A three-day musical concert Kala Parv Utsav Gantantra 2014 based on classical ragas is being organised at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium that began here from Wednesday.
The jugalbandi of flute and santoor recital of leading players Sandeep Chaterjee and Santosh Sant, mesmerized the music lovers on the first day of the concert. Notably, Utsav Gantantra-2014 is being organised by Abhinav Kala Parishad to mark its 51st anniversary. Further, for Sandeep Chaterjee and Santosh Sant, it was their first Jugalbandi in city of lake. Santosh belongs to Maihar and Gwalior gharanas and is disciple of flute maestro Hari Prasad Chaurasiya
The Jugalbandi began with ‘Aalap’, ‘Jod’ and ‘Jhala’ in Raga ‘Yaman’ and also, presented ‘Madhya lay’ in taal ‘rupak’ and drut teen taal in same raga which enchanted the audience. After that, they performed taal teen and ek taal presented in raga ‘Bhoop’, which enthralled the audience. After the pure classical performance, they wrapped up the programme with a tune to see the mood of semi classical lovers. It was based on raga ‘Mishra Khamaj’ in taal ‘dadra’ This tune was their album “Valley Again”. This album is made after getting inspiration from Shiv –Hari album ‘Call of the Valley”.
Pandit Ramdas Palsule, disciple of noted tabla player Suresh Talvalkar accompanied them on tabla.
Besides, Santosh and Sandeep were also felicitated with ‘Abhinav Swarn Samman’ in beginning of programme. The patron of this institute Subhash Vitthaldas were also felicitated for the contribution in the field of music by the founder and secretary of this institute Suresh Tated. The programme was conducted by senior announcer Kamlesh Jamini.