Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya will organise Indian classical instrumental music programme ‘Panchnaad’ on Monday at indoor auditorium, Veethi Sankul of Manav Sangrahalaya from 6:30pm.
Five renowned women artist Shruti Adhikari (Santoor), Rachana Sharma (Harmonium), Mahima Upadhyay (Pakhawaj), Sangita Agnihotri (Tabla) and Smita Vajpeyi (Sitar) will give instrumental performance.
Shruti Adhikari is first lady Santoorist of India. She is student of Padmabhushan Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma. She has a wide panorama of performances around the country like “Tansen Samaroh”, “Istri96”, “Prathama”, Haridas Music Concert, Saptak, Aarambh, Malhar UTsav- Bhopal, Indian Classical Music festival at Jalandhar, Pharwara, Nasik, Allahabad, Agra, Patna, Tirupati and many more. She has been awarded with “Surmani” by sursingar, Mumbai, “Pratibha Samman” by Madhuban Bhopal, “Samta Pratibha Samman” for year 1995 etc.
Rachna Sharma is an eminent harmonium player of India, she is a graded artist from Doordarshan and Akashvani. She had been awarded her doctorate in music from DAVV, Indore. Dr Sharma has performed at Bharat Bhawan Bhopal, Nimaad Utsava Maheshwar, Rajab Ali Sangeet samahroh Dewas etc.
Mahima Upadhyay is also known as “Pakhawaj Girl”, her legacy is 400 year old and trained by her father pakhawaj maestro, Pt. Ravi Shanakr Upadhyay. She has performed at Sapatak Annual Festival, All India Dhrupad Mela Varanasi, Triveni Mahotsav, Dhrupad Parv in Bhopal and many more.
Sangita Agnihotri is the only woman Tabla player of MP. She got her fine training from Pt. Dinkar Mujumdar and has been awarded many titiles including “Saraswati Putri”, “Kal ke Kalakaar”, “Prashsti Pattika” etc. Smita Vajpeyi is an eminent Sitarist of State. She was awarded with title “Naad-Putri” at Vidisha. She has performed at Madhya Pradesh Diwas-2009, Malahar Utsav, Youth festivals, Shruti Sanwad etc.