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==Introduction==

'''Marlene Rivier''' is a politician and trade unionist in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. She has campaigned for the [[Canadian House of Commons]] as a candidate of the [[New Democratic Party]] of Canada, and for the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] as a candidate of the [[New Democratic Party of Ontario]].

''Anjan Chattopadhyay'', Sitar Maestro was born in 1960 in an aristocratic family, in [[Calcutta, India]]. He was brought up in an environment of soft, sweet and serene [[Indian Classical Music]].He was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother,a veteran surbahar player,Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay,a disciple of Pandit Birendra Kishore RoyChowdhury.In addition to that he started taking his futther training from Surasree Kalyani Roy,a global reputed sitarist and one of the senior disciples of Ustad Vilayat Khan.He also had his lessons on the vocal music from late Shree Muktipada Datta,a representative of kirana Gharana.Anjan also had his fortune of having the training of the welknown Tabla player late Ustad Shaukat Ali Khan of Farukhabad gharana.

== Perfomance ==

Rivier has a [[Master of Arts]] degree in Psychology from [[Carleton University]] in [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], and has been a member of hte College of Psychologists of Ontario since the early 1980s. She is a teacher and health care worker. [[As of 2004]], she is part of the Forensics Program at the [[Royal Ottawa Hospital]] as teaches at St. Paul's University.

Anjan has performed in hundreds of concerts in India and abroad. Among them worthy of mentions are the concerts in

* India, The Dover Lane Music Conference,

* India International Center,

* All India Music Festival,

* Salt Lake Music Conference,

* National Council of Performing Arts,

* West Bangal Government State Music Academy,

* Tansen Music Conference,

* Alliance Francaise,

* Ustad Bahadur Khan Music Conference,

* Swami Haridas Music Conference,

* Shree Aurobindo Ashram. Calcutta,

* Ustad Amir Khan Music Conference. Calcutta,

* Swar Sadhna Samiti. Mumbai.

* Pandit Montu Banerjee memorial music conference,

* Sankalp Music Festival. Sagar, M.P.

* Guru Poornima Festival, Patna,

== Awards, Honors ==

Rivier is the president of [[OPSEU]] Local 479, and has been a prominent critic of "private-public partnerships" in health-care delivery. She has criticized both the [[Ernie Eves]] and [[Dalton McGuinty]] governments for permiting such arrangements, which she describes as "a seductive means of hiding government debt".

In his musical career, Anjan has got numerous awards, and felicitations.

The chronology of awards are as follows:

# In 1986, he was awarded the prestigious first prize in All India Music Competition organized by the State Music Academy of West Bengal Government.

# In 1987, he was felicitated with the prestigious title ‘SURMANI’ after performing at Kal-Ke-Kalakar music festival in Mumbai.

# In 1988, he was awarded with the title ‘Sangeet Visharad’ by Pracheen Kalakendra, Chandigarh. In the same year he got ‘Sangeet Kriya Visharad’ title from Sourav Academy Board. On this occasion, the renowned violinist Pandit V.G.Jog felicitated him.

# In 1990, during his tour to U.S.A, the Academy of Indian Music and Fine Arts and UMBC felicitated him with the certificate of Achievement.

# In that year he got the rare opportunity to be honored with the GOVERNOR’S CITATION from the Honorable Governor of New Jersey – Mr Jim Florio.

# In 1994, Padmabhushan Pandit [[Jnanprakash Ghosh]], one of the music legends of India, proclaimed Anjan as ‘one of the most talented young sitar players of India”.

# Swar-Sadhna Samity of Mumbai and Rotary Club of Lake Green Kolkata, honored him after an enthralling performance of him.

# In 2004, Anjan has got the prestigious ‘GOVERNOR’S CITATION’ from the honourable Governor of the State of Maryland after performing his sitar recital in presence of the honourable Senator Mr Paul Sarbane.

== See also ==

She campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 2003 provincial election, and finished third in [[Ottawa West—Nepean]] with 4.099 votes (8.34%). The winner was [[Jim Watson]] of the [[Ontario Liberal Party]].

[[Ravi_Shankar|Pandit Ravi Shankar]]

[[Vilayat_Khan|Ustad Vilayat Khan]]

Rivier also contested Ottawa West—Nepean in the [[Canadian federal election, 2004|2004 federal election]], and again finished third with 7,449 votes (12.98%). The winner was [[Marlene Catterall]] of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].

== Source ==

Rivier has been nominated to contest Ottawa West—Nepean for the NDP again in the [[Canadian federal election, 200x|next federal election]].

* Sankarlal Bhattacherjee, Writer and Journalist, ABP Group, Kolkata, India.

*[http://www.aimrec.com/AnjanChattopadhyay/ Anjan Chattopadhyay Official Website]

[[Category:Candidates for the Canadian House of Commons|Rivier, Marlene]]

[[Category:Ontario MLAs|Rivier, Marlene]]