Pt.Kumar Gandharva centenary celebrations to kick off with two-day concert
Pt.Kumar Gandharva centenary celebrations to kick off with two-day concert
To pay tribute to Hindustani classical music stalwart Pandit Kumar Gandharva’s birth anniversary on 8 April, a two-day centenary celebrations will be launched with a two-day music concert at the National Centre for the Performing Arts
According to his Dewas-based daughter and accomplished vocalist Kalapini Komkali his family has planned a number of activities through the year in multiple cities.
Notably, Kalapini Komkali, daughter of Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Shashi Vyas, Director, Pancham Nishad along with Bhuvanesh Komkali, grandson of Pandit Kumar Gandharva, announced the celebrations at a press conference of “KALJAYEE”
at Mumbai Press Club, Azad Maidan on Tuesday, April 04, 2023.
Kumar Gandharva is the proud recepient of the Padma Vibhushan.
maestro’s grandson Bhuvanesh Komkali, sitar exponent Niladri Kumar and vocalist Ulhas Kashalkar. “On the morning of April 9, a lecture-demonstration on Kumarji’s music featuring vocalist Shruti Sadolikar, Pandit Satyasheel Deshpande and Shama Bhate will be held at the Experimental Theatre,” said Bhuvanesh. The lec-dem will be moderated by Shashi Vyas, son of vocalist C R Vyas and founder of Pancham Nishad, an event management company devoted to classical music.
The second day’s concert evening will feature performances by Kalapini Komkali, flute maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, and khayal exponent Pandit Venkatesh Kumar.
“When we decided to organise the centenary celebrations, we could have organised his first concert in his birthplace and lifelong residence, Dewas,” said Bhuvanesh Komkali. “But we chose Mumbai because Kumarji began his music education in this city and lived his early years here. He must have been 11 or 12 years old when his father took him to Prof B R Deodhar’s Indian School of Music to learn classical music at a time when he could only speak Kannada. Till 1948, Kumarji was in Mumbai, learning music, and even later, Mumbai is where he travelled frequently for his concerts.”
News input KV Raman
