Purbayan Chatterjee showcased the melodic potential of the sitar to its fullest, offering an aesthetic experience for connoisseurs of music. Purbayan left the audience awe-struck with the popular chota khayal bandish ‘Payaliya jhankar mori’ in Purya Dhanashree. In a rare gesture of a guru acknowledging his inspirational debt to his sishya, Purbayan rendered a captivating ‘dhun’ from the Benaras region …
The Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh celebrated its 99th edition from 20th to 25th April at the sprawling Sankat Mochan Mandir in Varanasi. Other stellar performances by Pt Ulhas Kashalkar, a tabla solo by Pt Kumar Bose, Hindustani vocals by Prasad Khaparde, disciple of Ud Rashid Khan, and a sarod duet by Shiraz Ali Khan and Deeptnil Bhattachary accompanied on tabla …
