Pune: SwaraZankar festival from tomorrow

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Pune, January 4, 2023: The four-day festival ‘SwaraZankar’, organized by Violin Academy, will be held from tomorrow January 5 till January 8 at Pandit Farms on D P Road, from 5 PM. The festival will begin with a performance by vocalist Dr Meeta Pandit, an exponent of Gwalior Gharana. It will be followed by performance of Santoor player Rahul Sharma, son and disciple of Santoor Maestro late Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Then national award winning vocalist Rahul Deshpande, will present his show ‘Youtube collectives’, a special program on light music.

The second day – January 6th will begin with a performance by internationally acclaimed vocalist Nabanita Chowdhary, a disciple of late Pandit Rajan and Pandit Sajan Mishra. The highlight of the evening would be a melodic rhythm presented by the trio of percussionist Selvaganesh, Padma Shri Tabla player Pandit Vijay Ghate and Kathak exponent Sheetal Kolwalkar. The day will conclude with a performance of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana’s versatile vocalist Vidushi Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande.

On January 7th, vocalist Sanjeev Abhyankar from Mewati Gharana, will mesmerize the audience. Then there will be performances by Pandit Atulkumar Upadhye and Sitar Maestro Padmashri Ustad Shahid Parvez and the evening will end with a stunning duet by Pandit Atulkumar Upadhye and Ustad Shahid Parvez. They are performing together after 10 years.

On January 8th, there will be Ghazals performance by famed singer Hariharan, which will be followed by performance by classical vocalist Padma Bhushan Ustad Rashid Khan and the two will present a duet, their first joint performance in Pune.