Thumri, santoor performances mesmerise audience

Jalandhar, December 25

The second day of 146th Shri Baba Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan at Devi Talab Mandir started with Saraswati and Harivallabh Vandana by students of Lyallpur Khalsa College for Boys Jalandhar. Devotees of music were left heart stolen during the performance of ‘Thumri’ by vocalist Prakhran Jojan. He is winner of the music competition in 2019.

The audience were agog with performer Divyansh Srivastava, who too was enlisted as the winner of the 2019 music competition. He played with the strings of ‘Santoor’ mesmerising the whole environment of the Harivallabh Bhawan. Srivastava was accompanied by Dr Ankit Parikh, who tuned the beat of ‘Pakhawaj’ with ‘Santoor’ and Anand Mishra also showed the speed of his fingers on ‘Tabla’.

There was a performance by a group of three sisters in which Ashupreet Kaur and Anu Malhotra rendered their soulful voice and Poojapreet Kaur assisted them by showing her musical magic on harmonium keys. They were accompanied with Surjeet Singh on ‘Tabla’ and Rupali on ‘Tanpura’. Former Lt Governor of Pondicherry Iqbal Singh was honoured by members of the organisation. Vijay Sehgal, an industrialist and a music lover, was also honoured with the Shree Baba Harivallabh Sangeet Seva Samman-2021 for his service in the Mahasabha. — TNS