Bade Ghulam Ali Festival To Feature Classical Music And Dance Performances
The Sangitanjaly Foundation is organising the two-day festival, in association with the state department of language and culture: Reports
HYDERABAD: Classical music and dance performances by artists including Pandit Venkatesh Kumar and Ustad Johar Ali Khan will feature at the ninth Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan National Festival of Music and Dance on November 21 and 22 at Ravindra Bharathi. The festival will pay tribute to the legendary vocalist, who spent his final days in Hyderabad. The festival is also supporting children at Autism Ashram.
The Sangitanjaly Foundation is organising the two-day festival, in association with the state department of language and culture. Foundation chairman Abhijeeth Bhattacharjee and Grammy jury member Prodyut Mukherjee have conceived and curated the programme at the PSMP open air theatre.
Ahead of the festival, organisers will visit Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan’s mazhar at Dara Mir Momin, Hari Bowli, near Charminar, to offer prayers. "This festival is being organised in the legend’s memory and honour to show our reverence to this great soul, and our foundation is one of the established cultural organisations in India that promotes Indian art and dance forms, including folk, light music, fusion, and Sufi, while creating a vital platform for up-and-coming talents in this domain," said Bhattacharjee.
The opening day will feature vocalist Saniya Patankar, accompanied by tabla player Durjay Bhaumik, followed by sitar artiste Ramprapanna Bhattacharjee with Gautam Pal on tabla. Aradhana Karhade Shastri will present a vocal recital alongside Rahul Deshpande on harmonium and Vivek Kayal on tabla. Preeti Anand will perform on veena and flute, accompanied by Bhaumik and mridangam artiste M. Sridhar.
Sunday’s programme includes a solo Kathak performance by Dr Khusboo Panchal and a violin recital by Ustad Johar Ali Khan, accompanied by Ustad Asif Ali on tabla. Pandit Venkatesh Kumar will present a vocal performance alongside Keshav Joshi on tabla and Surender Bharathi on harmonium.
