This footage of Pandit Chitresh Das is from 1984 at Forest Meadows, California. He is performing his original piece, Moghul Court (with tabla by the great Maestro Swapan Chaudhuri and sarod by Christopher Ris). Though Pandit Das was known for his speed and power, this footage shows the equally powerful depth of his grace and beauty. In the immortal words of the great Pandit Shankar Ghosh, after Pandit Chitresh Das’ performance at the Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata in 2010: “There was never anyone like him, there is no one like him, and there will never be anyone like him”.
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