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When words fail, music speaks
On the occasion of World Music Day, a performance featuring Indian and Western instruments was staged at the event titled ‘When Words Fail, Music Speaks’ held at Lamakaan on Sunday. Three teams showcased their talent by playing the Sitar and Harmonica. 15-year-old Suhit Rakshit, played the Sitar continuously for 30 minutes on Jaunpuri and Dhun ragas.
On the occasion of World Music Day, a performance featuring Indian and Western instruments was staged at the event titled ‘When Words Fail, Music Speaks’ held at Lamakaan on Sunday. Three teams showcased their talent by playing the Sitar and Harmonica. 15-year-old Suhit Rakshit, played the Sitar continuously for 30 minutes on Rag Bihag and Dhun ragas.
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Dhun is a light instrumental piece in Hindustani Classical Music. A Dhun raga is based on a folk tune or a religious, bhajan type song or even a film song. Suhit excelled in these types of ragas and is a student of Delhi Public School, Hyderabad.
“At the age of five I started playing the Sitar. In 2009, I was professionally trained for it. I saw so many people who were passionate about music instruments,” said Suhit.
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This was followed by a performance by a group called HALOH ( Harmonica Lovers of Hyderabad) consisting 6 members Kailash, Revathy, Saurabh, Mahendra, Inderjit and Ravi who played different tracks to enthrall the audience. HALOH is an organisation established in 2009, which believes on ‘Music is a Language of God’.
The group meets every Sunday at Indira Park between 9 am and 11am. The mission of this organisation is to celebrate harmonica. The musical night ended with a performance by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya who is a Sitar virtuoso, teacher and performer. Sri ramprapanna Bhattacharya is a professional, award winning sitar player. He was guest artist of the programme. He played Raag Miyan ki Malhaar to enthrall the audience.
By:N Satish
