‘Vande Mataram’ reverberates in IIMB auditorium as ‘Desh Raag’ concert wins hearts and minds
14 AUGUST 2022: As part of the celebrations around 75 years of independence, IIMB hosted Desh Raag – a classical music concert by IIMB alumna and vocalist Manasi Prasad, who is the Director of the Indian Music Experience Museum, and her group, at the IIMB auditorium.
The concert featured eminent musicians in a Karnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi, including Prakash Sontakke (Hindustani slide guitar), Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin), Anoor Vinod Shyam (mridangam), and Adarsh Shenoy (tabla).
Desh Raag celebrated India’s rich and vibrant music traditions. Among the featured compositions were a rendition of Raag Mohan Kauns (a creation of Pt. Ravi Shankar in memory of Mahatma Gandhi), and Raga Desh, which was a medley of four well-known compositions in Sanskrit, Kannada, Hindi and Bengali.
The audience was treated to a riveting contest of dexterity and craft between Adarsh on the tabla and Shyam on the mridangam, and to some interesting nuggets of information when the artistes, Manasi and Pravin Sontakke, engaged in a lively conversation about the confluence of Hindustani and Karnatic music.
Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIMB, felicitated the artistes and thanked them for their performance.