Santoor Maestro’s US Sojourn on Support a Child Mission
Apart from his solo concerts, Pt Tarun Bhattacharya shall also team up with Guru Sanchita and present Music Meets Bell.
The philanthropist in Santoor Maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya has always been a rare quality over the decades. His work towards polio eradication campaign has been truly inspiring so has been efforts to raise funds and awareness campaign and now he embarks on an “18 concert USA tour “ from mid-Sep till the end of October 2018 for a 'Support a Child Mission', across the United States of America.
The entire fundraising initiatives are for 148 orphanages across India and recently the Santoor maestro Traun Bhattacharya visited one of the orphanages situated in Howrah along with Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya, who is also a part of the tour and felt touched by the children and expressed her deep desire to do his bit for these children. Pt Bhattacharya’s motto in life is: ‘India First’ and he feels that music is the path for him to return to the future of India all that he has earned over the decades. The orphanage takes care of over 80,000 orphans across India.
Apart from his solo concerts, Pt Tarun Bhattacharya shall also team up with Guru Sanchita and present Music Meets Bell. In 2014 the maestro and his spouse Guru Sanchita had raised money for Shankara Eye Foundation in India through 14 concerts in the USA.
Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya shall also feature in a charity concert at the Premashraya Centre of Tata Medical Centre at Rajarhat Kolkata on 4th September 2018 for the cancer patients on behalf of Rotary Clubs prior to his departure for the charity programs in the USA.
The programs are scheduled at Hartford (Spet 15), New Jersey (Sept 16), Philadelphia (Sept 17), Boston (Sept 21), Dallas (Sept 22), Houston (Sept 23), Detroit (Sept 28), Cincinnati (Sept 29), Columbus (Sept 30), Cleveland (Oct 5), Pittsburgh (Oct 6), Allentown (Oct 7), Naratri (Oct 12), Navratri (Oct 13), Navratri (Oct 14), Indianapolis (Oct 19), Chicago (Oct 20), Greenbay (Oct 21), Atlanta ( Oct 26), Irvine, CA (Oct 27), SF, CA (Oct 28) respectively.