Mangalore, December 6: Music literally had no bounds when Grammy-winning Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performed on his mohan veena (slide guitar) at Sharada Vidayalaya on Monday.
The Mangalore Chapter of Spic Macay (Society for promotion of Indian Classical Music and culture amongst Youth) hosted the concert as a curtain raiser to their 27th National Convention at NITK, Suratkal to be held in May.
Mr Bhatt was accompanied on the Tabla by Pt Prithviraj from Delhi.
The evening began with small inaugural lamp lighting by Leela Upadhyaya, Principal of Sharada PU College. AIR artist, sitar player Rafiq Khan and members from the NITK SPIC MACAY Chapter were present on the occasion.
Pandith Vishwa Mohan Bhat is the foremost disciple of Santoor Maestro Pt Ravi Shankar and his instrument the Mohan Veena was invented by him. It has its roots dating back to the Moghul emperor's times. The evening began with a prelude and the first raag he played was the Raag Shyam Kalyan.
The instrument has its connections with the Tantrakari Aankh and the Gaayaki Aankh. Before the concert Vishwa Mohan Bhat introduced his music by saying “For the last 33 years SpicMacay is promoting classical music. Youth is now exposed to many varities of music like never before. This is good for meditation. It is food for your soul and elevates the soul”
For over an hour and half , the pandith played fantastic music and also made the audience understand the rhythmic patterns or the 'Taal' by interactive clapping. On request by one of the students he played the grammy winning number titled 'Meeting of the rivers' and the kept the audience spell bound with the flow of music from his innovative instrument.
The core purpose of SPIC MACAY is to have every child experience the inspiration and mysticism embodied in Indian and world heritage. This is achieved by holding concerts, discussions and lectures, demonstrations by the maestros of their field and through annual state conferences.
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