Indian Idol winner Prashant Tamang for his new album "Dhanyavad" .
Thursday, November 22, 2007
SaMaPa Vitasta Awards announced
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) has announced the name of the recipient of this year's prestigious 'SaMaPa Vitasta Award'. The award is being conferred upon the Tabla Maestro Padma Vibhushan Pt. Kishan Maharaj and the veteran music composer Sh. Khayyam. Pandit Kishan Maharaj is being awarded the 'SaMaPa Vitasta Award 2007' for his lifetime contribution in the field of Indian
Classical Instrumental Music (Tabla). Sh. Khayyam is being honoured with the 'SaMaPa Vitasta Award 2007' for his lifetime contribution in the field of Music Direction. The award announcement was made by the youngest Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee (Ust. Bismillah Khan Puraskar) - Santoor Maestro and
Music Composer Abhay Rustum Sopori. Sopori said that the names were unanimously selected by Pandit Bhajan Sopori and the award
selection committee. The award shall be presented on the occasion of 'SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan 2007' in Delhi at Kamani Auditorium on
the 1 st of December, 2007. The two day festival shall feature more than 75 performers. 'Vitasta', the ancient name of River Jehlum, symbolizes the cultural ethos of J&K State and 'SaMaPa Vitasta Award' has been
instituted to honour the legendary musicians and musicologists of India who contribute significantly in propagating and preserving
the cultural heritage of our country. The honour carries cash award of Rs. 50,000 each and is the first ever National Level honour
pertaining to Kashmir given specially to the musical luminaries, every year, for their unparallel contribution. In the past two years the award has been conferred upon Smt. Girija Devi (vocal), Smt. Hema Malini (dance), Pt. Ramashrey Jha (vocal
& musicology) and Smt. Shameem Azad (Kashmiri folk & light music). SaMaPa, under the aegis of its Chairman and President - the Santoor Legend and Composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori, has raised the level
of music in J&K bringing it in the world music scenario. Pandit Sopori, hailed as the 'Pride of the State and Nation', has through
his music highlighted the concept of oneness and foster unity enshrining the idea of national integration, humanism and peace
amongst the common man and the youth in particular. SaMaPa is not merely an academy but a cultural movement aimed at propagating and popularizing Indian classical and traditional music
with a focus on Jammu and Kashmir State for which it has been recognized on a global level. SaMaPa serves as a cultural bridge
between the State of Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the country representing the heartbeat of J&K people and its culture. Labels: Music
Singer Kaptan Laadi is coming up with his new album 'Don of Bhangra'
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Recently singer Kaptan Laadi was in Delhi for the promotion of his new album Don of Bhangra. The Don of Bhangra Kaptan Laadi is arriving, belting out 'Main Tehnu Nachdi Vekhna' in collaboration with Apache Indian in an unforgettable house mix. It is a complete entertainment that will never forget- Energy, Chutzpah and Joi-de-Vivre oozing from a young man full of life and a voice that leaves an impact. This album is featuring Apache Indian and introduces another able
international artiste, the svelte Alicia from the United Kingdom.
These collaborations make the album all the more exciting and unique-a
must for all music lovers. Kaptan Laadi is steeped in the folk music of Punjab perhaps one of the
most beautiful forms of music that bespeak an appetite for life and
oneness with the soil. This music of Punjab has been interwoven with
international grooves and sounds from hip-hop to reggage, from blues
to pop, to create an eminently danceable style of music that is apt
for the stage. Kaptan Laadi's music can be as soulful as foot tapping. This album consist of 10 tracks such as 'Nachdi Vekhna' Music by
Sachin Gupta and Dhol by Kuldeep Raj , 'Naina Cho Sharab'Kaptan
Laadi Featuring Apache Indian, Music by Sachin Gupta, Kaptan Laadi
Featuring Alicia Banton 'Nach Na' Music by Vinay Vinayak, 'Dacaity' '
Pug-Remix' Music by Vinay Vinayak, 'Nachdi Vekhna (Hip Hop)' Music by
Gaurav Dayal, 'Katal Karawengi' Music by Ashok Sharma, 'Mahi' Music by
Jeetu G & Sung by Kaptan Ladi & Surinder Laadi, 'Hanji Hanji' Music by
Gaurav Dayal & Sung by Kaptan Ladi & Surinder Laadi & 'Nachdi Vekhna'
Sung by Kaptan Ladi & Surinder Laadi (House Mix)'Music by Two Tone
(UK) this album is one endless avalanche of energy. 'Main Tehnu Nachdi
Vekhna' tops the list of 10 tracks with a ragmufin remix featuring the
legend Apache Indian. Music Arranger of this album is Dipanjan &
Jaspal Moni, Back up vocal by Pinka, Montu & Bali & Video Director is
Kookie V. Gulati. Two Tone from UK have reproduced the Club Version of 'Nachdi Vekhna'
which is supported by slick edited video with whole load of animation
effects to set one's mood to hit the dance floor. Listeners will be charmed by the take off on the evergreen Hindi Film
number 'Milo Na Tumko Hum Ghabrye Milo To ankh Churaye Hume Kya Ho
Gaya Hai' . In 'Mahi Ve', Kaptan Laadi displays his musical skills-
it's a heart wrenching number with beautiful instrumentation. Labels: Music
Hema Serdesai is all set to rock the universe with her latest album "Jhoom"
Recently Hema Serdesai was in Delhi to promote her new album 'Jhoom' rock the universe . This youthful and stirring album, 'Jhoom' is a strong & unique album, the first of its kind, meant to truly 'Rock the Universe' by Tips Music. Hema dedicated her latest album to her Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji on his birth day. Hema Serdesai is loved for her hit songs like ' Mein Kudi Anjaani', 'Ishq Chandi Hai Ishq Sona Hai' , 'Janam Samjha Karo', ' Jungle Hai Adhi Raat Hai', 'Apun Bola'etc. by listeners. Hema rendered her voice in super hit albums 'Hindustani Gudiya', ' Piya Se Milke Aaye Nain' and 'Sajnaa'. Her most recent applauded song is 'Chori Chori' in Garam Masala. Hema says "Jhoom is the most fashionable groove to modern Spirituality. The whole album rocks with pure, intense and unexplored energy in a manner as never before". Album Jhoom consists of 10 songs based on genres such as Rock, Sufi, Folk, Qawwali, Waltz, Ballad, Lounge, Party and Ramp based on World Music. Song "Power of Life" is a Rock song especially composed for the International AOL Woman's conference '07. With powerful vocals, it sings praises of the reality of womanhood like never before. "Shiv Shambho" is again a Rock Song, "Maula Ali" is an intense Sufi, "Dum Dum" is a strong song based on modern Sufi Punjabi Folk Music, "Gopaala" is a soul stirring call to the heavens, "Durge Maa" is a loving plea with today's foot tapping rhythms, "River of Joy" is a waltz, "Mast Kalander" is the modern folk & "Jhoom" is today's Qawali style. Hema came up with the slogan 'Save the Girl Child' in this album. She has sung and also composed six songs in this album and written lyrics of all songs herself. Sunny Ali (Based in Hong Kong) has composed and written some of the songs in the album while Hyacinth D'Souza has designed the music arrangement. For the first time, this album brought religions Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism together. All the 10 songs certainly rock the soul as it is dedicated especially to Hema's beloved Guru 'Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji Art of Living Foundation', wherein even her personal fee for the album will go towards charity. 'Hai Re Hai Re' for film Khushi, ' Eli Re Eli' for Yaadein, ' Awaara Bhavaren' (Sapnay), 'Tere Sang Ek Simple Si Coffee' for Zameen, the ever popular 'Duma Dum Mast Kalander ' but the closing number is the Sufiana songs, 'Mera Yaar Milade', 'Dildar Milade' etc are hits of Hema to name a few.. Labels: Music
When children started singing with Abhay Sopori
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Young Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Abhay Sopori is a renowned name in the music industry and he's well known for his classical style of playing Santoor alike his father. Recently another look of Abhay Sopori came into scene when he made
school children singing on his tunes during a concert, organised as
the part of Spic Macay Virasat at Mayur Vihar based Janki Devi
Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya. It was a pleasant morning for all the students, teachers and others as
it was the first time such a programme was organised at school
premises. Abhay Sopori started the programme with Raag 'Nat Bhairav', in which
first he presented 'Alaap Jod' followed by Bandish 'Karam Karo Data'
in Teen Taal, 'Ab To Maan Lo' in Ek Taal and ended with Drut
Composition in Teen Taal. During the programme Sarit Das, Shraddha and
Vipul Rao accompanied him on Tabla, Tanpura and Sur Santoor
respectively. It was a great and worth watched moment when students begin singing on
the tunes of Abhay. At first they were afraid but it was the sheer
magic of Abhay's presence that turns them on. Once they started
singing together the musical morning was at its best. Before the programme Mrs. Veena Sharma (Principal of JDSKV) welcomed
the artists with bouquet and said till now we have listen and taught
that Maa Saraswati lives everywhere in School but today we all have
been blessed with her blessings in form of Abhay Ji. All the students and school staff were enthusiastic with Abhay's
presence, they all take his autograph and also clicked photographes
with him.
- flaMbe entertainment Labels: Music
Delhi witnessed glorious night of jazz featured by Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Delhi witnessed glorious night of jazz featured by Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale A concert by Sandeep Chowta featuring Colonna & Gambale in association with Rain was organised by Siddarth R. Narayan in capital recently. This bash of jazz by Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale mesmerised the distinguished audience at Hotel Le Meridien for more than an hour. It's been a decade since Sandeep Chowta stormed the Indian music scene. And ever since, he has continued to enthral us with some spectacularly distinct compositions. His music for movies like Satya, Jungle, Company, Dum, Mast, Musafir and Ashoka is a firm testament to this fact. How ever, few of us know Sandeep as one of the prominent exponents of jazz music in the country. His deep love for jazz has seen him collaborate with international big wigs like John Scofield, Virgil Donati, Dave Valentin and others. It is to his credit that the Indian Audience will witness the likes of Gambale and Colonna perform in the flesh. And as the accomplished music composer puts it...this is only the beginning. Maurizio Colonna, born in Turin, is unanimously considered one of the greatest classical guitar players of our time. He is unanimously considered as one of the greatest classical guitar players of our time. Its eclectic artistic life sees him as author of: historical-musical books and guitar-playing technique (F. Muzzio Ed.) which can be found in the libraries of the most important European and American Universities; of guitar compositions for guitar. Among the many awards given to the artist we would like to mention the Special Prize, conferred by the Italian National Agency for the Show Business, in occasion of the IX° Soundtrack Festival (Rome, 23 July 1991) and the International Show Business Prize - Fiuggi 1991 (Music section), conferred during the show Fiuggi Platea Europe. Frank Gambale, born and grown in Canberra (Australia), began playing guitar when he was just seven years old. He has been influenced in his style by Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall / Eric Clapton, and by Jerry Garcia's Grateful Dead. At the age of 13 he discovered Chick Corea and Steely Dan, and the Brecker Brothers which began his love for Jazz music. Gambale decided to leave his country to study guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT), Hollywood, USA. There, he graduated with the "Student of the Year" Award and is offered a teaching job which he accepted and kept for four years. During these years, Gambale played in Los Angeles Jazz circuit with his group and published his first book of guitar technique, "Speed Picking" (Hal Leonard Publishing). "This is our first performance in India; we were very much excited to come to here but never expected such a response for classical guitar, we are really very happy to see that our performance gave lot of merriment to the audience. We would like to come here again and again to perform and to experience this overwhelming response from Indians again and again" says this musical duo. And the budding guitar players were in queue to get their guitars autographed by the Gods of Guitars. "Today, in International Arena music emerged as universal and has no precincts. Artists are acclaiming internationally by the audiences & listeners. Indian Audiences have always shown their interest and cascaded appreciations for real talent. This is a just beginning there are more concerts in pipeline" says Sandeep Chowta, who is all set to make up an international band in December this year (name will be revealed soon). Ambassadors of Peru & Sweden, Diplomats of USA & Canada, Mohit Burman (Dabar), Models Ritu Singh, Esthgr Jamil, Rahul Mittra (Brandsmith), Rajbir Singh(Arjun International) ...were also present to experience the essence of music there, this musical evening concluded with a Champagne Supper. Labels: Music
Deepawali Aayi re Album Launch
Album "Deepawali Aayi re"is an exclusive and ever since theme based album. Beams brought an exclusive theme based album to add a musical flavor to Deepawali this year. Deepawali is one of the most important festivals of India. It is known as Diwali in North India, which means festival of lights. It is a joyful day on which people exchange sweets, greetings and gifts with each other. The home environment will be luminous by arranging the lights and burning the crackers on the day. Album "Deepawali Aai re" is a compilation of seven songs, sung by the flourishing singers who elected and filtered by the eminent personalities of music industry through Fame Gurukul, Indian Idol, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa etc. An exclusive gathering was arranged by Graphisads at Tivoli Garden recently to launch this unique album. This album has launched in the gracious presence of Hon'ble Assembly Speaker Choudhry Prem Singh and host of the launch party Mukesh Gupta. On this occasion Arpita Mukherjee, Meenal Jain, Kavita Soni, Vishal Kothari and Sandeep Batraa performed on their collective song 'Deepawali Aai Re' written by Kumaar & music to this song is composed by Santosh Nair. India is a country where we can see different cultures and traditions, and also different festivals. Deepawali has a special importance & almost every state celebrates this festival. Apart from Hindi Deepawali has been described in Punjabi, Tamil, Bengali, Gujrati, & English, languages in this song. Album starts with song 'Deepawali Aai re', all the five singers rendered their voice in this special song. This song is also pictured as a video which is already on air. Second song ' Honsla' in Vishal Kothari's voice, for which music is arranged and composed by Rahul Saxena & Harpreet. Listeners can hear Vishal in Sohail Khan's film 'Raakh' very shortly.Vishal Kothari is the finalist of Indian Idol 1. Album continues with songs ' Nayi Subha', which is in Meenal Jain's sweet voice. Lyrics to this song are written by Raj Sangha. Meenal Jain is the contestant of Indian Idol 2, has already bagged and opportunity by singing the title song of Ramgopal Verma's film 'Go'. Meenal rendered her beautiful voice in her debut album ' Mehram. Album continues with the song 'Happy Diwali', which is again a collective song by the five singers. Arpita Mukherjee the hot chic from Fame Gurukul rendered her voice to the fifth song ' Duhaee'which explains the importance of the blessings of our elders.' Arpita is a trained artist in various forms of music viz Classical, Light Classical, Folk, Ghazal & Thumri etc. She very much admires Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Geeta Dutt. Arpita also gave her first album 'Yeh Chand to her listeners. Sixth song 'Sunle Yaara' portrays the essence of friendship in Sandeep Batraa's voice. Sandeep Batraa has won many National level competitions both on screen and off screen including All India Radio's Best Ghazal Singers for 2004 and was adjudged the Best Singer in 2005 by A.R.Rahman and Khayyam Sahib during the early stages of his career. Last but not the least, the seventh song of this song is sung by singer Kavita Soni, the gifted artist is a complete package of versatility as a singer, Model, actress, dancer, painter she has so many attributes in her personality. Kavita has sung for many remixes for various music companies. She worked with ace music directors like Bappi Lehari and A.R. Rehman also. All these singers are very much excited about their collective album, and performed on their favorite numbers such as Shaam at the launch party. The audiences were enthralled & enjoyed songs such as "Shaam Hai Jaam Hai", "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Barabar", "Beedi Jalaile", "Gol Maal Gol Maal", etc in their young and energetic voice. This album has all the essence of Deepawali in it to add musical flavor to this festival. Labels: Music
Humse Ka Bhool Hui..says singer Anwar in his new album 'Tohfa'
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Recently famous singer Anwar [Anwar Hussein] was in Delhi for the promotion of his new album "TOHFA" which is a compilation of 8 songs among which two songs "Hum Se Ka Bhool Hui", "Teri Aankon Ki Chahat Mein" from film "Janta Hawaldar" and "Mohabbat Ab Tijarath Ban Gai Hai" from "Arpan" were very popular songs, these songs are remixed by Siddharth and music programming is done by Liyaqat Ajmeri plus six new songs with lyricists Katil Shifai, Music by Musafir, and Rendered by Anwar. This album is produced under the banner of J. M. Productions releasing on Ocean Records. He sang in many famous films like Nazar Se Phool Chunti Hai (Film:
Ahista Ahista in 1981), Mohabbat Ab Tijarat (Film: Arpan, starring
Jitendra), Rab Ne Banaya Mujhe Tere Liye (Film: Heer Ranjha in 1992,
starring Anil Kapoor), Zindagi Imtihan Leti hai (Film: Naseeb,
starring Amitabh Bhachan), Hathon Ki Chand Lakiron Ka (Film:
Vidhata, starring Dilip Kumar), Shair Bana Diya (Film: Yeh Ishq
Nahin Ahsaan, starring Rishi Kapoor) and many more. Anwar was classically trained by Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan (who had
also trained veteran singer Mahendra Kapoor). His father was an
acclaimed harmonium player and assisted famous music director Ghulam
Haider. It is been 15 yrs since he disappeared from industry, due to some ups
and down in his life. In 1977, comedian Mehmood and music director
Rajesh Roshan hired Anwar to sing for Film Janta Hawaldar, the songs '
Teri Aankhon Ki Chahat Mein', and 'Humse Ka Bhool Hui', picturised on
the then super star Rajesh Khanna were big hits. Hence Anwar started
getting work and recognition. Since last 15 years he was busy in
various shows all over world. Anwar has made videos for all the eight
songs in this album. In a career span stretching over thirty years, Anwar sang a variety of
songs including filmi songs, classical songs and contemporary
Ghazals, Dhajans, Qawwali, and Sufi songs. Labels: Music
Pandit Bhajan Sopori receives highest civilian award of Jammu & Kashmir...
The Santoor Legend and Music Composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori has been honoured with the highest civilian award of the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the Hon'ble Governor S.K. Sinha and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for his lifetime dedication and contribution to the Jammu and Kashmir State at a function organized at SKICC Auditorium, Srinagar by Govt. of J&K. Pandit Bhajan Sopori's has single handedly carried the culture and
music of the State of Jammu and Kashmir on his shoulders, in not just
taking it to international heights but even providing a respectable
status in the Valley, due to his diligent and untiring efforts in
nurturing the spirit across generations. The honour is in
recognition of his lifetime service. Pandit Bhajan Sopori is heralded as not just the 'pride of the State
of Jammu and Kashmir' and also the 'pride of the country'. The mystic
master has been the pioneer in establishing the Santoor on national
and international platforms and has come long way since he created
history by being the first person to play the Indian Classical music
on the Santoor way back in the early 1950s. In his five decades of
dedicated work he has explored various dimensions of the Santoor,
carrying out many path-breaking innovations for which he is hailed as
the 'Saint of Santoor' and the 'King of Strings'. He has formally
established the only authentic style of playing the classical Santoor
known as the 'Sopori Baaj'. A composer of almost 5000 songs in various languages, Pandit Bhajan
Sopori has used his Santoor and his compositions to highlight the
concept of oneness and foster unity enshrining the idea of national
integration, humanism and peace. His recitals and compositions bear
the distinctive stamp of his virtuosity and erudition. The quiet and unassuming maestro is the bearer of the rich musical
legacy of the fabled 'Sufiana Gharana' of Kashmir, the exclusive
Santoor family of the country. In fact what Sopori family has given to
the world of music is the instrument Santoor. For his contribution, he has received numerous awards and honours.
Some of the honours conferred on him include Padmashri, Sangeet Natak
Academy Award, Shiromani Award, Delhi Ratan Award, Delhi Telugu
Academy Award, Shardha Samman, Kala Yogi Award, Golden Jubilee
Celebrations Award (AIR-Srinagar) and other lifetime achievement
awards like Sangeet Vibhuti, Raag Sagar, Pt. Gama Maharaj Samman, etc.
He has also been honoured with the National Flag of the Arab Republic
of Egypt. Labels: Music
A Jugalbandi of Classical Music and Kathak left Delhiites spellbound...
Friday, October 26, 2007
Recently a musical evening 'Shringar' was organised by Facets at India Habitat Centre where the Jugalbandi of Classical Music and Kathak by Sunanda Sharma (Sr. Disciple of Girija Devi) and Saswati Sen (Sr. Disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj) created magical waves and left Delhiites spellbound. The evening started with stupendous solo performance by Saswati Sen, seeing her performance everyone was amazed with her skills and training that she has been receiving from Pt. Birju Maharaj. He was feeling very proud during the evening as his disciple was at her best. After Saswati Sen, it was left to Sunanda Sharma to continue the magic of classical music and she was also at her musical best. She started her performance with Raga Purvi, 'aayo bhanwro ras le gayo maai…' in bara khayal. She made her presence felt with another evening of brilliance. But it was not enough for Delhiites as they anxiously waited for the moment of Jugalbandi by two of the most prominent classical artists and soon the moment arrived as the history was re-written on the stage. It all belonged to Sur-Laya-Taal of Sunanda Sharma and the magical adaa and abhinaya of Saswati Sen, enjoyed by each and every single person present there. The Jugalbandi started with a thumri in raga Misra Khamaj, 'chhavi dikhla ja saawaria dhyan lago mohe tera…' followed by a Kajri, 'kahanwa mano o radha rani…' and the finale was a Holi, 'rang darungi nand ke lalan pe…'. On this occasion Pt. Birju Maharaj, Rajan Mishra, Ritesh Mishra, Alka Singh (founder Facets), renowned painter Sanjay Bhattacharya & singer Meeta Pandit were spotted enjoying one of the unforgettable evenings of Indian Classical Music and Dance. Alka Singh was pleased with the feedback of the audience. She said, 'Facets' is an organisation engaged in promotion of arts, crafts and music, In particular, the organisation seeks to locate talented artists, craftsmen and performers in different fields and to provide them with a creative ambience for them to display their skills, interact with discerning audiences, members of the media and public. Labels: Music
Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Delhi witnessed glorious night of jazz featured by Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale A concert by Sandeep Chowta featuring Colonna & Gambale in association with Rain was organised by Siddarth R. Narayan in capital recently. This bash of jazz by Maurizio Colonna & Frank Gambale mesmerised the distinguished audience at Hotel Le Meridien for more than an hour. It's been a decade since Sandeep Chowta stormed the Indian music scene. And ever since, he has continued to enthral us with some spectacularly distinct compositions. His music for movies like Satya, Jungle, Company, Dum, Mast, Musafir and Ashoka is a firm testament to this fact. How ever, few of us know Sandeep as one of the prominent exponents of jazz music in the country. His deep love for jazz has seen him collaborate with international big wigs like John Scofield, Virgil Donati, Dave Valentin and others. It is to his credit that the Indian Audience will witness the likes of Gambale and Colonna perform in the flesh. And as the accomplished music composer puts it...this is only the beginning. Maurizio Colonna, born in Turin, is unanimously considered one of the greatest classical guitar players of our time. He is unanimously considered as one of the greatest classical guitar players of our time. Its eclectic artistic life sees him as author of: historical-musical books and guitar-playing technique (F. Muzzio Ed.) which can be found in the libraries of the most important European and American Universities; of guitar compositions for guitar. Among the many awards given to the artist we would like to mention the Special Prize, conferred by the Italian National Agency for the Show Business, in occasion of the IX° Soundtrack Festival (Rome, 23 July 1991) and the International Show Business Prize - Fiuggi 1991 (Music section), conferred during the show Fiuggi Platea Europe. Frank Gambale, born and grown in Canberra (Australia), began playing guitar when he was just seven years old. He has been influenced in his style by Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall / Eric Clapton, and by Jerry Garcia's Grateful Dead. At the age of 13 he discovered Chick Corea and Steely Dan, and the Brecker Brothers which began his love for Jazz music. Gambale decided to leave his country to study guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT), Hollywood, USA. There, he graduated with the "Student of the Year" Award and is offered a teaching job which he accepted and kept for four years. During these years, Gambale played in Los Angeles Jazz circuit with his group and published his first book of guitar technique, "Speed Picking" (Hal Leonard Publishing). "This is our first performance in India; we were very much excited to come to here but never expected such a response for classical guitar, we are really very happy to see that our performance gave lot of merriment to the audience. We would like to come here again and again to perform and to experience this overwhelming response from Indians again and again" says this musical duo. And the budding guitar players were in queue to get their guitars autographed by the Gods of Guitars. "Today, in International Arena music emerged as universal and has no precincts. Artists are acclaiming internationally by the audiences & listeners. Indian Audiences have always shown their interest and cascaded appreciations for real talent. This is a just beginning there are more concerts in pipeline" says Sandeep Chowta, who is all set to make up an international band in December this year (name will be revealed soon). Ambassadors of Peru & Sweden, Diplomats of USA & Canada, Mohit Burman (Dabar), Models Ritu Singh, Esthgr Jamil, Rahul Mittra (Brandsmith), Rajbir Singh(Arjun International) ...were also present to experience the essence of music there, this musical evening concluded with a Champagne Supper. Labels: Music
Sangeet Vibhuti an evening with Music Legends Day-2
According to Ramayan there was a Pushpak Viman (Flowery Plane) and that was meant to carry Rama from Lanka to Ayodya along with his nears and dears, in that there will be always a room for another person, though it seems fully occupied, same as this flowery plan, every musician who works hard and who dedicate him self to produce quality music will always has a special place in the hearts of Music Lovers. Recently an evening was organized by Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Capital at India Habitat Centre, Stein Auditorium. This is the first ever festival featuring just the senior musicians. On this eve the main focus was to highlight the traditional Gharana system. Sa Ma Pa is not just a music academy but a cultural movement with a focus on the youth. The Motto of Sa Ma Pa is "Jan Jan Tak Sangeet"- Music to the masses. Sa Ma Pa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) presented this festival titled 'SaMaPa Sangeet Vibhuti' to feature some of the legends of Indian music. This evening experienced Musical aroma of different Gharanas with vocal and instrumental performances by the legends of Music world. The evening began with 'Saraswati Vandana'. Performances started with magical Rag Bhopali by Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar (Dhrupad) he accompanied by Sunil Kumar on Tanpura & Vijay Kumar and on Pakhawaj Dal Chand Sharma and continued with Ustad Faiyaz Khan's Tabla performance that enthralled the audiences with thumping beats of Tabla along with Asif Ali Khan (Sarangi), Emran Khan (Tabla). Later Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas (Vocal) filled the entire environment with the fragrance of melody, Prasoon Chatterjee added some more flavor to this performance with his Tabla. Other than performers other guests who present at the evening were, Mr. Narbi Moukhariq- Ambassador of Morocco, Mr. Severyn Kharchuk- councilor of Ukraine Embassy, Padamashri Pt.Bhajan Sopori, Aparna Sopori etc. The vision of Sa Ma Pa, under the aegis of its Chairman and President Padmashri Pandit Bhajan Sopori, the Legendary Santoor Maestro and Music Composer, is to be a world class centre of excellence in the teaching and propagation of Indian classical and traditional music and performing arts. The young Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Abhay Rustum Sopori, who also happens to be the youngest recipient of the 'Sangeet Natak Academy Award' (Us. Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, 2006), realizing the importance of the centuries old tradition, conceived this festival under the guidance of his father Pandit Bhajan Sopori. Labels: Music
Sangeet Vibhuti an evening with Music Legends Day-1
A Musical evening with the legends of music world….An evening At Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre,Lodi Road, New Delhi brought the music legends on single stage. This musical evening started with Saraswati Vandana. Anchor Sadhna Srivastav started the event by facilitating the entire guests. Performances started with Shanno Khurana's vocal along with her team mate Vinod Pathak on Tabla and Bharat Bhushan Goswami on Sarangi and continued with the Rudra Veena performance by Asad Ali Khan along with Veethika Tikoo on Tanpura and Pandit Dal Chand Sharma on Mridang. Audiences enjoyed the remarkable & melodious Performances. Other glittering stars from music world present at this event were Rajendra Prasad Prasana (Flute Maestro), Abhay Rustam Sopori (Musician and Composer), Gullam Mustafa Khan (Vocal), Fahmuddin Dagar (Vocal), Vijay Shankar Mishra (Tabla), Ustad Fayyaz Khan (Tabla) and Kamal Modi. In presence of Chief Guest Shri Jugal Kishore (Rural Development Minister of J&K). Speaking to media Shri Jugal Kishore said, terrorism activities has become very less as youth in Jammu & Kashmir are spending their time in Cultural & Classical activities. This event was organized with the objective to promote and support talented and unknown musicians of all age groups across the Nation. It was a cultural evening to revive old and dying music forms & styles in India by Sa Ma Pa (Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts). Labels: Music
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