Magic of Sursudha

The band is lead by Senior Sitarist Tara Bir Tuladher with Surendra Shrestha on Tabala and Prem Jung Rana ‘Autari’ on Flute. These music maestros are not only musicians but also ambassadors of peace because the music they present in foreign land depicts the Himalayan music, traditional Nepali folk songs and culture of the people

Pragya GHIMIRE

They Came, they saw, they worked hard to conquer. Three classical music maestros came together co-incidentally and formed the band "SURSUDHA" for the sole purpose of making the classical music live forever. Wherever they’ve performed, they’ve won the heart of audience with the sheer brilliance of their music.

The band is lead by Senior Sitarist Tara Bir Tuladher with Surendra Shrestha on Tabala and Prem Jung Rana"Autari" on Flute. These music maestros are not only musicians but also ambassadors of peace because the music they present in foreign land depicts the Himalayan music, traditional Nepali folk songs and culture of the people.

SurSudha also performed a few numbers while releasing their latest album "Symbol of Nepal" on January 28 at Hotel Hyatt Regency. The band explains that, giving a name "Symbol of Nepal" to their seventh album is only because the music is collected from various parts of the country, Terai, Hills and Himalayan region also from the Newari and Classsical Music. The live concert held the audience spellbound. Among the invited guest, Senior Manager of Image Channel Sahaj Man Shrestha said, "The rhythm of their music touches the heart and soothes the mind," and further added, "Their creation of classical music embedded in folk tune is incomparable. They have made their mark in classical music not only in Nepal but also in other foreign countries."

Tara Bir Tuladher the man on sitar is a resident of Ason.

A father of two sons and two daughters, he teaches music in Gems School. He is also an Associate Professor at Padma Kanya Multiple Campus since B.S 2031. Apart from this he composes music for Nepali films. For him, Music and Life are inseparable. He is the first sitarist from Nepal to launch solo sitar music cassette in various parts of Europe in 1982 A.D and German Wergo Company situated at Frankfort recorded the music of Sitar in 1984 A.D and the next year album titled "Nepal Sitar" was released. The critics comprising of nine judges over there selected his creation as the best ever business making albums.

Other members of Sur Sudha, Surendra Shrestha and Prem Jung Rana "Autari" both began experimenting traditional rhythms and classical musical scales in their very early age. Surendra chose Tabala only because he takes it as a fascinating, romantic instrument and its rhythm is same all over the world, which is flexible and can be mixed with the music of any instrument. Prem Rana’s interest in flute made him to travel to India learn the art of playing flute under the world famous flute maestro Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia. To popularise flute, one of the Nepalese folk instruments, he teaches this art to Nepali as well as foreign students.

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