The renowned music festival of Indian classical music, Tansen Samaroh is going to be held in a very multitalented style this year. Along with Indian celebrities in the field, foreign icons too will showcase their talents this year. The five day festival will begin on December 23.
The festival will have a total of eight music concerts. The first seven will be held at the memorial of Tansen situated at Hajira, Gwalior. The final and the eighth concert will be held at Behat on the banks of the Chilmil river on December 27. The festival has been going on for the last ninety years to pay tributes to the Music king Tansen.
The festival has extraordinary significance to music lovers, and the Gwalior city is putting in special efforts to make this a grand fest. like in the past years, the fest will start with special morning music at the memorial of Tansen.
Vishwamohan Bhatt will be presented with the Tansen award during the function on the evening of December 23. The famous classical singer Padmashree Pandith Ajay Chakravarti will be felicitated on the December 24. The two will be awarded Rs Two lakhs each, along with the certificate and mementos. This was said by the deputy director of the organizing body of the fest Rahul Rastogi.
A few local Classical singers too will be performing this year. President of the organising committee Ved Sharma said that two of the local musicians will be performing in the Tansen Memorial at Hajira and two will perform at Behat.
The main attraction of the first day will be the Mohanaveena by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. There will also be concerts by Brijbhushan Goswami and Ustad Ashish Khan. The second day will see performances from Rajesh Send. The thord concert on the December 24 will be especially for the students and the youth.
Pandit Ajay Chakravart, the renowned classical singer and one of the recipients of this year’s award will perform in this concert.
The fourth recital will have local artists performing. The artists performing on this are Harsha Narayan who will perform sarangi, Ms Rita Dev and Indra Kishore Mishra Malik. The concluding concert will be on Dec 27. Along with local artists, performers from other parts too will entertain audience on this concluding concert.