Nagpur: Exponent of Agra gharana Waseem Ahmed Khan from Kolkata, santoor maestro Satish Vyas and Kathak dancer Sheetal Kolwadkar set the stage on fire with splendid performances on the concluding day of the two-day CR Vyas memorial music festival held at Kavikulaguru Kalidas Hall of Persistent Systems, Gayatri Nagar, on Sunday.
The festival was organized jointly by Saptak and Maharashtra Lalit Kala Nidhi, Mumbai.
Waseem began his performance by presenting ‘nom-tom’, a beautiful blend of high and low-pitched aalap. He then mixed raag Puriya and Kalyan and blended high and low notes with precision, drawing repeated applause from the audience.
He then presented a bandish in motha khayal, ‘Maiya mori paar karo naiya’ and another in teen taal, ‘Mathura na jayo mere Kanha’. He laced his performance with aalaps and tana and filled the gaps with aplomb.
Remembering the legends of classical singing, he changed the mood of the performance by choosing a few bandishes that reflected the emotion of love and longing.
He sang Yunus Husain Khan’s popular bandish, ‘Taaj mahal varshan ye jahan’ and ‘Tu kahe na tu rahe na’. He concluded his performance with these melodious treat. He was accompanied by Shrikant Pise on harmonium, Sandesh Popatkar on tabla and Sharvari Naik on tanpura.
Connoisseurs of music were treated to a high class performance when Satish Vyas (santoor), Vijay Ghate (tabla), Sheetal Kolwadkar (Kathak) and Srujan Khandalkar (classical vocal) performed together. They offered a jugalbandi of classical vocal, dance and instrumental music. They called it ‘melody rhythm’.
Vocalist Srujan Khandalkar began the performance with a vandana in raag Yaman. Then they presented a medley in teen taal and thumri.
Vyas presented raag Yaman with Ghate supporting him with powerful bol of tabla in teen taal. Vyas then changed the route with beautiful raag Kirwani and produced mellifluous ear-pleasing music.
It was a pleasing sight to watch the foursome performing the fusion with perfection.
The festival was organized jointly by Saptak and Maharashtra Lalit Kala Nidhi, Mumbai.
Waseem began his performance by presenting ‘nom-tom’, a beautiful blend of high and low-pitched aalap. He then mixed raag Puriya and Kalyan and blended high and low notes with precision, drawing repeated applause from the audience.
He then presented a bandish in motha khayal, ‘Maiya mori paar karo naiya’ and another in teen taal, ‘Mathura na jayo mere Kanha’. He laced his performance with aalaps and tana and filled the gaps with aplomb.
Remembering the legends of classical singing, he changed the mood of the performance by choosing a few bandishes that reflected the emotion of love and longing.
He sang Yunus Husain Khan’s popular bandish, ‘Taaj mahal varshan ye jahan’ and ‘Tu kahe na tu rahe na’. He concluded his performance with these melodious treat. He was accompanied by Shrikant Pise on harmonium, Sandesh Popatkar on tabla and Sharvari Naik on tanpura.
Connoisseurs of music were treated to a high class performance when Satish Vyas (santoor), Vijay Ghate (tabla), Sheetal Kolwadkar (Kathak) and Srujan Khandalkar (classical vocal) performed together. They offered a jugalbandi of classical vocal, dance and instrumental music. They called it ‘melody rhythm’.
Vocalist Srujan Khandalkar began the performance with a vandana in raag Yaman. Then they presented a medley in teen taal and thumri.
Vyas presented raag Yaman with Ghate supporting him with powerful bol of tabla in teen taal. Vyas then changed the route with beautiful raag Kirwani and produced mellifluous ear-pleasing music.
It was a pleasing sight to watch the foursome performing the fusion with perfection.
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