Oct 11, 2013

A musical delight: Vidushi Girija Devi & Meeta Pandit enthrall audience on the third day of the Delhi Classical Music Festival

Press Release

Delhi Classical music festival hosts some of India’s biggest music veterans

Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia; Manjari Asnare and sarod maestro Pt. Biswajit Roy Chowdhury to perform on the last two days of the festival presented by Delhi Government’s Department of Art, Culture & Languages and organized by Punjabi Academy

New Delhi, Oct 10, 2013:

A veteran Hindustani classical vocalist and a young exponent with a powerful lineage in the tradition of music. The third day of the Delhi Classical Music Festival witnessed a vibrant combination of the legendary and the promising in the performances of Vidushi Girija Devi & Meeta Pandit.

Vidushi Girija Devi, the veteran of the Banaras tradition who has spent five decades with Hindustani Classical Vocal music came together with Meeta Pandit, the daughter of legendary Pt L K Pandit and the sixth in the unbroken Pandit line of music exponents to enthrall the audience at the festival.

Presented by Delhi Government’s Department of Art, Culture & Languages and the Punjabi Academy, the Delhi Classical Music Festival is witnessing performances by some of India’s most renowned names in music.

Some of India’s most revered classical music veterans including legendary vocalists, and the most celebrated maestros of the sitar, sarod, santoor, veena and the flute have descended over Delhi this week to mesmerize the classical music lovers of the capital with their mastery of the art.

On the fourth and penultimate day of the festival, well-known vocalist Manjari Asnare and sarod maestro Pt. Biswajit Roy Chowdhury will light up the evening at Kamani Auditorium.

The fifth and final day of the festival is sure to be a delight for the lovers of the classical music tradition as santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma and renowned flautist Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia will engage in a jugalbandi that is sure to throw the audience to their feet.

“As part of Delhi Celebrates we make sure that all forms of music and arts get their due space under the sun. India’s rich and soulful classical music traditions deserve a place much above any other. Indian classical music artists have taken Indian music to foreign shores where they have drawn unparalleled appreciation, at the same time they have a loyal audience back home. We believe we should promote Indian classical music more and more to be able to draw young blood into its fold,” says Shri Rawail Singh, Secretary, Punjabi Acacdemy.

Delhi Classical Music Festival is the only such festival in India where veteran artists in classical music rub shoulders with some young and talented exponents.

The festival will end on October 12. Are you making sure you book your evening for a session of classical music?

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