Pune (Voice News Service): Efforts are being made to revive the era of Ghazals and Indian semi-classical music by Delhi’s Arvind Sangeet Spectrum and for this purpose Rang-e-Mehfil program has been organised in Pune on 4th December at Tilak Smarak Mandir at 5 pm. This information was given by the organiser and 9th generation singer of Jhajjar Gharana, Ali Hussain in the press conference. He said, Delhi based Arvind Sangeet Spectrum has come up with a concept that intends to bring together the grace and melodious singing of Urdu and Hindi poetry and ghazals, as well as the beauty of classical instrumental accompaniment. Rang-e-Mehfil is an event where the audience is exposed to the heritage of different poetry, melodious compositions and instrumental accompaniment of many different instruments like Tabla, Sarangi, Harmonium and many more such traditional instruments.
He also said that people have misconceptions about Ghazal that Ghazal is a very difficult word structure or a poetic composition expressing a sad feeling. but it’s not like that. There are many types of ghazals which need to be kept alive.
The second edition of Rang-e-Mehfil is going to present an evening of filmy and traditional ghazals. Singers Ali Hussain and Madhura Datar will perform with their soulful voices along with Arvind, the young tabla maestro and founder of Arvind Music Spectrum. Guitar – Arshad Ahmed, Harmonium – Sachin Jambhekar, Sarangi – Sangeet Mishra, Keyboard – Kedar Paranjpe and Rhythm Machine – Rohit Jadhav will do instrumental accompaniment in this program. The program will be hosted by Saira Ali Hussain.
