Tribute to a legend

8220;Pandit C R Vyas passed away in 2002 and we have been organising this event since then. On his birth anniversary every year, we invite artistes from different genres of Indian Classical music and this time it is Satish Vyas, Rashid Khan, Vasundhara Komakali and so on,8221; says Narendra Shah, Pancham Nishad Creative Ltd, the organisers.

Scheduled to begin today at 6.30 pm, the event will begin with the santoor concert by Satish Vyas, son of late pandit C R Vyas accompanied by Mukund Raj Deo on tabla. The first session will conclude with the vocal recital by the renowned vocalist ustad Rashid Khan. The morning session tomorrow will commence with the flute recital by Rupak Kulkarni and will be concluded by the veteran vocalist Vasundhara Komakali. The evening session will commence with the vocal performance by young talented vocalist Sanjeev Chimmalgi. L Subramaniam accompanied by his son Amby Subramanium will conclude the two-day festival.

Pandit Chintaman R Vyas, who passed away on January 10, 2002 in Kolkata at the age of 78, was a maestro of khayal. His style was an amalgamation of Kirana, Gwalior and Agra gharanas. 8220;My father never differentiated between a disciple and son. He always used to say, do your work sincerely and you will automatically get the results. Today classical music is moving towards commercialisation. But we need to create a balance between old school of thoughts and modernisation. We have been organising this programme with the sole motive to promote Indian classical music. And we are happy with the kind of response that we have got over these six years,8221; says Pandit Subhash Vyas, eldest son and disciple of pandit C R Vyas.