People of Doon and Mussooorie will have a very special Holi this year as during the days of this festival, the valley and the hill station will echo with the divine sounds of the flute of the artist who has rightly been described as the "modern day lord Krishna."
SPIC MACAY has organised a special concert circuit by Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia to give the festive season a special touch of classical melody. Chaurasia will be accompanied by his student Debopriya (one of the most well-known female flute players of the country ) and Ustaad Rashid Mustafa on the tabla . He will perform at lBSNAA Mussoorie on March 27 followed by concerts at Welham Girls School and NIVH in Dehradun on March 28.
In this season last year ,the SPIC MACAY had organized concerts of renowned classical vocalist Sulochana Brahaspati from Rampur gharana. She was accompanied by Bharatbhushan Goswami on the sarangi and Jaishanker mishra on the table. She was also accompanied by two vocalists Sarita and Divya, the former a lecturer in Delhi University and the latter the head of the music department , Sanskriti School,Delhi.
Holi in Uttarakhand has always been linked with classical music as the region has the age-old tradition of celebrating this festival with "baithhaks" of classical music, specially in the Kumaon region .The baithhaks begin in winter itself and carry on till the playing of Holi with colours.
As a world-renowned virtuoso of the Bansuri, Pandit Chaurasia has delighted and enthralled audiences around the world with his unique mastery of the bamboo flute ,his versatility and his inimitable style.
No wonder he has been described as "playing celestial music to temporal audiences". Not only is he the undisputed best flute player of the Hindustani Classical Music but also one of the most popular and contemporary musicians in the world. It is the good fortune of the people of Doon and Mussoorie that they will get to hear this divine music during this beautiful spring season.