The classical music and dance lovers of the city would witness a two-day classical event featuring Hindustani Classical recitals. The event would be organised on Friday at Ravindra Bhawan.
Being organised by Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh the two day event is being held under the Ekagra series of classical events. The Bhopalites would witness the performances of dance and instrumental music.
On the first day of the concert worldwide popular Maihair recital troupe would present their performance before the audience. Notably, the recital by Maihair recital troupe is conceptualized by sarod maestro Ustad Allaudin Khan who hails from Maihar Gharana. It is one of the prominent gharanas of the 20th century.
On the same day, the flute recital of two sisters Debopriya and Suchismita will be held. They are the disciple of flute maestro Pt Hariprasad Chaurasiya. Popularly known as Flute Sisters, Debopriya and Suchismita hail from Mumbai and have mastered the skill of playing the wooden flute from Guru Hariprasad Chourasia. Interestingly, they are the only performing women flutists and always mesmerize the crowd whenever they give a performance and has recorded various albums as well.
The classical music concert will have a grand closure with the kathak dance recital and Bharatnatyam recitals. A renowned kathak dancer Ragini Makhkhar will give a performance along with her troupe in first half of programme and later the programme would be followed with the performace of Bharatnatyam dance by noted exponent Geeta Chandran along with her troupe. Notably, Geeta Chandran will give a performance after long interval in Bhopal. Further on the last day of the event, Cultural Minister Surendra Patwa will also be present at Ravindra Bhawan.