The classical music lovers of the city would have a mass musical treat by the first female Santoor player of the country Shruti Adhikari.
This spectacular Santoor player would showcase her concert organised by Anhad, Bharat Bhavan. She would give her performance here on Saturday at Antrang Hall under Saptak series of classical music.
Santoor is the rare musical instruments of Kashmir and to find a female artist playing it is rarest. Shruti Adhikari hails from Bhopal, is a dedicated Santoor player who displays remarkable genius.
It is really a great pleasure listening to her performance. Her audience is always spellbound when she reaches the zenith of expression during her performance. She is a talented Santoor player who has received training from the Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
She is one of the most brilliant artists of Santoor. She has polished her art by strenuous training and riyaz and has won appreciation from audience all over the country.
She has also formed a group ‘Panch Naad’ that
features only women classical musicians from various parts of the country. Panch Naad is a marvelous group of artists like Shruti Adhikari from Bhopal, Paromita Mukherjee from Delhi, Smita Vajpayee, Sangeeta Agnihotri and Rachna Sharma from Indore. All these maestros have presented their jugalbandis before the classical music lovers across the country. The audience love to listen the mesmerising jugalbandi on Santoor, Violin, Sitar, Tabla and Harmonium.
According to Shruti, “Santoor playing requires Riyaz, an extreme vision, hard work and above all the blessings of the guru. It is the blessings of my guru that I managed to play the instrument forgetting about all its complexities.” Her endeavour has always been cherished by the audiences as she makes melodious magic when she hits the strings of the Santoor.Her commitment and enthusiasm towards the instrument and classical music has always made the classical music lovers appreciate her talent.