The upcoming three-day Omkar Music Fest at Status Shantiniketan, marks the tenth anniversary of Omkar Music Faculty led by Hindustani vocalist Iman Das. Prior to now decade, the varsity has skilled practically a thousand college students throughout the globe.
Whereas the celebrations will see performances from children on all days, one can anticipate performances from star artistes reminiscent of sitarist Ustad Shafique Khan from Dharwad and Partha Bose from Kolkata, a tabla solo by Ustad Najmuddin Javed, Mohiniyattam and Kathak performances by Rekha Raju and Snigda DS respectively, and a presentation of thumri, dadra, kajri and chalti from Iman Das himself.
Iman says he’s blissful that Hindustani vocalist and Muddu Mohan, a retired IAS officer, and disciple of Basavaraj Rajguru and Gangubhai Hangal, will probably be performing on the competition this 12 months. “This annual fest is rising by the 12 months and now we have practically 50 artistes collaborating within the three-day competition. Other than a variety of music and dance types, together with bhajans and bhavageete, there may also be a portray competitors for youngsters themed round music.”
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Santoor maestro Madan Oak will probably be coming from the US for the event, and a workforce skilled by Carnatic veena skilled Suma Sudhindra will probably be performing as will electrical guitarist Swarnabha Gupta from Pune. Amongst Iman’s senior college students who will probably be collaborating within the occasion are Hindustani vocalists Asmita Banerjee and Ankita Kundu.
Iman, who undertook superior classes from Pt. Ajay Chakrabarty (a pupil of Munawwar Ali Khan) and Pt. Shantanu Bhattacharya, immediately has college students from around the globe. “Every gharana brings a brand new strategy to music, its interpretation or type, embellishing the prevailing construction. My lineage belongs to the Patiala gharana.”
Seed of a dream
“I need to see if the IT metropolis of Bengaluru generally is a parallel IC (Indian Classical) metropolis and I’m working in direction of this from our Academy.” One of many features of the Omkar Music Academy, Iman provides, is the housing of classes that discusses all programs of world music, aside from Indian classical Hindustani which is taught in all its kinds right here.
“I’ve numerous Western music fanatics as my college students and one of the best ways to show them is to make them sing of their personal style, at the same time as I observe the Indian system of swaras and ragas. No different system can do that besides our Sur-based musical scale that may be notated in its exactitude.”
Any world style might be notated, Iman says, by way of the Sur-based seven notes and this technique helps college students of different genres perceive the melodic framework and tonality of a bit. “At our music faculty we get college students to cherish and worth Indian musical programs.”
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Introduced up in Kolkata, Iman Das settled in Bengaluru after his work obtained a very good response from the town that, “embraces new features of tradition and music with a broader acceptance.”
A love for brand new ragas
Iman’s penchant for brand new ragas and composing started in childhood when he was drawn to sitarist Pandit Ravishankar’s progressive masterpiece, Raag Parameshwari. “The size simply haunts you; after I wrote a musical on Devi Indira, believed to be an incarnation of Meerabhai, I used it for the tune ‘Maa Meera’.”
The observe turned an immediate hit and was acknowledged by WNYR New York Radio within the ‘World’s High Rising Artistes’ class for particular tune /Sanskrit shloka.
“The fusion of two nice scales right here make it an fascinating research for learners to ponder its winding circulate,” he says. His personal raga improvements have been Swarnadesi, Vishwa Bahar and Swarnamadhu that artistes reminiscent of Anup Jalota, Amit Kumar, Venkatesh Kumar and others have appreciated.
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Iman additionally chosen Swarnadeshi for ‘Ek Bharat Hum’ a tune he wrote and created for 9 visually impaired music college students he skilled as Workforce Sunaada that carried out on the closing ceremony of the Para-Olympic Video games in Paris not too long ago.
Iman, who has carried out on world levels, is a recipient of this 12 months’s Basavaraj Rajguru Nationwide Puraskar in addition to the Karnataka recipient of ‘Bhasha-e-kala Samman’ (Linguistic Artwork Award) introduced on September 14 at Varanasi.
The award instituted by Hindustan Samachar, the Varanashi Journalists Discussion board, was for his e book One Nation, One Music: Ek Bharat, Ek Sangeet and his contribution to music. “I’m blissful to be recognised, however the success of a real musician lies in understanding the right ‘sur’ within the ocean of melodies we’re uncovered to. Additionally, each guru has to go on this understanding to his college students.”
Omkar Music Competition will probably be at Algorithm, Nexus Shantiniketan Mall, from September 20 to 22. From 4pm-9pm. Passes on Bookmyshow
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