Category: Music

Memories played a muse to Santoor maestro’s performance

In one-of-its kind performance on Day 8, Pt Shivkumar Sharma elevated the concert to the plains of nostalgia “Sweet memories of having played with Pt Ravi Shankar at various festivals are upon my mind,” said legendary musician Pt Shivkumar Sharma, a musician in a class of his own, who performed at Saptak on Day 8. […]

“Creating new raag is liberating experience,” Salil Bhatt

Bhatt performed Jogeshwari on Saptak Day 6. “Creating new raag is a liberating experience,” Salil Bhatt, Satvik Veena player and son of Grammy Award winner Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. The father and son duo are in city to perform and participate in the on-going 13-day international classical music festival Saptak. Jogeshwari is one of the […]

Pt. Ravi Shankar is God to me: Seshadri

He rendered Parmeshwari on Saptak Day 5 Kartik Seshadri, leading sitarist rooted in Maihar gharana, and close-most disciple of Pt Ravi Shankar who especially migrated to US in early 90s to spend time in Panditji’s vicinity said, “Panditji is God to me and hence I am offering raga Parmeshwari to him. This is one of […]

“Amdavad is the dream spot to perform” – Shahid Parvez

Shahid Parvez rendered Charukeshi on Day 4 of Saptak “Rendition of Charukeshi – raag of South-Indian tradition which Pt Ravi Shankerji popularised globally is my special offering to him for his unparallel contribution to the field of music,” said Ut Shahid Parvez, renowned sitar exponent belonging to Etawah Gharana who is in city to perform […]

Classical arts instill inner peace, says Pt Birju Maharaj

Iconic Kathak exponent who was in the city to be a part of Saptak Day 3 shares his views on music with Priya Adhyaru-Majithia William Shakespeare in the dramatic romance ‘The Winter’s Tale’ wrote: “When you do dance, I wish you… do nothing but that” while the protagonist Florizel, the son of the king of […]