Spic Macay's "Fest 2008" kicks off with a Flute recital by Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia... Recently (on 21st January) FEST 2008 by SPIC MACAY, a series of classical music and dance at schools & colleges all over India was inaugurated with a Flute recital by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia & Hindustani Vocal by Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande. The inaugural programme was orgranised at Miranda house, North Campus, Delhi University. Celebrating the 60 th year of Miranda House, t he concert was dedicated to Dr. Aruna Sitesh, the late Principal of Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, Delhi.
The programme kicked off with Flute recital by Pt. Hariprasad Chuarasia, who in his natural style performed brilliantly and made the students, guests and others present there swing to the tunes of his flute. After the Flute recital, Smt. Ashwani Bhide Deshpande continued the musical extravaganza started by Pandit ji. The concert was preceded by a Nadaswaram recital by the troupe led by Shri Kandaswamy.
On this occasion Dr. Kiran Seth (Chairman, Spic Macay) said, this event is a humble effort to create awareness of our heritage amongst the youth. He said "Fest 2008" will continue till April 2008 where all the programmes in the series will be held in schools and colleges throughout the country, featuring performances by some of the eminent artists like; Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar, Pt. Birju Maharaj, T.N. Krishnan, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Uma Sharma, Shubha Mudgal, Priyadarshini Goving, Pt. Rajan-Sajan Misra and many others.
Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth ( SPIC MACAY) seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of this rich and heterogeneous cultural tapestry amongst the youth of this country through focus on the classical arts, with their attendant legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy and to facilitate an awareness of their deeper and subtler values.
