Sangam - a Fusion Music Concert @ Rotary

Rotary Club of Bombay West in association with “Sur Aaur Saaz” presented ‘’SANGAM”, a Fusion Music Concert  on Sunday, January 15 2017, by internationally acclaimed artists Anuradha Pal on the Tabla, Veena Chandra on the Sitar, Phil Scarf on Saxophone and Snehal Muzoomdar on the Santoor.  Sangam is a meeting of various streams not only Sarita but also Sur. 

The programme started by Star Tabla virtuoso and Percussionist Pandita Anuradha Pal briefing the audience about taking sounds from nature and weaving the sounds through different continents of Latin America to Arabia to India. The melody was a mix of different regions with semi classical ragas used and also interestingly incorporated a Bollywood piece as well. Pandita Veena Chandra, internationally renowned Sitarist, composer, teacher and choreographer enthralled the audience with the gentle, fluid and classical notes on the sitar. CA Snehal Muzoommdar, professional Santoor maestro for more than three decades (and a Rotarian from RC of Bombay Harbour), using a folk raga from Rajasthan and Gujarat spell bound the audience playing the Santoor  which communicated the emotions of a young a girl carried in a Palkhi with the backdrop of a flowing river amidst tall mountains. Saxophonist  Phil Scarff has beautifully moulded the saxophone to Indian classical music, and he played a piece by the world renowned Saxophonist and Composer Sonny Rollins, based on the Caribbean rhythm. The final piece of the programme was the jugalbandi of all four artists based on the Carnatic Raga known as Raga Hamsadhwani.

Sangam was unity in diversity of different instruments of different nature – percussion, string and blow instruments from different origins. It was a treat for music lovers. Much of the success of this music lay in the beautiful and fluid rendering of the performances.

The Fusion Music Concert was sponsored by Union Bank of India and co-sponsored by DCB Bank.