An evening of classical music
Friday,
March
24,
2006
New
Delhi(UNI):
The
city
experienced
a
mesmerising
musical
evening
when
flautist
Pt.
Hari
Prasad
Chaurasia
and
Santoor
maestro
Pt
Shiv
Kumar
Sharma
performed
at
the
launch
of
classical
ringtones
for
a
mobile
service
network
earlier
this
week.
The
performance
began
with
Pandit
Chaurasia
creating
a
hypnotic
effect
with
his
flute.
He
started
off
with
"Rag
Bhupali" and
followed
it
up
with
"Rag
Jog"
and
"Rag
Shiv
Ranjini".
Pandit
Sharma,
on
the
other
hand,
built
up
the
atmosphere
with
"Rag
Malikas",
bouquets
of
different
ragas.
He
presented
two
compositions
based
on
"Rag
Khambaj".
Talking
about
Indian
classical
music
abroad,
he
said
now
the
audience
there
understands
the
difference
between
tuning
and
actual
performance
and
could
sometimes
even
tell
the
names
of
the
ragas
that
were
played.
This
new
feature
of
classical
ringtones
from
Airtel
in
association
with
Music
Today
includes
compositions
by
Pt
Ravi
Shankar,
Ustad
Zakir
Hussain,
Pt
Hari
Prasad
Chaurasia,
Pt
Shiv
Kumar
Sharma,
Pandit
Jasraj,
Ustad
Amjad
Ali
Khan,
Pt
Bhimsen
Joshi,
Ustad
Bismillah
Khan,
Ustad
Sultan
Khan
and
Kumar
Gandharva.
Apart
from
these
classical
creations
this
facility
includes
other
genres
like
sufi,
spiritual
and
fusion,
performed
by
artistes
like
Abida
Parveen,
Hans
Raj
Hans,
Barkat
Sidhu,
Wadali
Brothers,
Rahul
Sharma,
Ganesh
Kumar,
Taufiq
Qureshi
and
U
Rajesh.
Mr Gurmeet Singh, Business Director-Music Today, said, "this is yet another attempt... making Indian Classical Music relevant to the present day through the fastest growing medium-ringtones." Mr Hemant Sachdev, Director-Marketing and Communications, Bharti Tele-Ventures, saidm " With Airtel Music Maestros, we are promoting this traditional and institutionalised genre in a big way.''
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