Many youngsters feel fusing genres is an easy way to reach out to listeners. Do it, if you wish to, as a creative exercise. We don’t need to forcibly enter into collaborations to heighten the impact. Pattamal are proof of the fact that our music can stand on its own. A divine voice that left a lasting impression on me like it did on several others,” he says.Īnd then quickly adds that it’s the result of purity in art. “I have met her when I was working at All India Radio, Cuttack. He is also delighted that the performance coincided with the centenary birth anniversary celebration of M.S. The best part is you have not lost touch with yourĭharohar despite the demands of the time.” Where can I get such an audience, who identify the raga even before you launch into a full-fledged alaap. It’s after a gap of ten years,” he says, opening a box of scented betel nuts. “You don’t know how happy I am to be playing a solo concert in this city. Back in the green room, he is ready to talk about “the difficulty he faced in reaching the upper octave of his musical career” it’s not easy” he reminds you, amidst constant requests for photographs and blessings. And when he finally emerges on the stage, he lets the audience experience the intensity of the bansuri’s tone and the haunting melody of his raga-play.Īt the end of almost 120 minutes of non-stop blowing, he draws a magnificent visual of snow-clad mountains with his characteristic Pahadi. He quickly closets himself in the small green room for a pre-recital discussion with his accompanists. Clad in elegant silk dhoti-kurta and angavastra, he greets his admirers with a broad smile as he enters the venue (Sivagami Pethachi), showing no trace of a frenetic performance schedule. The old and new finds the most evocative juxtaposition in his modest bamboo reed.īut all these hardly cross your mind when you see the 78-year-old Hariprasad Chaurasia alight from the car and walk casually in the heavy drizzle before the Barkha Ritu concert recently. His bansuri has echoed through ritzy auditoria, prominent global festivals, small Indian towns and recording studios. He is not a typical maestro - reticent, with an impregnable aura and hard to please.
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