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Collaborate
Help young musicians work with leading Indian and international talent, opening them to new artistic languages and professional networks.
PAAMF
Access is part of the music.
The Purbayan Academy of Arts and Music Foundation turns performance practice into education, opportunity, mentorship, and community reach.
Foundation vision
The guru-shishya ideal, expanded for today.
Traditionally, music education in India has moved through the guru-shishya parampara. Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee carries that ideal into the 21st century by combining rigorous classical learning with the realities of digital presence, distribution, and global visibility.
The Purbayan Academy of Arts and Music Foundation, PAAMF, was conceptualized to help young and upcoming musicians find both a voice and a place in the global music industry.
Purbayan recognized that training musicians is only one part of the journey. Artists also need the tools to present themselves, build a digital identity, create high-quality content, and reach audiences beyond the physical concert room.
Four-fold objective
Training, opportunity, content, and global reach.
PAAMF is built to support the complete life of a modern musician: learning, collaboration, performance, documentation, and distribution.
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Create digitally
Support artists in building a credible digital footprint through better recorded, filmed, and distributed performance content.
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Perform
Create opportunities for emerging musicians to share the stage with maestros in intimate baithaks and curated concert settings.
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Stream worldwide
Take these performances beyond the room by streaming and presenting them on digital platforms for a wider global audience.
Mumbai baithaks
A space for learning, recording, and intimate performance.
PAAMF provides students with a state-of-the-art recording and performance space in Mumbai, where they can learn, rehearse, record, and perform in exclusive baithaks. The idea is to bring the warmth of traditional learning into a professional environment built for the modern music ecosystem.
Instrument making
Preserving the craft behind the sound.
PAAMF also works toward preserving Indian instrument making by supporting better raw materials, documentation, archiving, and training programmes around the craft. Protecting the music also means protecting the makers, techniques, and material knowledge that allow the instrument to speak.
FAQ
Everything you need to know about PAAMF, mentorship, performance opportunities, and foundation initiatives.
PAAMF is the Purbayan Academy of Arts and Music Foundation, created to support music education, mentorship, performance opportunities, digital readiness, and cultural access.
Young and upcoming musicians, students, collaborators, and communities connected to Indian classical music can benefit through learning, recording, performance, and mentorship opportunities.
No. PAAMF also supports digital content creation, streaming visibility, documentation, baithaks, collaborations, and work connected to preserving Indian instrument-making craft.
Support can include partnerships, sponsorships, donations, venue support, instrument support, or educational collaborations. Use the Contact page to start the conversation.