INDIAN MUSICAL CONCERT AT HOME SCIENCE COLLEGE
Vinay Kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
To
enjoy the beauty, entertaining qualities and feel the spiritual propensity of
Music as a pure performing art, Government Home Science College organized
‘Indian Musical Concert’ to sensitize the audience about the array of melodic
structures with musical motifs. Shri B.L. Sharma, IAS, Education Secretary,
Chandigarh Administration was the Chief Guest for the day. Principal of the
college, Prof. Sudha Katyal, florally welcomed the honorable Chief Guest and
the performing artist Sh. Subhash Ghosh followed by lighting of the lamp. Sh.
Subhash Ghosh, Composer maestro and the senior disciple of Great Sarod Maestro
Padmavibhusan “Ustad Amjad Ali Khan” was the main performing artist for the
event. Specialised in the development of ragas in Gayakiang and “Dhuns” based
on various ragas, his Dhuns striked a chord in everyone’s heart because of
their purity and simplicity. To commemorate 150th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi, he began with the composition of ‘Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye’.
The enthusiastic and versatile artist played a unique combination of Veena,
Sarod and Guitar, made from a single piece of wood and based on acoustic sound
called “SARASVANI” that signified the melody of ‘white lotus’ and is redolent
of his lifetime memorable experience; a divine moment of pure harmony and
covered all the areas of imagination of Indian Classical music. While playing
ragas everyone was wonderstruck by the swiftness of his hands and the rhythm of
music cascading up and down. Sh. Mehmood Khan, Tabla player, was the
accompanying artist for the concert. Chief Guest of the event, Sh. B.L. Sharma,
expressed his kind gratitude to the Principal and her team as well as the
students for organizing such mesmerizing performance in the college. He further
added that such enthralling performance transported all the audience in another
world. He advised students to possess, practice and diligence as the most
important virtues to achieve excellence in all domains of life. Prof. Sudha
Katyal, Principal, expressed her gratitude to the Chief Guest, Sh. B.L. Sharma,
for his auspicious presence and the legendary performing artist, Sh. Subhash
Ghosh, for his charismatic performance in the extravaganza of music, culture
and talent.
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