Rajeswar Bhattacharya UK and Europe
This page is about Rajeswar Bhattacharya's work with western students, teaching Indian singing.
20/05/2024
04/05/2024
In honour of his birthday. A song recorded 11 years ago.
Rajeswar Bhattacharya sings Tagore Baje Korono Shure
28/02/2024
6 years ago in our 2018 India trip
25/02/2024
13/02/2024
Pre-pandemic, February meant India - sunshine and singing. Great memories from 2018 and 2019
20/01/2024
Memories…
01/01/2024
Wishing everyone a Bright, Peaceful and Blessed 2024. Blue skies and sunshine this new morn.
18/12/2023
Tribute programme by his closest students on Saturday.
Tribute today in Kolkata
Live now in Kolkata
29/11/2023
This was the slide show shown at the funeral that wasn’t visible on the live stream
29/11/2023
Really beautiful funeral for rajeswar yesterday. Wonderfully held by Gerrie Douglas-Scott and very moving. Thankyou to all friends and family who were alongside in person Pam Sharp and Zack Stubbs and all who tuned in from india, France, Usa, ireland, Austria, Thailand Adam Stubbs and all over the uK. Feel very supported 🙏🙏💕💕
We've reached the over £1000 mark in our crowdfunding campaign! Thanks everyone. And the Crowdfundr platform has just informed me that the East Meets West project has been chosen as a Staff pick to be on the home page! Please publicise.https://crowdfundr.com/find?category=Music%20%26%20Audio
13/01/2023
Please support this exciting cultural exchange campaign
East Meets West - Help fund Bengali singers on a two week UK visit We want to bring Bengali students of Rajeswar Bhattacharya for a two week visit to England and Scotland, to sing with Rajeswar's western students, get to know UK culture and share their love of Tagore songs and Indian signing
10/11/2022
A quiet moment. 1988
04/10/2022
Nearing the end of our fabulous 5 day raga workshop in London.
05/07/2022
More memories of the early days
04/07/2022
Found an old album of workshop photos. Some from 1996
23/06/2022
Next Tuesday
Legendary Artist Sri Rajeswar Bhattacharya's performance CHANNEL
next Tuesday 28th June'22 Morning 8:00 am.
04/05/2022
Happy birthday Rajeswar! Looking forward to more 'live' workshops later this year.
09/02/2022
Our zoom classes are going well. Looking forward to the in person workshop in London coming up soon!
29/10/2021
29/10/2021
A Blue Plaque was unveiled yesterday in Brighton in honour of Tagore who went to school in this building, where Rajeswar and I performed in 1996. I wasn’t able to attend but here are some photos from those who did.
16/10/2021
More history, again 1996. We performed at an anti-racist festival called Respect.
15/10/2021
Rajeswar and my first ever concert in the UK was in 1996 in the Sussex Arts Club in Brighton. After I had booked the venue, I discovered it was the exact same building that Rabindranath Tagore went to school - 7 Ship Street in 1878. So we think Rajeswar was probably the first person to sing Tagore songs in this building. There will be a commemorative Blue Plaque installed there later this month on 28th October.
Rajeswar Bhattacharya and his Western Students
This is a page to share stories, photos, videos and events related to Rajeswar Bhattacharya’s teaching of his Western students. Rajeswar lives in West Bengal, India and is an internationally renowned singer and teacher of Rabindrasangeet (songs of Rabindranath Tagore) and Indian raga, and has been teaching western students since 1988. He first visited the UK and USA in 1996, and has being coming every year since to teach a dedicated group of students in England, Scotland, Wales, France, Austria and Ireland. He also runs workshops for Westerners in India every year. His students include professional singers as well as complete beginners, and he is renowned for his unique skill, patience, humour and ability to enable everyone to sing, whatever their background or level of skill