Bhubaneswar, Jan 20: Three-day Rajarani music festival concluded Saturday with scintillating performances of Hindustani vocal by Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar and Carnatic music by brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh, at Rajarani temple premises here.
Pandit Sanjeev, the maestro from the Mewati Gharana, grabbed the attention of music lovers by performing ‘Kahe Sakhi, Kaise Kekaria’ which was set to Raga Yaman Khayal and later ‘Sakhi he Aj Piajika’ that set to drut khayal.
Aditya Joshi on table and M Kulkarni on harmonium accompanied Abhyankar.
Recipient of a number of national wards Pandit Sanjeev has been practicing Hindustani classical and devotional music for the last three decades and has emerged as a role model of dedication, hard work, patience and perseverance. Pandit Sanjeev’s sustained excellence in performance has earned him many prestigious awards including ‘The Pandit Kumar Gandharva National Award 2008’ by the government of Madhya Pradesh, the prestigious FIE Foundation National Award 1996, the President’s Award from the All India Radio in 1990 and many more. Pandit Sanjeev has performed in over 200 different parts of the country and abroad— USA, Canada, Australia, Europe and the Middle East several times.
The second presentation of evening was Carnatic music on violin by Ganesh and Kumaresh. They also mesmerized the music lovers with Carnatic vlcal as well.
They were accompanied in mrudanga by R Shankar Narayan and on ghatam by TG Swami.
For Ganessh and Kumaresh, the corner stone of this art form is ‘Manodharma’ and they believe that every artist should bring his or her own ideas. Speaking to
Orissa POST, Ganesh said, “Manodharma is called improvisation. Artists should bring new ideas in music.” Talking about the city and music, both said that people here are very fond of classical music. The Rajarani Music Festival was organsied by state tourism department. The department had also installed two LED screens on which the audience can enjoy the music without any hurdles.
PNN
