Attended a concert of Ragunandan Panshikar (Vocal) accompanied by Tanmay Deochake (Samwadini), Prashant Pandav (Tabla) on 12th Dec 2015 at Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, Pune with Makarand, Shilpa, Alhad kaka, Dilip Kaka and Vinita kaku.
Ragunandan Panshikar is a vocalist from Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. He is the son of the eminent Marathi stage actor Prabhakar Panshikar and a disciple of Gaan Saraswati Smt. Kishori Amonkar and late Gaan Tapaswini Smt. Mogubai Kurdikar.
Concert started with Raag Bhup (भूप). He presented 'Pratham sur saje (प्रथम सुर साजे)' in vilambit tritaal. As the raag progressed the beats became 1.25 and 1.5 times faster.
Then he moved seamlessly without break into the famous bandish (बंदिश) made famous by his Guru Kishoriji 'Sehela re aa mil ja re (सहेला रे आ मिल जा रे)'. Audience applauded the transition and start of bandish spontaneously.
He then asked audience for farmaish for concluding item. Audience demanded bhajan (भजन). He willingly fulfilled the request by inviting Mauli Talwalkar (A regular accompanist of Bhimsenji). The abhang e presented was 'Padmanabha Narayana (पद्मनाभा नारायणा)'.
Raghunandanji sung very well. His Aalap and taan (तान) were very good. He resisted the temptation of drut singing. It was my first time hear him and I would not mind another opportunity.
Prashant and Tanmay are well known names in classical music circles and they played to their reputation.
Trivia - The pendal constructed for the festival had an area of 90,000 sq ft. Being open air, the sound system was very good.
Entertainment rating 8.5/10.
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