IntroductionInspired by the Chicago Music Festival, the Chicago Youth International Arts Festival creates a platform for young artists to showcase their talents internationally. The program was initially named the Chicago International Youth Music Festival and was renamed 2017, after the Chicago Youth Education Exchange became an approved nonprofit organization. The Chicago Youth Education Exchange now works with Cornerstone Education to provide the arts festival's summer camp programs. Those participating will not only be able to perform in a large-scale music festival but will more importantly also be able to demonstrate their abilities on this distinguished stage. The Chicago Youth International Arts Festival will indubitably become a point of cultural exchange for multiple countries.
Local students will be joining us from the Midwest Young Artist, Hyde Park Dance Academy, Chicago Academy of the Arts, Yellow River Performance Arts, New Music School and more! This is a wonderful opportunity for the city to celebrate a cross cultural exchange while encouraging young children to participate in the arts. We are thrilled to have Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel write an invitation to all the youths around the world to participate this wonderful event! |
Pandit Sandip Burman Bio:
Sandip Burman, a native of Durgapur, India, is a disciple of the late distinguished tabla master, Pandit Shyamal Bose of Calcutta. Sandipji’s performances are marked with spontaneous innovation and tonal purity while delivering complex rhythmic patterns (tala) or melody (raga).
Sandipji is the first generation of musicians in his family and without the backing of a reputed musical heritage, it is an unyielding dedication and enthusiasm that has driven him to continually challenge himself as a student and to grow musically beyond tabla playing and into 4 different instruments: tabla, tabla tarang, sitar and voice also.
Some of his accomplishments include solo performances at the Kennedy Center, First Night Providence (Rhode Island), Ravinia Festival (Chicago), Percussive Arts Society Conference (PASIC) and Nashville Symphony.
He has shared the stage with foremost Indian musicians such as Pt. Debu Chaudhuri , Pt. Jasraj, Smt. Laxmi Shankar, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Dr. Rajeev Taranath, L. Subramaniam, Pt Chitresh Das (Indian Dance), Pt. Ravi Shankar and Western artists such as Steve Zerlin, John Wubbenhorst, Kurt Gartner, Dean Linton, Andy Narrell and Victor Wooten. They have been gracious enough to let Sandipji share such venues as the Ali Akbar Music College Festival, the Monterey World One Festival, the San Francisco Asian Museum of Art, the International Bengali Conferences in L.A. and Philadelphia, the Getty Museum (L.A.), Street Scene (San Diego), Nelson Atkins Museum (Kansas), Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Colorado), Stern Grove Festival (San Francisco) and Wolf Trap (Washington D.C.).
While exploring World Music, Jazz, Western Classical and Movie Soundtracks, Sandipji has played on albums such as Facing East, Vishnu, Outbound, Live at the Quick DVD (Grammy Award winner for Best Live Performance) and Global Fusion from Warner Brothers. Always in search of new challenges, Sandipji wrote his first Western Classical piece for wind ensemble & string quartet with Gary Hill and Jonathan Moser, as well as contributed to Danny Elfman’s soundtrack of Tim Burton’s film, Mars Attacks. He also organized and arranged a tour with Jazz legends Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Goodman, Randy Brecker, Howard Levy, Paul McCandless, Steve Smith, Dave Pietro and Paul Bollenback.
His dazzling performances, combined with his rich and eloquent playing style, have enabled him to teach master classes and perform at prestigious institutions world-wide such as CalArts, San Francisco State, Stanford, UCSD, Brown, DePaul University, Texas Tech, Penn State, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Drummer Collective (NY), the Peabody Conservatory, etc. and in Mexico, North Africa, Israel, the Rotterdam Conservatory in Holland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland.
Sandip Burman, a native of Durgapur, India, is a disciple of the late distinguished tabla master, Pandit Shyamal Bose of Calcutta. Sandipji’s performances are marked with spontaneous innovation and tonal purity while delivering complex rhythmic patterns (tala) or melody (raga).
Sandipji is the first generation of musicians in his family and without the backing of a reputed musical heritage, it is an unyielding dedication and enthusiasm that has driven him to continually challenge himself as a student and to grow musically beyond tabla playing and into 4 different instruments: tabla, tabla tarang, sitar and voice also.
Some of his accomplishments include solo performances at the Kennedy Center, First Night Providence (Rhode Island), Ravinia Festival (Chicago), Percussive Arts Society Conference (PASIC) and Nashville Symphony.
He has shared the stage with foremost Indian musicians such as Pt. Debu Chaudhuri , Pt. Jasraj, Smt. Laxmi Shankar, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Dr. Rajeev Taranath, L. Subramaniam, Pt Chitresh Das (Indian Dance), Pt. Ravi Shankar and Western artists such as Steve Zerlin, John Wubbenhorst, Kurt Gartner, Dean Linton, Andy Narrell and Victor Wooten. They have been gracious enough to let Sandipji share such venues as the Ali Akbar Music College Festival, the Monterey World One Festival, the San Francisco Asian Museum of Art, the International Bengali Conferences in L.A. and Philadelphia, the Getty Museum (L.A.), Street Scene (San Diego), Nelson Atkins Museum (Kansas), Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Colorado), Stern Grove Festival (San Francisco) and Wolf Trap (Washington D.C.).
While exploring World Music, Jazz, Western Classical and Movie Soundtracks, Sandipji has played on albums such as Facing East, Vishnu, Outbound, Live at the Quick DVD (Grammy Award winner for Best Live Performance) and Global Fusion from Warner Brothers. Always in search of new challenges, Sandipji wrote his first Western Classical piece for wind ensemble & string quartet with Gary Hill and Jonathan Moser, as well as contributed to Danny Elfman’s soundtrack of Tim Burton’s film, Mars Attacks. He also organized and arranged a tour with Jazz legends Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Goodman, Randy Brecker, Howard Levy, Paul McCandless, Steve Smith, Dave Pietro and Paul Bollenback.
His dazzling performances, combined with his rich and eloquent playing style, have enabled him to teach master classes and perform at prestigious institutions world-wide such as CalArts, San Francisco State, Stanford, UCSD, Brown, DePaul University, Texas Tech, Penn State, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Drummer Collective (NY), the Peabody Conservatory, etc. and in Mexico, North Africa, Israel, the Rotterdam Conservatory in Holland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland.
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Location of Arts Festival Camp and Competition will be held at
Chicago Academy for the Arts
1010 W Chicago Ave,
Chicago, IL 60642
Chicago Academy for the Arts
1010 W Chicago Ave,
Chicago, IL 60642
"Since the 1830s, throngs of Chicagoans and tourists from around the world have gathered in Grant Park. Among the park’s great treasures, the Grant Park Music Festival has been a beloved summer tradition, from its origins in the 1930s to its 21st century starring role in Millennium Park. In 2004, Millennium Park opened and the Grant Park Music Festival moved in to the state-of-the-art Jay Pritzker Pavilion designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry. The Chicago Music Festival is America’s only free series of outdoor performances, and it is considered as one of the world’s largest summer music festivals. Famous artists and musicians ranging from mainstream rock bands to classical music orchestras have also participated in the fiesta. It hosts a diverse set of music and performance art programs throughout the year as well, providing an excellent stage for professional and amateur performers alike."