Fusion Music Concert held here in city at Botanical Club House, Kondapur on Saturday night.
The event, second in the series of three month long Hyderabad Arts Festival—Season 5, the "India’s Longest Performing Arts Festival. It is a three month long non-ticked festival conceptualized to celebrate the Spirit of Hyderabad. About 500 music lovers graced the concert.
Fusion Music by Purbayan Chatterjee, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Ojas Adhiya & Sanjoy Das was a great Experience as the master musicians joined together. Performance was a beautiful blend of Instrumental and Vocal. Purbayan Chatterjee's mesmerizing Sitar combined with Mahalakshmi Iyer's melodious Voice, as Ojas' magical fingers played the Tabla and Sanjoy joined with his Guitar, to create music that mesmerized everyone in the audience.
It was organised by Hyderabad Arts Festival. HAF is being organized for the past four seasons to celebrate the spirit of Hyderabad. The festival which took birth in 2012 as a result of a trio – a Hyderabadi, a Keralite and a Tamilian, for the love of the city has become India’s longest performing arts festival now. And has become a name to reckon in the industry.
This year too like in the past, the organizers -- A.V. Ramakrishna from Hyderabad, C.S. Manoj from Kerala and Capt. Anand from Chennai, who made Hyderabad their home - lined up impressive non ticketed events to be held at different venues across the city for next three months.
HAF is a part of the Happening Hyderabad initiative of the Telangana government and has support from the Government of Telangana and many other organizations.
Hyderabad has a 400 years of rich cultural heritage. It has been projected as the Global City. It played host to many luminaries like Bill Clinton, George Bush, Kofi Annan, Bill Gates and many others. HAF wants to contribute to this aspect by organizing good events in its annual festival that runs for 3 long months every year.
Some of the highlights of this season unlike in the past four seasons are artists like Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia on flute, Padma Bhushan Raja Radha Reddy with their dance ballet, Pt. Niladri Kumar on Sitar, Euphoria Band and others.
Organisers planned a mega felicitation of the living legend Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia on the day of his performance.
A signature event “HAF Smiles” for the underprivileged kids will be held. This year another new genre will be introduced in HAF Season 5 - stand up comedy.
The events Calendar of HAF Season 5 is as follows:
Love - An Endless Journey: Multi Art Form Presentation – 03rd June 2017
Expressions of LOVE through Sand Art, Kathak, Vocals, Violin & Painting Painter and sand artist Kanthrisa and Kathak dancer Nishi Ratnam, combine their magical art forms alongwithGopi on Violin and Sravanthi on vocals, to explore the different aspects of Love - visible and invisible, material and spiritual. A fine blend of varied art forms coming together to decipher the true meaning of love.
HAF Smiles - 10th June 2017
A fun filled carnival exclusively for the underprivileged kids.
Children are the purest hearts and their smiles are the most genuine. Nurturing this belief and with a mission to give back to the society, HAF conducts Smiles to give a fun filled day to under priveleged kids. The idea is to pamper these children with goodie bags, lip smacking snacks and refreshments bring smiles on their face.
Bhagwadajukeeyam Ballet - 17th June 2017
A Dance Ballet by Padmabhushan Raja Radha Reddy & Disciples
Indian Classical dance has always been held in high regard. However, it is the couple, Raja Radha Reddy who have managed to put Kuchipudi as a dance form on the global platform. Their sheer commitment and dedication towards the art form, they have spread great awareness among the current generation to adopt the dance form. Recognising their contribution, the Government of India has conferred them with Padma Sri and Padma Bhushan.
Sitar Recital by Pt. Neeladri Kumar - 24th June 2017
Breathtaking performance by the Sitar Maestro.
Niladri Kumar is a global icon and is the 5th generation Sitar Player. From melodies to foot tapping tunes, he is an unconventional sitar player who plays hindustani classical with equal ease as he plays fusion. His in depth understanding of the art, made him innovate the traditional instrument Sitar and introduce his own version of sitar i.e. Zitar.
