The audiences listened to the tuneful Sufi Sangeet and Ghazal in a musical concert Trannum held here on Thursday. The sangeet was splendidly performed by noted Sufi singer Krishna Nand.
Organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in collaboration with Regional Office of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs Government of India 'Tarannum' is a Sufi Sangeet and Ghazal under popular 'Horizon' series of classical music and dance, ICCR.
The series of performance began with the Ghazal ‘Main Khayal Hun Kisi aur ka mujhe sochta koi aur hai’. The event was followed with another Ghazal “Akhon main Raha dil me uttarkar nahin dekha”. His melodious voice took the music lovers to a musical world. The level of enjoyment of the audience was motivating for the artists.
In his next performance he performed another romantic melody with lyrics “Apne chehre jo zahir hai chupaye kaise”. After the Ghazals, Krishna performed a famous sufiyana song “Chap tilak sab cheena mohse milaike”. During the event, he was accompanied by Sourabh Singh on Tabla, Shafiq Hussain on Sarangi and Mazhar Siddhqi on Organ.
Notably, Krishna Nand was born in a simple and non musical family.
Since his childhood he was very much found of music. Krishna Nand Ghazal singing is inspired by the most popular Ghazal singer Ustad Ghulam Ali. Presently he is taking education of Ghazal singing from Ustad Ghulam Ali. Krishna Nand has launched a Bhajan album “Hari Naam Bolo” and a Ghazal album “Sham-e-Ghazal”.
As Ghazal, the form of Sufi music is the poetic words full of expressions and emotions. The deepness of the Ghazal could only be understood by understanding the rhythms of Sufi music and Krishan wonderfully maintained it throughout the performance.
Through a continuous riyaz he has developed a capability of capturing the attention of the audience as he sings. Witnessing Krishna’s singing the audience could experience the love and affection of the poetic rhythms.
It was an enthralling experience for the classical music lovers of the city as they listened to evenry performance with rapt attention.