Glorious end to Swara Samrat Festival 20-21, the biggest digital music & dance extravaganza with 100 top classical maestros
Like every good thing, the four-month biggest digital fundraiser festival of Indian classical music and dance, titled Swara Samrat Festival 20-21, is also coming to an end. The musical and dance extravaganza, which started on November 1, 2020 will finally come to an end on February 28, 2021.
For the last nine years, Kolkata-based renowned sarod player Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, his wife and eminent vocalist Dr Manasi Majumdar, their son and popular sarod player Indrayuddh Majumdar have been organizing Swara Samrat Festival in their city. However, given the Covid-19 pandemic, this is for the first time, they took festival to the virtual media. In the maiden year of their digital debut, where 100 top legendary classical masters connected digitally from Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru and performed, the event was a major success.
Now, with just a few days left for the event to end, the music connoisseurs can witness some of the fascinating performances on the digital platform. Pt Tejendra Nayaran also made sure that through Swara Samrat 20-21, he can help those Indian artistes, who have been economically affected due to Covid-19 "Through this festival, we will raise money for the musicians who have been affected by the pandemic for the last 8-9 months. In such a situation, we thought we should come together as a fraternity and support each other," said Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar.
Swara Samrat Festival 20-21 featured 36 stellar performances by musicians such as Kaushiki Chakraborty, Bickram Ghosh, Kushal Das (in Kolkata), Ulhas Kashalkar (in Pune), N Rajam (in Mumbai), Rajendra Gangani (in Delhi), Mysore Manjunath & Mysore Nagaraj, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Rukmini Vijayakumar (in Bengaluru).
On February 7, Momim Khan Niazi will perform sarangi solo with Zaheen Khan accompanying on tabla. On Valentine's Day, Kedar Kelkar, Pranab Gaurav and Ameta Bichu will regale the audience with their soulful performance. On February 21, Pt Kushal Das and Pt Tanmoy Bose will perform on the digital platform.