Gwalior Plus

It was a rainy day and I was in Gwalior to attend the Tansen Sangeet Samaroh where my husband was performing. The weather was gloomy and the clouds were not ready to relent. It was difficult to perform at the decided venue as it was an open area. The very holy premises of Mian Tansen’s tomb was awash with rain and thus the programme was shifted to another venue. The live telecast was also not possible as the programme could not start at the scheduled time. A recording was thus made to be telecast later. All in all, the entire mood of attending the function at the holy premises of Tansen’s tomb was spoilt. The rain gods had decided otherwise. The programme was good though, and people loved the vocal recital and the intelligent Tabla accompaniment by my talented husband. The next day, it was sunny and we had to leave by the afternoon. We decided to make hay while the sun was favouring us. The much renowned Sarod Ghar situated in Jiwaji ganj was calling us. We had heard so m...

He was all of 6 years old when Amjad Ali Khan gave his first recital of   Sarod . It was the beginning of yet another glorious chapter in the history of Indian classical music. Taught by his father  Haafiz Ali Khan  Amjad Ali Khan was born to the illustrious Bangash lineage rooted in the Senia Bangash School of music. Today he shoulders the sixth generation of inheritance in this legendary lineage. After his debut, the career graph of this musical legend took the speed of light, and on its way the Indian classical music scene was witness to regular and scintillating bursts of Raga supernovas. Thus, the world saw the Sarod being given a new and yet timeless interpretation by Amjad Ali Khan. Khan is one of the few maestros who consider his audience to be the soul of his motivation. As he once said,  "There is no essential difference between classical and popular music. Music is music. I want to communicate with the listener who finds Indian classical music re...