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Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroh
Dates27 to 30 November 2009
Location(s)Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India
Years active1972 – present
FoundersPandit Jasraj

Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroh is an annual Indian classical music festival held at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India. The festival is organised by noted classical singer Pandit Jasraj in memory of his father and brother, both classical musicians of repute. Some of the finest exponents of Indian Classical music perform at the festival on the invitation of Pandit Jasraj and he always performs on 30 November every year, his father's death anniversary and a tribute to Pandit Jasraj’s guru, his mentor and his elder brother, Pandit Maniram, who died in 1986, and Jasraj renamed the festival to include his brother's name.[1]

History

Pandit Jasraj at the 2007 festival

The festival was started in 1972 by Pandit Jasraj because of his bond with Hyderabad as he spent his childhood here and his father, Pandit Motiram's Samadhi is in the city. Maharaja Kishan Prasad Bahadur took his father to Chowmahalla Palace. [2] [3] His father died in 1934, five hours before his concert at Chowmahalla Palace, where he was to be announced as the Royal musician in the court of Osman Ali Khan. Motiram and Maniram were not only vocalists but composers of repute.[1] Amjad Ali Khan and Zakir Hussain were introduced to the city audience for the first time in 1972 during the same festival.

The festival was held at various venues like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, CIEFL, Nizam College, and since 2009 it is held at Chowmahalla Palace. The entry to the event is free. Renowned Hindustani vocalist Pandit Jasraj will enthral music lovers of twin cities on November 30 at the Chowmahalla Palace as part of the 41st Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha. The will be free. The music festival is organised from November 29 to December 1 at the same venue, with the last day having the ‘Idea Jalsa’ music concert, clubbed with the festival this time, said Durga Jasraj.[4]

2013 festival

The festival enters its 41st year, commencing on 29 November 2013 at Chowmahala Place Hyedrabad.

Day 1

29 November 2013

Day 2

30 November 2013

Day 3

1 December 2013 Omkar Dadarkar (vocal) and Wadali Wadali Brothers 7:30 pm onwards

The 2012 festival

40th 2012 The Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroha the annual Indian classical music festival enters its 40th year. The three-day festival commences on November 29, 2012 at the CCRT grounds (Centre for Culture Resources and Training), Hyderabad - India.

The legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj began this Festival in the memory of his father and brother, both Classical Vocalist greats. Some of the finest exponents of Indian Classical music perform at the festival on the invitation of Pandit Jasraj, and he himself always performs on the 30th of November every year, his father's death anniversary.

Thursday Nov 29, 2012

Vocal Recital by Srinivas Joshi (Son and Disciple of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi) Sarod Recital by Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Friday Nov 30, 2012

Jasrangi Jugalbandi by Ankita Joshi (Disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj) and Krishna Bongane (Disciple of Padma Shree Ustad Rashid Khan) Vocal Recital by Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj

Saturday Dec 1, 2012

Ghazal by Ranjit Rajwada (The Acclaimed singer from Idea Jalsa and Zee SaReGaMaPa) Bhajan Recital by Pandit Anup Jalota

The 2011 festival

The 2010 festival

The 38th annual festival was held at Chowmahalla Palace from 29 November to 1 December

Past events

2009

It was held between 27–30 November that included Pritam Bhattacharjee (Hindustani vocal), Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor), Tripti Mukherjee (Hindustani vocal), Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Hindustani vocal), Kalari Academy of Performing Arts (Kalaripayattu), Suman Ghosh (Hindustani vocal), Munnawar Masoom (qawwali), Shashank Subramanyam (flute), Yogesh Samsi (Tabla solo), Pandit Jasraj.

2008

It was held on 29 and 30 November. Performers include Sabir Khan (sarangi) and Vidushi Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic vocal), Niladri Kumar (sitar), Sanjeev Abhyankar (vocal), Rattan Mohan Sharma (vocal) and Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla solo), Hemang Mehta (vocal) and Dr. N.Rajam (violin), Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena).[5] Pandit Jasraj performed on the last day of the festival.[6]

2007

Pandit Jasraj, Shahid Parvez, Shashank, Vocalist Pritam Bhattacharjee, Vijay Ghate, Ajay Pohankar, Manjari Chaturvedi (Sufi Kathak) and Sanjeev Abhyankar. The festival was hosted by Durga Jasraj.

2006

Pandit Jasraj performed on the first day, 30 November.

2005

Niladri Kumar (sitar) and zitar, Taufiq Qureshi ( percussion), Pandit Dinesh (Congo), Anand Sharma (key boards and vocals, Agnelo Fernandes (key board) and Vijay Ghate (tabla),[7] bhajan singer Anup Jalota performed at the festival.

2004

Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vikku Vinayakram and Selva Ganesh, percussion wizards, Mandolin U. Shrinivas and Pandit Jasraj performed.[8]

2003

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod), Raja Kale (vocal), Padma Subramanyam (Bharatanatyam) and Dr. L. Subramaniam.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b A custom of culture The Hindu, 1 Dec 2004.
  2. ^ "'Hyderabad is my teerth sthaan'". hindu.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Music fest by Pandit Jasraj". hindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Wadali brothers perform on December 1 at Chwomhala palace". Indtoday. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112758490200.htm
  6. ^ "The Maestro enthralls". indiatimes.com/. The Times of India. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  7. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121602150300.htm
  8. ^ http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/01/stories/2004120100800300.htm
  9. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/11/27/stories/2003112700150200.htm
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