Recently, members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre participated in a European ‘Songs of the Soul’ Concert tour at venues in Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia.
A variety of groups performed arrangements of songs composed by Sri Chinmoy
The concerts played to packed venues in the different cities. More photos and details can be found at: Songs of the Soul
In July 2011 twelve singers from around the world visited Iceland to perform Sri Chinmoy’s songs at a variety of churches throughout the country. The 12 male singers sang Sri Chinmoy’s songs acapella to audiences across Iceland. These performances capture the simplicity, soulfulness and purity of Sri Chinmoy’s music. In the video, the performers talk a little about the experience of singing in this concert tour.
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Sri Chinmoy visited Iceland on a number of occasions.
In this photo, Sri Chinmoy participates in Iceland being declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom nation.
12 male singers from different Sri Chinmoy Centres sang at several concerts around Iceland.
Sri Chinmoy recorded several CDs of flute music which make an ideal aid to meditation.
The flute was one Sri Chinmoy’s favourite instruments. He started playing the Indian flute in 1974, and he first played the Western flute in a public concert in Melbourne 10th March 1976. (landmarks since 1974 at Sri Chinmoy.org)
Many have found Sri Chinmoy’s peaceful and ethereal flute music to be a great aid to meditation.
Sri Chinmoy’s first recorded flute performances can be heard at Radio Sri Chinmoy – early Flute Recordings
Sri Chinmoy enjoyed experimenting with new and different types of flute. To celebrate his 74th birthday, he played 74 different flutes from around the world. See: 74 Flutes at Sri Chinmoy Centre
Photo top. Unmesh, Sri Chinmoy Galleries
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The Esraj, an Indian stringed instrument, was Sri Chinmoy’s favourite instrument; on the Esraj Sri Chinmoy offered many soulful performances of meditative music.
O esraj, I am all gratitude to you
For bringing to the fore
The divine musician in me.
Sri Chinmoy playing the Esraj. Photo by Pavitrata.
In 2007, Sri Chinmoy offered a peace concert at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway.
The recording is available at Radio Sri Chinmoy from the recording ‘My Heart Offering‘.
The recording features performances on the Esraj, Indian and Western Flute and other instruments. This concert was one of the last before Sri Chinmoy’s mahasamadhi in October 2007. Throughout his life, Sri Chinmoy sought to be a student of peace.
“Peace. Peace is love unmistakably realised. Peace is joy unreservedly shared. Peace is oneness soulfully expanded. Peace is fulness permanently founded.”
– Sri Chinmoy 1
Kailash’s singing group is dedicated to learning and performing the prolific musical compositions of Sri Chinmoy. Since it was formed a few years ago, it has performed over 7,000 songs of Sri Chinmoy.
The group perform the songs of Sri Chinmoy without arrangement or instrumental backing.
More on Kailash’s singing group at Radio Sri Chinmoy
On Radio Sri Chinmoy, we have published interviews with three members of this unique group.
Photo Top: Mount Kailash – by, OndÅ™ej ŽváÄek, GNU license.
A classic 9 box CD – Aspiration-Cry, is available on Radio Sri Chinmoy, the CDs contain a variety of recordings by Sri Chinmoy from vocal to flute.
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One Thousand Lotus Petals is a special recording of singing performances recorded by Sri Chinmoy in October 1999.
They feature some of Sri Chinmoy’s best known Bengali songs.
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You want to know what I am doing.
I am just singing and playing
And playing and singing
In my soul’s universal nest.
The Songs of the Soul concert tour began 2010 with three enthusiastically received concerts in Guatemala.
Songs of the Soul began in 2008 as a way to celebrate and introduce people to Sri Chinmoy’s musical legacy. The concerts feature Sri Chinmoy’s music played in different styles by many different groups, from instrumental duets to huge 100-member orchestras. In 2009, 19 such concerts were performed across 3 continents.
The first Guatemalan concert was performed in Panajachel overlooking beautiful Lake Atitlan. The second concert took place in Guatemala city.
The last concert was an outdoor performance in front Hermita de Santa Cruz in the ancient colonial town of Antigua. Much of the town was destroyed in earthquakes in 1773, leaving many impressive ruined structures behind. Around the building there is an outdoor amphitheater which seated 600 people for the concert.
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On 13 December in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a historic concert – Songs of the Soul – celebrated the music of Sri Chinmoy and Rabindranath Tagore, two of the greatest Bangla composers.
The music was performed by Ghandava Loka and Shurer Dhara who performed a mixture of music by Sri Chinmoy and Rabindranath Tagore, to an audience of 1,800 at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC.
About Dhaka Songs of the Soul
Review at Daily Star
Shindhu are a female group of musicians based in the UK, studying the art of meditation under the guidance of Sri Chinmoy.
The group is led by Udasina Hansford who studied piano and classical guitar at the Royal Academy of Music. The group comprises members from 14 different countries – a few are professional musicians but most are just women who have discovered their love of music and capacity for singing through the music of Sri Chinmoy
They have produced a range of music recordings that can be heard at Radio Sri Chinmoy.
See: Shindhu at Radio Sri Chinmoy