Globally famous Tansen Samaroh will be held from December 12 to 15 on the premises of Tansen Samadhi, Hajira in Gwalior.
The prestigious event of the Madhya Pradesh Culture Department will commence with Hari Katha at 9.30 am on December 12. Five musical sittings will mark the inaugural day. Besides, a debate competition will be held on music on December 14.
The first session of Tansen Samaroh will be inaugurated at 7 pm where Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Surendra Patwa will confer Tansen Samman to Prabhakar Karekar of Mumbai.
The session will begin with Dhrupad rendition by students of Madhav Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior followed by performance of Karekar. Parthi Bose (Kolkata) will also perform in the same sitting which will conclude with Dhrupad rendition of Shriram Kumar Malik.
In the morning of second day December 13, the sitting will commence at 10 am with Dhrupad rendition of students of Maharudra Mandal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior, followed by vocal performance of Sanhita Nandy (Delhi), violin performance of Anupriya Devtale (Delhi) and Dhrupad rendition of Udai Bhavalkar (Pune).
The session will conclude with Dhrupad rendition of Alankar Singh (Patiala). Night sitting will commence with Dhrupad rendition of Bharatiya Sangeet Mahavidyalaya Gwalior. Noted vocalist Iqbal Khan (Delhi) and Sarod maestro Aslam Khan will also perform during the sitting to be concluded with Dhrupad rendition of Phalguni Mitra (Kolkata).
In the morning of third day December 14, the session will begin with Dhrupad rendition of students of Shankar Gandharv Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior, followed by vocal performance of Geetika Umedkar Masurkar (Gwalior) and Manjusha Kulkarni Patil.
The evening sitting will commence with Dhrupad rendition of students of Tansen Sangeet Mahavidyalaya Gwalior. Rashid Mustafa (Delhi) will give solo Tabla performance and Manju Mehta, Ahmadabad sitar performance. The sitting will conclude with rendition of Vinayak Torwi of Bengaluru.
In the morning of 4th and last day December 15, the morning session will begin at 10 am at Behat near Gwalior with Dhrupad rendition of students of Sadhna Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior and Tansen Memorial Committee followed by Dhrupad rendition of Ashwini Morghore (Gwalior) and Tabla-Pakhawaj Jugulbandi of Arun Dharmadhikari and Jagat Narayan Sharma (Gwalior). The session will conclude with recitation of Shri Vilas Mandape (Gwalior).
Music-based debate
A debating competition based on Sangeet Ke Saudaharan Vyakhya will be held on December 14. It will be participated by Sharad Sathe (Mumbai) and S Kalidas (Delhi). Dialogue will be held on Bandish of Sangeet Gharanas. The programme will be held at Tansen Art Gallery, Padao.
Exhibition on Rang Sambhavana
During the Samaroh, a fine arts exhibition will be held at Tansen Art Gallery, Padao. Ragdari exhibition will be held at Tansen Samadhi from December 12 to 14. Its theme will be Alam Nama and handicraft.
