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Sublime Santoor by Abhay Sopori ,SaMaPa Aalap 2013


GNS JAMMU FEB,02 :The ongoing disturbance in Sidra area where the 2nd day of the SaMaPa Aalap Festival 2013 was to be held didn’t stop SaMaPa from organizing the concert. While the institute authorities and SaMaPa, keeping in mind the security of the children, deferred the concert by a few days, but Santoor Maestro & Music Composer and Secretary SaMaPa, Abhay Rustum Sopori decided to have a small Bhaitak concert instead and not give a gap in the festival mood.
The 2nd day of the festival featured Santoor recital by Abhay Sopori in a bhaitak concert at Namdhari Dharamshala. He was accompanied on Tabla by Pt. Mithilesh Jha from Delhi. The concert was attended by eminent musicologist and senior music critics of the country like Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra and Pandit Ravindra Misra, Musicians Ragini Rainu, Charan Singh, Ojesh Pratap Singh, Damodar Lal Ghose, Sachin Sharma, Abid Hussain and many other music connoisseurs.
Abhay selected Raga Nat Bhairav presenting detailed Aalap and Jod followed by various complex compositions in different Beat cycles like 10½ beats (Sade Dus), 9¼ beats (Sava Nao) and Rudra Taal of 11 beats. He also sand few compositions in Ektaal (12 beats) and Teentaal (16 beats) before completing with superfast Jhalla patterns. Abhay’s recital demonstrated his great command on the instrument and shades of his father and Guru, the great music legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori. Abhay concluded the recital with his age old Sufiana Gharana and Sopori lineage Sufi Tarana in Pushto Taal. The audience was simply moved by his concert. Abhay’s presentation marked high technical virtuosity demonstrating various stylistic nuances like Meend, Glides, Gamak, Taan, Laya and Chandh patterns, etc. created by Pt. Bhajan Sopori. He was accompanied on Tabla by Sh. Sarit Das who displayed keen sense of rhythm and clarity of bols. Pt. Mithilesh Jha, a well known Tabla player of the country, provided beautiful accompaniment. Pt. Mishra thanked the music connoisseurs for coming to attend the concert in such a short notice. He also thanked Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, Jammu & Kashmir Police and Department of Tourism, Jammu for its collaboration in the festival.
SaMaPa Aalap Festival 2013 on Sunday, the 3rd of February will feature Vocal recital by Sh. Ojesh Pratap Singh at Ved Mandir Balika Niketan, Amphalla at 10:00 am and Flute recital by Sh. Ajay Prasanna at SOS Home, Channi at 5:00 pm.

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