The world famous and prestigious Tansen Music festival will commence on Wednesday in Gwalior. For the first time in the history of the 90 year old festival, foreign artists too will perform along with local singers. The preparations are almost complete. The festival will continue for five days.
The festival has special importance to the people of Gwalior, and music lovers from around the world. A grand pavilion has been constructed at Hajira, where the main concerts will be played out.
The pavilion has been constructed in such a way to provide the maximum comfort and ease to the audience. A special stage too has been constructed for the artists.
The festival will have a total of eight concerts, out of which seven will be in Hajira, and the eighth and final one at Behat, where Tansen was born.
The first concert will commence on the Wednesday with special morning prayer music at the memorial of Tansen in Hajira.
There will be two award ceremonies this year. The first one will be at 7 o’clock on Wednesday. Gamy award winner and the world famous Mohanaveena player Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt from Jaipur will be felicitated.
He will be presented with the National Tansen Award for the year 2014-2015. Classical singer Padmashree Pandit Ajayt Chakravarti will be awarded on the December 24 evening.
The Festival will be inaugurated by Union Steel and Mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday. Woman and child development minister Maya Singh, Member of the Parliament Prabhat Jha, Mayor Vivek Narayan Shewalkar and GDCA Chairman Rakesh Jadon will be the chief guests at the function.
The members of the legislative assembly, Jayman Singh Pawayya, Narayan Singh Kushwah, Bharat Singh Kushwah, lakkan Singh Yadav and Imarati Devi too have been invited as guests.