Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 12: SaMaPa Aalap Festival (SAF) 2014 presented by Sopori Academy of Music and Performing Arts (SaMaPa) in collaboration with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Jammu & Kashmir Police and Department of Tourism, Jammu featured Santoor recital by the son of the soil, the eminent music maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori on the Day 3 of the Ninth Annual festival of classical, sufi and folk music.
The concert held at Army Public School, Ratnuchak was attended by more than 500 students and a number of art lovers including the chief guest, Jasbir Brar, Principal, Sonal Sharma, the staff of the institute, eminent musicologist and senior music critics of the country like Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra and Pandit Ravindra Misra, musicians Ragini Rainu, Zunain Halim Khan and many other music connoisseurs.
The programme began with Saraswati Vandana presented by the Army school choir featuring a number of students under the guidance of Anil Sumbria.
This was followed by the traditional lamp lighting ceremony by the artists and the eminent guests. Mrs Brar acknowledged the efforts of SaMaPa in conducting this special festival for the youth of the State and complimented Abhay Sopori for his spellbinding recital. She, along with the principal, presented mementos to the artists.
Abhay selected Raga Charukeshi, which is equally famous in the Hindustani as well as Carnatik style, presenting Aalap and Jod followed by compositions in Madhyalaya Teentaal, Drut Ektaal and Atidrut Teentaal.
He made the students sing with him different compositions and patterns including a traditional Sufi Tarana of Sopori family. Abhay presented a Bandish written by him “Kaise Nithur Sang Neh Lagayee”.
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