18th Swarsagar music festival begins today

PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: Renowned artistes Pandit Jasraj, Mahesh Kale and Rahul Deshpande will perform at the 18th Swarsagar music festival organized by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
It will be held at Sai Garden in Chinchwad for the first three days from December 21. Mayor Shakuntala Dharade said the concluding ceremony on December 24 will be in Nigdi-Pradhikaran.Local artistes will also participate.
Joint city engineer Pravin Tupe said the inaugural programme will begin with a dance performance followed by Pandit Jasraj and Rahul Deshpande‘s performances.
Well-known dhrupad singers, Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha, will sing on Thursday. Kale will be made the ambassador of Swarsagar music festival. Kale said, “We must identify new facets and needs of Pimpri Chinchwad. Fine arts and performing arts must come together.” He will perform on the last day.
On Friday, Rameshwar Dange and Yogendra Holkar will perform followed on Saturday by flautist Keshav Phutane.