The music lovers of the city had a mild and calm evening enjoying the Mohan Veena. The charismatic Veena recital was brilliantly performed by renowned veena and guitar player Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Under the series of classical events Uttaradhikar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt gave a splendid performance at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum.
The audience had a wonderful time listening to Bhatt, who enchanted the classical music lovers with his magical tunes on veena.
The event began with the Raga Charu Kesari. He played Alap, Jhor, Jhala in vilambit and dhrut taal.
Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt is an internationally renowned Indian Classical Instrumentalist. He has been awarded Grammy Award for his composition A Meeting by the River. He has until now performed in 81 countries. He plays Mohan Veena which is his own invention. As he is very popular for his tune A Meeting by the River, the audience requested him to play the same tune. Bhatt when began playing the audience were totally enthralled giving him huge round of applauses.
He wrapped up his performance with Meera Bhajan composition. In Meera Bhajan he was accompanied by his student Manisha Agarwal from Jaipur. She gave a scintillating vocal performance adding charm to the evening.
On instruments he was accompanied by Neelabh Sharma on Mohan Veena and Himanshu Mahant on Tabla.
Talking about his views on music, he said, “Music is the language of God folded for the benefit of mankind. It makes one’s soul peaceful. Indian Classical music is an art of improvisation.”
With his splendid performance the audience went into trance. They were totally mesmerized and enthralled with the performance.