298th Monthly baithak organized by Pracheen Kala Kendra

 Sunday 11th August 2024 at 4:41 PM

Tabla beats and soulful vocal recital captivated city audience 

Chandigarh: 11th August 2024: (Karthika Kalyani Singh//The Music Screen)::

The music lovers of city beautiful were treated to a amazing Musical delight by noted Tabla player from Jaipur Sh. Gautam Pal and promising vocalist from Shilma Sh. Gunjan Channa   on the occasion of the 293rd  Monthly Baithak Programme organized by Pracheen Kala Kendra here today at  M.L. Koser  Indoor Auditorium at 6:30 pm onwards. Both the artists kept the audience enthralled by the sheer and clean beauty of their   musical skills.

In the domain of Indian Classical Music Gautam Pal has established himself as one of the most talented Tabla Artist of his generation, representing the glorious tradition of Farukhabad Gharana. Gautam has started learning Tabla at very early age under the guidance of Sh.Shib Shankar Karmakar, who is a disciple of Ustad Keramatullah Khan.Later he became Gandh Bandh Sagrid of renowed Tabla Maestro Pt.Shankar Ghosh. For the last five years he also taken regular talim from Sh.Sushil Jain (Chandigarh) who is a senior Disciple of Ustad Kader Bakhsh of Punjab Gharana and a torch bearer of Punjab Gharana. He has received numerous Awards and Honour in his field of Art. He has also hold the “B” high grade approved Artist of All India Radio.

Today’s another artist Sh. Gunjan Channa is a young , talented and promising artist based in Shimla. He took initial training of music from his parents. He did his  master's from Khalsa College, Patiala.  He received further training to learn intricacies of music from Dr. Jagmohan Sharma. He recently got A-grade artist  level in classical  music (Vocal) from All India Radio. He is won many youth festivals in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab as well . He is an emerging artist in the world of music.

Gautam Pal commenced his programme with traditional Uthan followed Peshkar  based on  teen taal  of farukhabad  Gharana . Then he moved on to present Kayda, Rela, Palta  etc.  before technical part consist of  gats amidst applause. After this, he performed Farmaishi and Kamali Chakradar, Tukde, Rele and Tihaari in a well-composed manner. . He concluded his recital with crisp traditional bandishes  of his Gharana.  He is ably accompanied by   Punjab  based  noted harmonium exponent Gurpreet Singh Moga   on harmonium who himself is a versatile artist.

After the beats of Tabla , Gunjan Channa took the centre stage to perform vocal recital. He  started the program with Raag Bihag. After Alaap, he presented a composition "Kaise Sukh Soye" in Vilambit Khayal followed by two crisp compositions Balam Re and Baje Re Mori Payal in Madhya Laya Teen Taal which were well received by the audience. Drut composition with bols  Bani Bani Thani Thani also won the hearts of the listeners . At the end of the program, Gunjan added colour to the program by presenting Himachali folk song Maaye Nii Meriye. He was accompanied by Mr. Rajesh Brahmbhatt on tabla and Mr. Madan Kashyap on harmonium.

Dr. Shobha Koser , SNA Awardee, Registrar , Secretary Sh. Sajal Koser , Tabla Guru  Pt. Sushil Jain and Dr. Jagmohan Sharma honored the artists with bouquet,  a scroll of PKK and a Memento.