Esteemed Musician Salil V. Bhatt Leaves the XIMBians Enchanted

Esteemed Musician Salil V. Bhatt Leaves the XIMBians Enchanted

The XIMB Chapter of SPIC MACAY organized a classical music concert for the students and faculty of XIMB as part of its drive to promote the culture and heritage of India. SPIC MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture

Amongst Youth) was started way back in 1979 by Dr. Kiran Seth, a professor at IIT, Delhi. SPIC MACAY seeks to conserve and promote an awareness of the rich and heterogeneous cultural tapestry amongst the youth of the country through focus on the classical arts, with their attendant legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy, and to facilitate an awareness of their deeper and subtler values. It has always been a voluntary organization. Volunteers come from all walks of life with varied aspirations and skills. They give some of their time to a cause which is for the larger good and outside of their immediate self interest.

XIMB in its own effort to imbibe in its students the cultural values and heritage of this great nation joined the drive and became a partner in the process through starting an XIMB chapter of SPIC MACAY. As part of this initiative, this classical concert was organized by the combined effort of the SPIC MACAY coordinators and the students of XIMB. The event aimed at celebrating the music of the esteemed musician, Salil V. Bhatt. He represents the tenth generation of the famous Bhatt lineage, where music has been flowing for more than five hundred years. He is the son of the legendary slide player and India's GRAMMY AWARD winner Padmashree Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.

Esteemed Musician Salil V. Bhatt Performing at XIMB

Salil reflects the dynamic style of rendering the classical nuances on the Mohan Veena in his concerts. His style incorporates the authentic and systematic exposition of Classical Indian Ragas and the embellishments of the World Music as well. He has been giving solo concerts for more than 15 years and has performed all over the country as well as abroad in USA, UK, UAE, and is a regular performer for prime television channels.

Salil's music albums 'Legendary Legacy', 'Revival of Gavti', 'In Harmony', 'Swar Shikhar', 'Revitalise', 'Sopaan', 'Slide to Freedom', 'Out of the Shadows', 'Carnatica's Veena Jugalbandi', etc., have been instant hits.

With such a great performer unleashing his marvels, it was not a surprise that the music left everyone enchanted. The students and the faculty alike were simply mesmerized. Once the performance got over, the musician engaged the audience in a brief round of questions and answers wherein the hugely interested audience came up with many curious queries regarding the nuances of the performance, which Salil V. Bhatt was more than happy to answer. Thus, this proved to be one of the most pleasing evenings the students and faculty of XIMB ever experienced.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Dinah J. Rodrigues,
Coordinator, IlluminatiX,
Media & PR Cell,
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

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