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Best, worst of
the year's music scene
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Houston Chronicio, Thursday, Dec 25, 1997
Nanda Banerjee
at Ovations- The Houston-based Indian classical
vocalist was joined by local jazz musicians Paul
English, Max Dyer, Ray Dillard and Stuart Hinds
for an enchanting evening of East-West fusion,
ancient to the future. Why not try an album of
this stuff.
Rare blend of expertise
and aesthetic grace
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Indian Express, Sunday, January 17, 1993
" Her confident opening
of raag Puriya Dhanashri on the gandhaar note
with a precise glide from teevra madhyam - the
grace note - captured at once, the attention of
the audience."
"Nanda's khyals -
due to her perfect command over technical nuances
- acquire a rare blend of expertise and aesthetic
grace, while her casual and lively disposition
enhances her process of communication with listeners
of varying kinds. Her melodious voice, her mastery
over the notes and her composure about the taals
make her raag-vistaar enormously involving."
"Nanda's thumri succeeded
in stirring the listeners' emotion. The patches
of spiral patterns of melody in the style of tappa
and the rhythmic variations, known as laggi, were
rendered with remarkable skill and artistry."
Women
of the Month.... Nanda Banerjee
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Asian Women Magazine, Oct, 1993
"Nanda Banerjee is
Hounton's recent acquisition to the exclusive
realm of fine arts and has own many an adoring
heart with her superb mastery of the hindustani
classical style of music. she has a powerful rich
voice which seems to know no bounds and she transports
her listener through intricately woven tapestries
of exquisitely sublime spontaneous note patterns."
"Undoubtedly, years
of long hard hours of voice training or riyaz,
have paid rich dividends by way of the accolades
Nanda commands from fans and press alike. She
has the tremendously rare distinction of having
her music prevail for posterity at the Archives
of the San Francisco Art Museum- truly
a fitting tribute and honour to a remarkable musician
who is relentless in her search for the ultimate
musical truth."
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