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ITC Sangeet Sammelan - Mumbai 2008
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ITC Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai was held at theYashwant Natya
Mandir, Matunga on January 19 and 20, 2008. The Sammelan paid
homage to the memory of the legendary Sangeet Maharishi Pandit
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, on the occasion of the centenary of
the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, the school that he established in
Mumbai a hundred years ago. A towering figure in the field of
music, Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was a great musician and
teacher, a man of uncompromising moral courage and a visionary.
His most notable task was the opening of Hindustani music to
amateurs, bringing it out of the courts of the ruling classes
and making it available to everyone, for traditionally it was
almost impossible for outsiders to enter into the clannish
monopolies of the ustads. Gandharva Mahavidyalaya was the first
school run by a middle class musician without the direct
patronage of rajas and maharajas. The school was run by public
support, donations from the richer classes and funds raised by
the concerts of Vishnu Digambar - it was truly a school of the
people for the people. Paluskar was also the prime moving force
behind changing the social values attached to music and
musicians.
The Sammelan was inaugurated by Mr Pradip Kumar Dixit, DM, West,
ITC Ltd and Pandit D K Datar. The first session began with a
vocal recital by ex-scholar Shri Omkar S Dadarkar. He began his
performance with khayals in Raga Bihag, ‘Ma dhandhan re’ in
vilambit tilwada tala, ‘Aba ho lalana me ka’ in drut teentala,
followed by a tarana. He concluded with a khayal in Raga Shahana
‘Mandirwa more aaj’ in teental madhyalaya. He was ably supported
on the harmonium by Shri Suyog Kundalkar while Shri Utpal Datta
played the tabla. Pandit Rajendra Prasanna then presented a
shehnai recital. He began with alap, jod jhala in Raga Kedar,
playing vilambit ektala and drut teentala bandishes. He also
presented a dhun in Mishra Khamaj, concluding with Raga Bhairavi.
Shri Vikasbabu, Pramod Prasanna, Sunil Prasanna provided Shehnai
support while His accompanists were Shri Mangal Prasad played
the Dukkad.
The morning session on the second day began with a vocal recital
by ITC-SRA Guru-Prefect Pandit Falguni Mitra. He began with a
dhrupad in Raga Ahir Bhairav ‘Chiranjeev Raho Raj’ in Choutala.
He concluded with a Hori Dhamar ‘Kaise Karo Hori’ in Raga
Jaunpuri. He was accompanied by Shri Manik Munde on the Pakhawaj
and Shri Anant Kunte on the Harmonium. This was followed by a
sarod recital by Pandit Rajeev Taranath. He presented alap, jod
and jhala in Raga Basant Mukhari, playing madhyalaya and drut
teentala gats. He concluded with a teentala gat in Mishra Kafi.
He was accompanied on the tabla by Shri Nayan Ghosh.
The evening session featured a sitar recital by Pandit Arvind
Parikh who began with alap, jod and jhala in Raga Bihag,
followed by vilambit teentala, madhyalaya jhaptala and drut
teentala gats. He concluded with a dhun. He was accompanied on
the tabla by Anutosh Degharia. This was followed by a vocal
recital by Begum Parveen Sultana who began with khayals in Raga
Rageshree ‘Ae saguna bicharo’ in Vilambit Ektala and ‘Det badhai
sai ko’ in Drut Teentala. She then presented a tarana in Raga
Hansadhwani, concluding with ‘Bhavani Dayani’ in Raga Bhairavi,
Jhaptala. Her accompanists were Mukundraj Deo on the tabla and
Shrinivas Acharya on the harmonium.
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