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Manilal Nag | |
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| Born | (1939-08-16)16 August 1939 (age 86) |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Instrument | Sitar |
PanditManilal Nag (born 16 August 1939[1]) is anIndian classicalsitar player and an exponent of theBishnupur gharana of Bengal. He was given thePadma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2020.[2][3][4]
Nag was born inBankura, and learned to play sitar from his father,Gokul Nag.[5] He made his first public appearance in the All India Music Conference of 1953, accompanied bySamta Prasad ontabla.[6] He has performed many times in the National Programme of Music and Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan since 1954.
He was invited to the United States and European Countries through theI.C.C.R (Government of India) in 1973. In 1979 he was also invited to Australia by the Government Of India as a delegate for participation in the Indian Ocean Art Festival, to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Government of Australia. Nag was attached to the Instrumental Music Division of theITC Sangeet Research Academy from 2005 to 2011.[7]
Manilal Nag's children and students include sixth-generation sitaristMita Nag [de], who is also associated with theBishnupur Gharana.[8]
He received theSangeet Natak Akademy Award in 2001 and also the Senior Fellowship Award from India's Ministry of Culture in 2005 and an Honorary Gold Medal from theAsiatic Society, Kolkata, in 2008. The Government of West Bengal awarded him theAllauddin Puraskar in 2012 and theBanga Bibhushan in 2015, as well as the Sangeet Mahasamman Award. He has also received the ITC Sangeet Samman, Doverlane Sangeet Samman, Koser Award from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, Sangeet Ratna Award from Mumbai, and Vitasta Award from New Delhi. He was awarded thePadma Shri Award, the fourth highest civilian award in 2020.
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