Padma Bibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj is scheduled to perform at the Indira Gandhi Park here on December 17. The Hindustani classical singer will be accompanied by Pt Ram Kumar Mishra on tabla and Sougata Banerjee, among others.
Notably, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has entered into an understanding with the SPIC MACAY to help organise at least two major classical music events every year at one of the major public parks of Bhubaneswar in line with the ‘Music in the Park’ held regularly in New Delhi’s Nehru Park.
Bhubaneswar will be only the third major city after Delhi and Jaipur to organise such a programme. Earlier, the SPIC MACAY had on its own organised ‘Music in the Park’ in 2011 featuring Pt Hariprasad Chourasia (Hindustani flute) and Ustad Shahid Parvez (sitar) leading up to the national convention held at the Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. The programme, which is also supported by the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), IMFA and Hotel Crown (hospitality partner), is open to public free.