To include ‘Rutusamhar’ – an opera featuring music, poetry, and dance inspired by the verses of Mahakavi Kalidasa
PUNE: To preserve and promote the ethos of Indian Classical music, the ‘NaadMudra Mahotsav’ organized by Alpha Events is being held from Friday 8th March to Sunday 10th March from 6 pm to 10 pm. The three-day Mahotsav will be held at Keshav Baug, DP Road, Karve Nagar. Entry for the festival will be free and open to all on a first come first served basis.
The three-day festival will begin on Friday, 8th March with a melodious vocal performance by Dhananjay Hegde, a disciple of Pt. Vinayak Torvi and Pt. Venkatesh Kumar. His performance will be followed by ‘Rutusamhar’, an opera featuring music, poetry, and dance inspired by the verses of Mahakavi Kalidasa. This special program will see the performances of vocalist Aparna Panshikar, a disciple of Pt. Bhaskarbua Joshi and Vidushi Meera Panshikar, Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar, the disciple of Gaanasaraswati Padma Vibhushan Kishori Amonkar, and Kathak Dance exponent Sharvari Jamenis, disciple of Pandita Rohini Bhate.
Aparna Panshikar has conceptualized the program of ‘Rutusamhar’ and has composed a unique presentation based on a collection of Mahakavi Kalidasa’s verses describing the various seasons of the year in the form of traditional Bandishes. These vocal compositions will be presented by Aparna Panshikar and Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar, while Sharvari Jamenis will express the poems through her dance.
Day two of the festival will begin with a soulful Sitar recital by Mehtab Ali Niazi, son and disciple of Sitar Maestro Ustad Mohsin Ali Khan of the Bhendibazaar Gharana, while the day will conclude with the blissful vocals of Vidushi Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande.
Aparna Panshikar’s vocal renditions will see the opening of day three of the festival, while the festival will conclude with the heartwarming performance of Padma Shri Pt. Venkatesh Kumar.
