Berhampur People: Acharya Dr. Chintamani Rath

A rare treat to music lovers

Classical music lovers of Berhampur city had a rare experience on July 31st evening as they had noted Hindustani classical instrumentalist Acharya Chintamani Rath performing on the premises of historic Ganjam Kala Parishad. 

 Violinist Dr. Chintamani Rath giving a performance
at a function organised by Jagrat Bharat
at the historic Utkal Ashram hall in Berhampur city.



This classical violin maestro is best known for his magical adeptness to use violin with a traditional approach with additives of innovative and insightful musical imaginations

According to noted music critic Aditya Mohapatra, who accompanied Acharya Rath, the maestro can experiment with this as he is equally at home in Indian as well as western classical music.

Acharya Rath is an NRI who works as an investigator for the Inland Revenue Department and runs an independent business in New Zealand. But his passion continues to be music.

He holds a Ph.D. in Hindustani music from Rabindra Bharati University of Kolkata and has resurrected several ancient and medieval Ragas from musicological texts. 

His greatness is that he always links up with the audience who are always from different socio-cultural background as per the place of concert.

So, the maestro who has enthralled audience all over India, Nepal, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Australia and New Zealand did not fail to mesmerise an entirely different kind of audience in Berhampur.

He started with Raag Puria and also performed Raag Durga and Raag Pilu with wizardly innovations to spellbind even the persons in audience who are ignorant about grammar and syntax of classical music.

Source: The Hindu