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REMEMBERING USTAD A tribute to the Late Ustad Allah Rakha Khan.
A tribute to Ustaad Allah Rakha
The seventh barsi of tabla legend Late Ustad Allah Rakha Khan was organised recently at Shanmukananda Hall, Mumbai. Ustad was responsible for elevating the tabla from its secondary position as an accompanying instrument to that of a virtuoso, a solo instrument of vast complexity.
As a tribute to the master musician, guitarist Mclaughlin , Hindustani vocalist Ajoy Chakraborthy, Khartal player Khate Khan , Drummer Eric Harland, Tabla player Zakhir Hussain , Taufiq and Fazal Qureshi performed. The south was represented by master percussionist mridangam maestro Karaikkudi Mani and his ensemble, Sruthilaya. Mani is also equally responsible from south to elevate the status of Mridangam from accompanying instrument to that of a main instrument. His ensemble presentation was a stunning blend of melodic complexities of rhythm in Carnatic music witnessed by a packed audience with stalwart musicians and percussionists assembled from around the world including Ustad Zakir Hussain,Trilok Gurtu and Sivamani.It was a whole day event with the morning session featuring tabla pranams. The afternoon session featured the Tala Tapasya and the evening found a jam session with Zakhir, Sivamani, Vinc Decaldo and other percussionists.
Surbahar and pakhawaj recital
Music Club, IIITH (International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad ) in coordination with SPIC MACAY conducted a musical evening on February 9 featuring a concert on two very rare instruments, the surbahar - an ancient Hindustani stringed instrument and the pakhawaj - again an ancient Hindustani percussion instrument. You can find very few artistes performing at concert level with the surbahar and pakhawaj. Pushpraj Koshti and Malik Mundeji gave an enthralling performance on surbahar and pakhawaj respectively. Born in Mumbai, Pushpraj Koshti is a renowned sitar and surbahar player of the country and a disciple of Ustad Zia Mohiuddin DagarUnder his guidance, Pushpraj Koshti mastered the technique of sitar and surbahar playing. His rendering of alap and jod are meditative and he is unmatched in his serene style of playing. He has toured extensively through out the country and abroad participating in various music conferences.Manik Munde is one of India's leading pakhawaj masters. Born in Maharashtra, he studied with Bhakta Ganesh Anna Chaudhari, Pandit Mahant Amarnath Mishra, and Govind Deshmukh. He has accompanied all of the major artists, both instrumental and vocal, in the ancient tradition of Dhrupad, both in India and on numerous European tours. Pushpraj started off with raag Madhuvanthi aalaap, then a slow composition in chautal. He then played a faster composition in sool taal in the same raag. He then played Sindhura raag in teevra taal. He concluded the recital with Bhupali raag in sool taal.
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