Disciple pays musical tribute to Bhimsen Joshi on 95th birth anniversary

NASHIK: Music lovers in the city gathered at the Parshuram Saikhedkar hall on Wednesday to celebrate the 95th

birth anniversary

of legendary classical vocalist Pt Bhimsen Joshi.

‘Swaradhiraj’, an interactive audio-visual

classical music

event was held by the

Kalashree Sangeet Academy

with Pt Aviraj Tayade, a disciple of Pt Bhimsen Joshi, performing some renditions.

Pt Tayade, a Nashikite himself, learned classical music from Pt Bhimsen Joshi for more than 12 years. In an audio-visual interactive session with Shyam Padekar, he recalled the several memories of his learning days.

“Learning under a maestro like Pt Bhimsen Joshi is the dream for every classical singer. I consider myself blessed to have lived this dream for more than 12 years,” said Tayade, while opening the concert with Pt Bhimsen Joshi’s popular devotional song on Ragaa Yaman.

“Panditji was born on February 4 and we were planning a unique tribute to him on his birthday. But, it took more than ten days to arrange all the things due to which we managed to hold the event only today,” said Ashish Ranade, director of Kalashree.

This was the first ever event organized in the city to celebrate Pt Bhimsen Joshi’s birth anniversary.

Along with sharing the lovely memories Pt Tayade shared with Pt Bhimsen Joshi, he also presented few of the special Bandish, Abhangs and devotional songs made popular by the maestro. “Pt Bhimsen Joshi enthralled generations of connoisseurs with his renditions of Hindustani classical music. Through his absorption of the soul of various gayaki styles, Panditji created a unique blend with his own introspective sense of presentation. We learned to accept music beyond the Gharana barrios,” said Tayade.