Bhubaneswar

Hindustani tabla, vocal captivate city audience

SEFAlI SUMAN

The Bhubaneswar Music Circle (BMC), in association with the State Culture Department, organised a Hindustani Instrumental Tabla and Hindustani Vocal recital programme at the Rabindra Mandap here on Sunday.

A Hindustani instrumental Tabla duet by Pandit Sandip Chatterjee and Srijit Chatterjee enthralled the audience. Harmonium player Akash Ranjit accompanied them. They commenced their performance with Teen Taal.

Sandip’s specialty is the deep rich bass or the Gamak of the Bayaan while his son Srijitis is a Sangeet Prabhakar, a Sangeet Visharad and a Sangeet Vibhakar with distinction in practical.

This performance was followed by Hindustani vocal recital by Pandit Rana Jha being accompanied by Sandip Chatterjee on Tabla and Aakash Ranjit on harmonium. Pandit Jha is an artist of AIR and DD since 1980.

In the hot Sunday evening, Hindustani music lovers of the city immensely enjoyed the programme. XIMB Dean Dr Snigdha Pattanaik, S Sundarrajan, Umesh Chandra Kar and Khirod Patnaik inaugurated the different programmes.