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PANDIT SHYAM SUNDAR GOSWAMI

A few years ago a voice awoke the courtyards of the ancient palaces of North Kolkata– Natmandir, Sovabazar, Chattubabu, Lattubabu, Madan Mahan…

The ancestral walls of St John, the first cathedral of Bengal, vibrated to that voice.It resounded then in many other historical places of India, pure, powerful, beautiful.

It was the voice of Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami . Panditji one of the greatest Indian classical musicians of modern times, was in personal life a man of great compassion, innocence and humility.

It reached the ear of the great connoisseur of classical music, Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who, during his tenure as Governor of West Bengal, invited Pandit Goswami to perform first at Flag Staff House in Barrackpore and then at Raj Bhavan itself.

 No wonder then that as a student at Rabindra Bharati University he graduated brilliantly to obtain his Masters degree in Hindustani Classical Music, specializing in ‘Kheyal’, but proving just as good in Thumri and Bhajans.

He reveals the soul of the Raga where moods and various feelings are hiding: melancholy, doubt, anxiety, love, happiness, joy, etc …... His accolades include such terms as ‘jewel’, ‘magic’ from the critics.

His first album "Peace N Harmony" was released in 2009 .

In December 2010, Panditji obtained a scholarship from the French Government and stayed at La Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, where with many French musicians (flautists, cellists, saxophonists, violinists and others) he researched and worked on songs of the Middle Ages. He has already mastered the songs of "Geet Govind", a work of  poetry and songs by Jayadeva, a highly acclaimed poet of 12th century. 

Pandit Goswami has participated to the most renowned festival: among them are the  festival de l'île de France,   Theatre de Fontainebleau-, Theatre de Locarno and de Lugano (Switzerland),  Chambery, and le festival des Arts Sacrés de Champeaux, le festival Les Orientales, le festival international des Musiques Sacrées du Monde à Fès au Maroc, World Music Conference in Switzerland, West Bengal State Music Conference, Bangladesh Parliament House, le festival des Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg, and some more....and  several Theatres and auditorium.

Paditji has been conducting workshops  in various educational institutions in the country and abroad.  Concert and Workshops at Le College des Cordeliers Dinan (Bretagne, France), Rabindra Maitri University, Islamic University, (in Bangladesh) Rabindra Bharati University(Kolkata) and City University (Paris France) are particularly noteworthy. He is a firm believer in Guru-shishya parampara and teaches Indian Classical Music at his institute "Sree Sundaram" where students learn Indian Classical Music with strict adherence to traditional Guru-shishya culture.

Email - panditshyamsundargoswami@gmail.com