The music festival found some rare young talents who managed to capture the audience’s attention with ease
Continue readingSaptak comes to an end but its music lingers on
In the concluding session on Thursday, Bhatt played a jugalbandi with Pt Hariharan providing a fitting finale to 13 days of memorable music
Continue readingDivine love flows from Pandit Ronu Majumdar’s flute
He is fondly called India’s modern-day ‘Kanhaiya’ for his masterly control over the bansuri (bamboo flute). Pandit Ranendranath (Ronu) Majumdar said he considered it an honour to be performing in tribute to the late Nandan Mehta at Saptak this year.
Continue readingSaptak on Day 12: Music retains its vitality, listeners long for more
Penultimate day of the festival gives listeners an unforgettable experience of the soothing notes of the flute and the santoor
Continue readingSitar maestro’s sombre raga pays tribute to Saptak’s founder
With two days to go before the curtain comes down on the 31st Saptak music festival, the mood turned solemn on Tuesday as most artists performed sad ragas expressing spiritual anguish. As it is, Saptak 2011 has taken place in the shadow cast by the irreparable loss of the festival’s founder, Nandan Mehta, who died […]
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