BIRESHWAR GAUTAM Kathak and Thumri

[AMC]

A RARE TREAT NOT TO BE MISSED

OCTOBER 2004

BIRESHWAR GAUTAM
Thumri and Kathak with tabla – harmonium and sarangi accompaniment


After launching the very successful Little Chilli Festival in July 2004, AMC is touring Bireshwar Gautam, one of India’s rare artists whose talent covers both Kathak dance and the romantic vocal style of Thumri” in OCTOBER.

Bireshwar Gautam, fondly referred to as "Biru", is probably one of the finest rising stars of classical music in India and yet he still makes that rare and much cherished connection with the golden period of Indian music.
He has been trained in Kathak under the guidance of some of the greatest names of this style - Guru Bandana Sen, Padmashri Late Pt. Gopi Krishna and Padmashri Damayanti Joshi .If this is not enough, he also trained in vocal music under the guidance of his father the late Sailen Pal, and specialised in the khayal gayaki with Pt. Vasantrao Kulkarni and thumri under the eminent Smt.Shobha Gurtu.

This combination of KATHAK and THUMRI - to superb standards of rendition, makes BIRU a remarkable artist who has received recognition and much praise from fellow artists and public alike.

He has performed in many prestigious festivals throughout India and abroad both as a dancer and as a singer. He also has an audiocassette named "Thum-Khayal" to his credit.

He has choreographed many innovative dance pieces that reflect both his technical expertise and creativity. His production "Kathak aur Thumri ke Rang" has been his most popular work. His other creations include "Cosmos", "Shakti" and "Raag Milan.
Bireshwar was honoured by All India Radio, Doordarshan and the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA), as an artist of distinction. He also teaches at the Akhil Bharatya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and runs his own academy, both of which are in Mumbai, India.

BIRESHWAR GAUTAM
Kathak and Thumri

UK Tour Dates

Sunday 10th Oct The Key Theatre
3pm
Peterborough Box Office
01733552439

Friday 15th Oct Purcell Room
7:30pm
South Bank centre
London
Box Office
08703 800 400
www.sbc.org.uk
Saturday 23rd Oct
&
Sunday 24th Oct Whitby Pavilion Complex
Whitby
2:30pm

Whitby Pavillion Complex
1:30pm
Whitby
Box Office
01947 603475

Saturday 23rd Oct National Centre for Early Music
7:30pm
York Box Office
01722 320 333
www.ncem.co.uk
Sunday 31st Oct Town gate theatre
5pm
Basildon
Box Office
01702 715 843


Notes to the Editor:

1.The Asian Music Circuit is the UK's national organisation for the promotion of music from the Asian continent. Its main area of activity is the touring programme, which presents a diverse range and high quality artists from all over Asia around the UK. In addition to this, AMC Education offers people the opportunity to study Asian music through a number of projects including an annual summer school for Indian Classical Music, schools projects teacher training. The AMC is also a valuable source of information on Asian music, with an extensive website already in operation and a multimedia educational resource centre in the planning.