him and he has a child's simplicity and gentleness. With proper training and care he should one day make a mark in the world of music and win fame in India and abroad. |
Humayun Kabir
Minister for Petroleum and Chemicals
Govt. of India, New Delhi.
Dated 7th July 1964
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Promising and
talented student
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To
Whom so ever it may concern _
This is to certify that Sri Chandrakant Prabhakar
Sardeshmukh alias Chandu had been learning Sitar with
me since his childhood from 1963 but when I started
touring abroad, he began taking lessons from my wife
Smt. Annapurnadevi Ravi Shankar and continued till
1976. He is a very promising and talented Sitar student.
I wish him success in his life.
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Pt. Ravi Shankar,
Varanasi, India December 16 1977
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He played the
Sitar at four
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His music wafts
me into another world. As I go back home the melody
this handsome young man`s Sitar lingers in my ears.
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Ramesh Menon, Times
of India, July 9 1978
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| For a stethoscope he carries a
sitar and for medicines he has the raag and raginis.
He knows music heals. No? Experience and then you will
'feel'. Dr. Chandrakant Sardeshmukh, world-renowned
sitar maestro and disciple of legendary Ravi shankar
and Annapurna Devi, has made music a medicine for many........more |
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Free Press Journal
Indore, Saturday, August 2, 2003.
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melody |
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| Come closer and put your ear to the pumpkin
bulbs. Hear how a single stroke is sustained and extended
with resonance. Undergo the experience to know what
and how you feel. This was Dr.Chandrakant Sardeshmukh,
virtuoso sitarist at Institute of Environment, Planning
and Technology (IEPT) on Friday morning......more |
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Free Press Art Reporter, Saturday,
August 2, 2003
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Mercedes College
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His playing was truly
virtuosic, but easily accessible to even the most
undeveloped of musical ears. None of the students
felt overwhelmed by Dr Sardeshmukh's musical magnitude,
rather they were captivated by his generosity of spirit,
modesty and genius.
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Jonathan Barrington
Roach, Head of Music, 16 May 2000
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of Music
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. . . I've never experienced
such expressive performances on the sitar before.
I was particularly moved by the sublime exploration
of pitch and timbral nuance of the various modes.
It was as if Dr. Chandrakant was 'inside' the notes
and playfully teasing out their meaning and expressivity!
Further, Dr. Chandrakant's percussive flourishes on
his instrument assisted me in appreciating rhythmic
structures and beautiful ensemble playing in conjunction
with the tabla.
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Claudio Pompili, Associate
Professor, 17 April 2000
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University
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. . a very moving experience
. . . my wife and I were astounded by his technical
mastery and deeply felt emotion.
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Stephen Ingham, Associate
Dean (Research & Postgraduate), Wollongong,
New South Wales, Australia, 14 April 2000
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Indo-American
Community Service Center concert
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We are sure that
with your continuous research in the Indian Traditional
Music inherited from Sam Veda times, you would continue
not only to resuscitate some of the lost ragas from
the ancient times, but also you would explore new
ragas to satisfy the unquenched taste of the music
lovers. The main goal of the event was to collect
substantial donations/contributions from the community
for the benefit of families of Kargil war soldiers.
This goal was achieved to a great extent.
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Pradeep Joshi, Indo-American
Community Service Center, August 1,1999
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India
Heritage Center concert
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He enthralled the
audience with his rich tapestry of musical expression.
He dazzled all of us with his pure, sacred, free and
joyous music.
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Shailendra Kumar, India
Heritage Centre, July 26, 1999, Riverdale, MD, USA
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Sitar Maestro
gives cross cultural performance for students
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Dr. Chandrakant introduced
student to cross cultural perspectives of both the
western and Indian performing art forms. The concept
of the Sanskrit word sangeet, encompassing dance music
and drama was discussed.
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Sheila Bryce, Helpmann
Academy Newsletter , Adelaide,South Australia July
1999
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Enlightening music
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In his lecture, Dr.
Sardehsmukh's succinct summary of the basic elements
of classical Indian music were enlightening to all
in attendance (myself included!), particularly, as
he underscored the essential links between vocal music,
instrumental music and dance. His performance was
nothing short of astonishing- almost from the sounding
of his first note, the entire class understood what
complete mastery in Indian music (and music generally
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was lost on no one and I am sure that quite a few
fans of Indian classical music were born in those
ten minutes !
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Steven Knopoff, The
University of Adelaide, South Australia 25 July 1999
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Lecture and demonstration
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His extensive professional
dance and music experience and indepth philosophical
knowledge provided the dance students with a valuable
historic perspective in Indian performing arts. The
dynamic interaction, constructive and imaginative
dialogue contributed great diversity to the program
of study.
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Gillian Rae Roberts,
Dance Co-ordinator, Center for performing arts, Adelaide
Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, 31st may 1999
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Personality Profile
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He was a virtuoso
sitarist before he was 10. In Okinawa at an International
music festival he was accompanied by a Japanese player.
He has featured Japanese drums along with his Sitar,
and sought sessions with groups of Japanese school
children to propagate Indian culture through dance
drama and music.... more
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Vivienne Kenrick, The
Japan Times, January 3 1999
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Melodies make
a journey
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Dr. Sardeshmukh played
ragas that were melodic, meditative and jubilant his
music transported the audience into another world.
Dr. Sardeshmukh said he was pleased to represent his
country. He did that and more.
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Allison Clements, Herald-Sun,
Melbourne Australia,June 4 1992
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Embassy of India,
Tokyo, Japan
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Many of our Japanese
and other foreign friends who were present to hear
your performance were thrilled to realize the depth,
spontaneity and attraction of Indian Classical music
as it is played by you on the Sitar,
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Shivshankar Menon, Deputy
Chief of Mission, January 10,1992
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The concert in
a temple; Traditional Indian Music
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In those two hours
we were thoroughly soaked into musical notes I wonder
where does that energy lie in that small body.
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The Chunichi newspaper,
Nagoya, April 22 1991
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Sheer joy in Sitar`s
Universal Message
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The sheer joy which
he radiates is unmistakable would urge all musicians
and lovers of music to hear Chandrakant Sardeshmukh`s
inspiring artistry.
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Stephen Whittington,
The Advertiser, South Australia, November 10 1990
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Vedic parampara |
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| Pandit Sardeshmukh gave
a riveting account of how it all started. He is a Sitar
player and it was expedient that while he described
the principles on which the scales were built he was
also able to demonstrate his argument by playing. |
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Raghava R. Menon India International
Centre DIARY, October 1989
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| Mr Sardeshmukh, the
Sitar prodigy who was awarded a doctorate last week,
has put forward several proofs to fill up the long felt
gap between the chants or sacrificial songs in the Samaveda. |
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The Indian post, August 5 1987
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prodigy takes Germany by storm |
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of musical expressions that delights both the uninitiated
listener as well as the cognoscenti. |
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German News, December
16 1982
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