Music concerts of brilliance on day 7 of SaMaPa Aalap

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 7: On 7th day of the annual SaMaPa Aalap Festival 201, the concert at the Lawrence Public School, Sidhra, featured spellbinding vocal recital by Pt, Bhola Nath Mishra.
He commenced his recital with Raga Ahir bhairav presenting Aalap, Bandishes in Madhyalaya and Drutlaya Teentaal. He also presented 3 Bhajans ‘Vaishno Janto’, Raghupati RaghavRaja Ram’ and ‘Payo Je Maine’. He was accompanied by Pt. Sarit Das on Tabla, Abid Hussain on Sarangi and Damodar Lal Ghose on Harmonium.
Abdul Majid Wani, Minister for R&B & Mechanical Engineering was the chief guest on the occasion. The function was also graced by Padmashri S. P. Varma, Abdul Majeed Bichoo, Kulwant Kour from France, Ab. Majeed Malik, Prof. Kali Dass, Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra, eminent musicologist, writer and senior music critic of the country.
Mr Wani in his address said that the Gandhian thought is something which every student needs to realize and absorb.
Earlier, Abhay Rustum Sopori, the renowned Santoor Maestro & Music Composer asked the young students to adopt music in their daily curriculum. He said music is same to soul what food is to the body. He also stressed on the need of making music compulsory even in high degree courses and all professional and vocational courses.
On this occasion, S. P. Varma of the Gandhi Global Family, announced that the foundation is making Abhay Rustum Sopori its Global Ambassador.
On February 8, SaMaPa Aalap Festival 2013 will feature Violin recital by Santosh Nahar & Vocal recital by Ustad Iqbal Khan at the Gandhi College, Bantalab at 1:00 pm and Santoor recital by Abhay Rustum Sopori at the Police HQ’s Auditorium at 6:00 pm.