Sunaad in association with Alliance Francaise Bangalore presents Ek Jhalak, a vocal concert of Khayal in the Agra tradition by young artiste Nishant Panicker
| When: Wednesday Jan 25, 2017, 6:00 PM Add to Calendar |
| Where: Alliance Francaise, Bangalore, Vasant Nagar (Click for Map) |
| Contact: (080) 40808181, 4123 1345 (Entry Free) |
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Hindustani vocal concert by Nishant Panicker
Nishant Panicker was initiated into Hindustani classical music at the age of six. After initial training under Shri Ananth Hegde, he received vocal lessons and early inspiration from the renowed sarod maestro Pt. Rajeev Taranath. While Taranathji seemed tough and demanding to the seven year old, by the time Nishant was nine, he was imbibing the art of raga elaboration and taan creation. When Taranathji moved to Mysore, he entrusted Nishant to Vidushi Lalit J Rao, doyenne of the Agra-Atrauli Gharana. With Lalitji’s caring, encouragement and astute guidance over the past nine years, Nishant has blossomed into a delightful performer with confidence and skill raga vistar, layakari and bol banaav, inline with the Agra tradition.
At 18, Nishant is among the youngest in the country to have received the prestigious NCPA (National Center for Performing Arts) scholarship for Hindustani Vocal Music awarded to outstanding young vocal musicians. He was also one of the youngest vocal finalists in the All India competition Naad Bhed conducted by SPIC MACAY and Door Darshan.
Isha Rumi – Beyond Form is a presentation of two ancient texts. The Ishavasya Upanishad and the Masnavi by the Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi. It highlights the resonance between the two texts through music, drama and dance. Eightheen Sanskrit slokas and ten Persian verses are sung by the members of Sunaad. Three actors make the texts accessible to an English speaking audience.
Contact 95910 03005 for event details.
Isha Rumi – Beyond Form is a presentation of two ancient texts. The Ishavasya Upanishad and the Masnavi by the Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi. It highlights the resonance between the two texts through music, drama and dance. Eightheen Sanskrit slokas and ten Persian verses are sung by the members of Sunaad. Three actors make the texts accessible to an English speaking audience.
As part of the Walk of Hope, Isha Rumi – Beyond Form is back on Saturday the 4th April 2015, 6 PM to 7:30 PM at the Good Shepherd Auditorium, Museum Road, Bangalore.
Isha Rumi – Beyond Form is back as part of the Walk of Hope.
The DVD release of the Sunaad production ‘Isha Rumi – Beyond Form’ is scheduled for April 4th, 2015. More details will be available soon! Until then, here is a promo of the theatrical. Enjoy!
During the weekend of July 19th, Sunaad had two performances of the Isha Rumi production at the School of Ancient Wisdom and Peepal Grove school in Sadum.
Some reactions from the audience.
” Rumi’s stories and insights of life brought down tears rolling down on my cheeks (especially the harper’s story). Each one of us are caught in something or the other like the harper with his harp.
I pray for others and myself that let us all be freed from such entanglements to meet or merge with the sacred.The chants were so beautifully synched and sung that the sounds created vibrations and ripples in my body. The sounds of the musical instruments used for the Persian verses and the sound of the Pakhawaj transported me into the mystical realms of my mind.”
Here are some pictures from these performances.
Isha Rumi – Beyond Form
Sunaad is releasing its newest production; Isha Rumi – Beyond Form.
The debut performance will be at The Jagriti Theatre on November 2nd and 3rd. To buy tickets, click here.
Are you not free on 2nd and 3rd? No problem! We have shows on November 7th and 8th as well, in Alliance Francaise, Bangalore.
Timings:-
02 Nov, Saturday – 08.00 pm
03 Nov, Sunday – 03.00 pm
07 Nov, Thursday – 07.30 pm
08 Nov, Friday – 07.30 pm
Till then, “Let go and rejoice!”
