Shounak Roy
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Shounak Roy | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Sarod |
| Website | https://www.shounakroy.com/ |
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Shounak Roy (born December 2006) is an Indian classical sarod player. He is the youngest disciple[8] of Buddhadev Das Gupta (Padma Bhushan Awardee[9]). Shounak is at ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata under Sri Abir Hossain.[10]
Achievements and awards
[edit]Roy had been felicitated by the Governor of Tripura, Shri Indrasena Reddy Nallu for his performance in the Hanuman Jayanti festival at Swami Dhananjoy Das Kathia Baba Mission College.[11]
Roy is amongst the 50 young talented musicians selected nationwide in India to receive Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi fellowship in music[12] from Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha.[13]
Roy is a recipient of the Telegraph Online Edugraph 18 under 18 Award – 2024 from the Telegraph online Edugraph for achievements in the field of art and culture, given to 18 candidates from different disciplines across Eastern India.[14][15]
Roy won the Telegraph School Awards for Excellence - Anirban Sinha Award in 2023, where he was honoured with a gold medal for his outstanding talent in Indian classical music, specifically in the instrumental category of sarod.[16]
Shounak Roy set Indian and Asian records in 2024 for playing non-stop musical string instrument - sarod for the longest duration of 4 hrs 45 mins and 31 secs covering 32 different ragas of Indian classical music.[17][18][19]
Roy has also won the Doverlane Music Conference Talent Search Contest – 2023[20] and the Swara Samrat festival.[21] He was first at the All India Music Competition, KBR Bimalarpan Sangeet Mahotsav (Chattisgarh) - Sanyogita 2021[22] organised by Team Bhilai Anthem and Welfare Society Bhilai in the name of Acharya Bimalendu Mukherjee.
Notable performances
[edit]Shounak has performed sarod in various national and international platforms including KBR Bimalarpan Sangeet Mahotsav organised by Team Bhilai Anthem and Welfare Society in association with the Steel Authority of India Limited - Bhilai Steel Plant, Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh and South-Central Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.[23]
Roy performed on the sarod at the Bay Area Music Circle in Berkeley, Cal.,[24] the Andaz e Mejaaj,[25] the Friday Evening Ragas-Viewcy International,[26] the Telegraph 18 Under 18 Awards Ceremony,[27] Kishalay – Sangeet Piyasi in Kolkata,[28] at X-Uberance 23 at St. Xavier's Collegiate School in Kolkata,[29] Basant Ki Bahar concert organized by SwarDarbar[30][31] and at the Vistar Music Conference.[32] He also took part in the documentary Swabhiman Bharat by Network-18, CNN News-18.[33]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shounak Roy | Sarod | Being Felicitated by Hon'ble Governor of Tripura | Shri N. Indrasena Reddy". September 3, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharya Award Live". youtube.com/@SriSankara. 17 September 2022.
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- ^ "Andaz E Mejaaj | Shounak Roy | Sarod | WB | India". July 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Anirban Sinha Award | Shounak Roy | Sarod | WB | India". July 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "107th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Bharat Ratna Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi". youtube.com/@shanmukhanandamumbai. 16 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Shounak Roy | Sarod | Winner | Taalsen Award 2023". September 3, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Golden Memories | With Our Guruji | Padma Bhusan | Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta | Arka Roy | Shounak Roy". youtube.com/@sarodiyabrothers.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard". dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in.
- ^ "Scholars – ITC Sangeet Research Academy".
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeSP2I-4UVU
- ^ "Fellowship in Music".
- ^ "Bharata Ratna Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music". shanmukhananda.com.
- ^ Jaiswal, Nancy (31 January 2024). "'I wish to be the torchbearer of Indian classical music', says Shounak Roy, 18 under 18 winner". telegraphindia.com/edugraph.
- ^ https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/events/18-under-18-awards
- ^ "The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence 2023: Honoured schools, teachers, students and parents". telegraphindia.com/edugraph. 27 Aug 2023.
- ^ "Longest duration to play Sarod by a teen". India Book of Records. July 4, 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Longest duration to play Sarod by a teen". Asia Book of Records. July 1, 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Longest duration to play Sarod by a teen". India Book of Records Monthly (41): 70. August 2024 – via media@indiabookofrecords.in.
- ^ "Talent Search Contest 2023-2024 Organized by The Dover Lane Music Conference & The Dover Lane Music Academy" (PDF). doverlanemusicconference.org.
- ^ "Winners of SSF Championship 2020-2021". facebook.com/swarasamratfestival.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'संयोगिता' में प्रतिभा दिखाई उभरते युवा कलाकारों ने". हरिभूमि रायपुर - लौह की भूमि. 6 February 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "5th KBR Sangeet Mahotsav 2023: Sarod Recital (Duet) by Arka Roy and Shounak Roy". February 8, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Raga Jaijaiwanti | Sarod | Shounak Roy | Online Concert | Bay Area Music Circle | Barkeley CA | USA". July 14, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Raag Shree | Classical Sarod recital | Shounak Roy". Viewcy.
- ^ "Raag Jhinjhoti | Shounak Roy". Viewcy.
- ^ "National Integration | Mile Sur Mera Tumhaara | Raga Bhairavi | Shounak Roy | Sarod | WB | India |". March 27, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Shounak Roy (Sarod)". December 3, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "St Xavier's Collegiate School | X-Uuberance | Shounak Roy | Sarod | Glimpses |". July 14, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Raga Kaushik Dhwani | Arka Roy | Shounak Roy | Sarod | Duo | Hrithik Mondal on Tabla | Swardarbar". July 25, 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ Ganguly, Raima (30 March 2023). "Celebrate the last few days of spring with a classical soiree Basant ki Bahar". Indian Express Indulge.
- ^ "Raga Miyan Ki Malhar | Arka Roy | Shounak Roy | Sarod | Duo | Mainak Banerjee | Tabla | WB | India |". July 21, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Swabhiman Bharat: Simply Desi - Exalted Notes | CNN News18". April 4, 2021 – via YouTube.