Roopa Panesar is one of the most distinguished sitar players in the UK who started learning from Dharambir Singh, she trained further with Ustad Shahid Parvez, Bahauddin Dagar and Arvind Parikh and also fine-tuned her musical appreciation under the tutelage of vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. We hope you enjoy this presentation from her live performance at the Darbar Festival 2021.
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Learn more about the music:
Malhar is a classical raga. Malhar is associated with torrential rains. Besides the basic Shuddha Malhar, which was the original Malhar, several Malhar-related ragas use the Malhar signature phrase m (m)R (m)R P, including Miyan ki Malhar, Megh Malhar, Ramdasi Malhar, Gaud Malhar, Sur Malhar, Desh Malhar, Nat Malhar, Dhulia Malhar and Meera ki Malhar.
According to legend, Malhar is so powerful that when sung, it can induce rainfall. Many written accounts describe Raga Malhar. Tansen, Baiju Bawra, Baba Ramdas, Nayak Charju, Miyan Bakhshu, Tantarang, Tantras Khan, Bilas Khan (grandson of Tansen), Hammer Sen, Surat Sen, and Meera Bai are among the singers who are said to have been capable of starting rains using various kinds of Raga Malhar.
Mughal emperor Akbar once asked his court musician Tansen to sing Raga Deepak, the raga of light, which caused all the lamps in the courtyard to light up and Tansen's body to become so hot that he had to sit in the nearby river to cool himself. However, the river began to boil, and it became apparent that Tansen would soon boil to death. He set out on a search to find someone who could sing Raga Malhar to cure him. In due course, he reached Vadnagar, in Gujarat, where he found two sisters, Tana and Riri, whom he asked for help. They agreed to sing. When they sang the Raga, rains came down in torrents, which cooled Tansen's body immediately.
Musicians:
Roopa Panesar (sitar)
Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
Gunwant Kaur (tanpura)
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