SPIC MACAY conducted a violin performance by the legendary violinist Padma Bhushan N Rajam in the premises of Mount Fort Academy on Friday. She was accompanied by Pt Vinod Lele on Tabla and Prashant Mishra on violin.
Earlier during the circuit, she also performed at Rashtriya Anusandhan Vidhyalaya, Instruments Research and Development Establishment, Doon Business School, Selaqui, Lal Bahadur Shashtri National Academy of Administration Mussoorie and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing.
The students attended the violin performance programmes in a large number.
Visibly overwhelmed, one of the students, Meenakshi said, “The performance has simply cast a spell on me. It is the first ever violin performance that I am presenting in my life. It is really enchanting. I will attend more whenever such programmes are held in the city,” she said.
The world-renowned violin player N Rajam is the recipient of countless awards, including Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Academy Award and Academy Ratna.
Rajam learned music from her father and practised raga under the guidance of Musiri Subramania Iyer and Pandit Omkarnath Thakur.
She was titled as the “Singing Violin” by the music lovers worldwide.
Apart from a musical career Rajam also served as Dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts at BHU.