The flute maestro Pandit Ronu Majumdar enthralled the audience at Radha Krishna Auditorium, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) here on Tuesday.
Pandit Ronu Majumdar performed at MANIT as a part of SPIC MACAY’s Virasaat series of cultural programmes. His mesmerising performance touched the crowd. Pandit Majumdar, who is a Padamshree and also a Grammy Award Nominee, visited Bhopal and gave performances at various colleges of the city which includes IISER, Oriental college and MANIT Here on Tuesday, Majumdar gave a splendid performance before the audience. The program began with the enlightenment of the lamp by Pt. Majumdar, Tripta Thakur, P.K. Jain and Shrimati Kunda Mahurkar. He addressed the audience and told them about self. He interacted with the audience for a while informing them about Indian Classical Music. He then started the performance by chanting the notes SA RE GA MA along with the audience.
Pandit Ronu Majumdar said, “Indian Classical Music is not like western music which is fast paced and requires physical participation. Indian Classical touches the soul and can be enjoyed with closed eyes and calm mind.”
The first performance was in Hansdhwani Raag with Roopak Taal in Vilambit laya. The next one was in teen Taal with Drut laya. Then he presented the bhajan Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye in Khamaj raag. To conclude the performance he presented his own composition of a modified version of Pahadi Raag which was taken from one of his albums. After the graceful performance, the artists were honoured with mementoes by the chief guests.