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Bhubaneswar, June 21: Music heals the soul. There is no doubt that it connects hearts, stirs consciousness and creates emotional bonds. Denizens witnessed the magic of music as they celebrated World Music Day in the temple city, Wednesday. Orissa Sangeet Natak Academy and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Center in association with state culture department set a platform at Rabindra Mandap, where budding and renowned vocalists and instrumentalists enthralled audience with their recitals. The auditorium witnessed arrays of traditional, classical and semi-classical recitals by the artistes. The show began with traditional songs, crooned by city’s popular singer Mahaprasad Kar— son of music legend Prafulla Kar. He rendered two songs dedicated to Lord Jagannath. Emerging singer Laxmipriya Nayak presented classical songs. She sung two Odissi sangeet including Bhabangiand Natyangi. “Bhabangi expresses the feelings, while Natyangi depicts the dance,” said Laxmipriya. Chhanda Mishra, who received acclamation from the state for her semiclassical songs, crooned a song form Oriya film ‘Maya Ghera’ and her composition ‘Pheruthili Ghore’ from ‘Barsa Ra Ghazal’ album. Artistes Chita Jena and Prasant
Kumar Padhi presented semi-classical melodies. Ghazals and Sufi songs were presented by Muhammad Abib and Aryan Routray respectively. Abib echoed the auditorium with his ghazals by Jagdish Singh, Mehndi Hassan and Pankaj Udas. He was praised for lending his voice to some of the popular ghazals— ‘yeh Daulat bhi lelo’, rafta rafta, and ‘chandni raat.’
“Ghazals in the state can be regenerated, when teachers will be available to train students in this genre,” claimed Abib. Jugalbandi of harmonium and flute set to ‘kirbani raag’ was presented by Ajay Kumar Das and Rudra Prasad Parida respectively. “Dedication and practice bring success to all,” Rudra said. The evening concluded with ‘Sambalpuri’ folk music by Gagan Das and Minati Panigrahi. The musicians, who accompanied the artistes, were Barada Prasad on key board, Dusmanta on table, Abanikant on dholak, and Shyam Rao on flute.
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