CONCERT: Anuradha Kuber sings compositions by Dr Arawind Thatte

Sudarshan Sangeet Sabha: Baaja-Naama

"बाजा-नामा"

हार्मोनिअम आणि व्हायोलिन ही दोन पाश्चिमात्य वाद्ये भारतीय संगीतसंस्कृतीने स्वीकारली, पैकी हार्मोनिअम हे वाद्य तर आज घराघरात पोचले आहे. बोलीभाषेत पेटी किंवा बाजा म्हणून सुपरिचित असलेल्या या वाद्याची चित्रकथा पेश करणारा "बाजा-नामा" हा विशेष कार्यक्रम हार्मोनिअमवादक संगीतकार चैतन्य कुंटे सादर करत आहेत. खास करून स्वतंत्र हार्मोनिअमवादनाचा आढावा घेताना गोविंदराव टेंबे ते डॉ. अरविंद थत्ते अश्या शतकभरातील अनेक हार्मोनिअमवादकांच्या वादनाची ध्वनिमुद्रणे रसिकांना सभाष्य ऐकायला मिळतील.महाराष्ट्र कल्चरल सेंटर प्रस्तुत सुदर्शन संगीत सभा या उपक्रमाच्या अंतर्गत होणारा हा कार्यक्रम रविवार, १९ मे २०१३, सकाळी ११ वा. सुदर्शन रंगमंच येथे होणार असून देणगी प्रवेशिका अर्धा तास आधी उपलब्ध आहेत.

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“Bājā-Nāmā”

A century ago Hindustani Music-culture accepted two western instruments, i.e. Harmonium and Violin. Harmonium is so popular instrument that rarely any concert happens in its absence! Harmonium is colloquially known as ‘Baja’ or ‘Peti’ and composer-musicologist Chaitanya Kunte is going to present an interesting story of this instrument, “Bājā-Nāmā”. This audio-visual program highlights solo-Harmonium and connoisseurs can enjoy listening rare recordings of Harmonium players from Govindrao Tembe, Korgaonkar, P Madhukar to Dr Arawind Thatte. Maharashtra Cultural Centre has organized this program as 23^rd episode of ‘Sudarshan Sangeet Sabha’. So, don’t miss “Bājā-Nāmā” on Sunday, 19^th May 2013, 11 am at Sudarshan Rangmanch, Pune.

Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar passes away

Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar passed away on 8 May after a brief illness in Mumbai.

[Report from radioandmusic dot com]

Aged 80, the maestro was a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi award and Madhya Pradesh government’s prestigious Tansen Samman. He was also bestowed with the Padma Shri in 2012, but he reportedly turned it down, saying the government did not care about his seniority as he was chosen for it after much younger Dhrupad singers were conferred the honour.

His disciples included musicians like Ritwik Sanyal, Pandit Pushparaj Koshti, Pandit Nirmalya Dey, Gundecha brothers, Pandit Uday Bhavalkar, his nephew Baha’uddin Mohiuddin Dagar and Marianne Svasek.

His music represented the 19th generation of the Dagarbani musical tradition and he dedicated his life to propagating the art form. He was known for his remarkable command over microtones (Swar-bheda), gamak and other alankarans and lakshans. By 1980, he had settled in Austria and France but returned to Bhopal during the making of the background score of the film on Madhya Pradesh by his disciple Mani Kaul.

The chief minister Arjun Singh and secretary Ashok Vajpayee back then decided to start a Dhrupad Gurukul in Bhopal and Dagar agreed to settle in India to take charge of the Gurukul. He taught there for 25 years and was also a distinguished faculty at Dhrupad Sansar, IIT Bombay for five years. He later settled in Panvel and was teaching at the Gurukul started by his brother ZM Dagar.

CONCERT: Hrishikesh Ghangurde, Madhuvanti Dandekar

गांधर्व महाविद्यालय, पुणे ८१ वा वर्धापन दिन