Rendition of compositions in rare Raag Gowri and Raag Khokhar by vocalist Mithun Chakravarty, and performance by Ustad Bahauddin Dagar on the rare instrument Rudra Veena, left audience spellbound at the BEM High School auditorium in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Mr. Chakravarthy, a disciple of Pandit Rajshekar Mansur, first presented the composition ‘Rajana Aye’ set to the rare Raag Gowri. Then …
For over six decades, the five-night-long Dover Lane Music Conference of Kolkata attracts people from all walks of life and the world over! Dhrupad exponent Nirmalya Dey’s name was one such pleasant surprise who featured in a jugalbandi with rudraveena exponent Bahauddin Dagar, ably supported by Sanjay Agle on the pakhawaj. Ustad Allahbande Khan and Ustad Zakiruddin Khan, Ustad Nasir …
Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, son of the legendary Rudra Veena maestro Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, will be conducting a course on the concept of Dhrupad in Indian Classical Music at Goa University from October 6 to 19. Dagar Vani style Belonging to the 20th generation of the Dagar family, Ustad Dagar has been responsible for keeping the Dagar Vani style of …
