Second day of Apeejay Svran International Design and Performing Arts Week

Jalandhar, March 15, 2015: On the second day of Apeejay Svran International Design and Performing Arts Week on Saturday, trio of Indian Classical Music mesmerised the audience. The renowned Sitar player Dr Sahitya Nahar, Head, Department of Music and Performing Arts, Allahabad University, eminent Tabla player Dr Raj Kumar Nahar, Programme Executive Doordarshan , New Delhi and A grade Violin player Dr. Santosh Nahar enlightened the audience about details of Indian classical Music while giving their special performances on the occasion.

Principal Dr. Sucharita along with Dr. Arun Mishra, Dr. Amita Mishra and Dr. Anita Oberoi extended a floral welcome to the esteemed guests. In this event Dr. Sahitya Nahar, Dr. Raj Kumar Nahar and Dr. Santosh Nahar (all three of them belong to Banaras Gharana) played on their instruments and shared the microcosms, genres and ragas of classical music with students and foreign delegates. Dr. Santosh Nahar, who has Sur-Ratna, Vadya-Ratna, Samaj-Ratan, Kala Sri and Sangeet Bhushan awards to his credit, expressed his views that music is an eternal bliss and to attain spirituality, we need to connect ourselves to roots of music.

Marianne Svašek, Prof. Indian Classical Music, University of the Arts, Rotterdam intoxicated the audience while singing and playing Drupad Alaap on the strings of Sitar. It was a heavenly moment for any Indian to see a foreigner playing on Indian instruments. Marianne threw light on the aspects of music by saying that tuning of all the instruments is the best part and also the most difficult one. It was a challenge for her to perform in front of perfectionists like Nahar Brothers. Principal, Dr. Sucharita expressed her gratitude to the Resource Persons and Foreign Delegates for their magnificent performances and she said college will continue to give such exposures to its students in coming times.