Pundit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a recipient of the Padmashree and a Grammy award winner performed today at IIM Kozhikode, in a concert organized by IIMK sub-chapter of SPIC MACAY. A renowned Hindustani music exponent and disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar, Pt. Bhatt invented the instrument of his choice, Mohan Veena – a fretless, 19-stringed instrument played like a slide guitar. He was joined by Pundit Ram Kumar Mishra, renowned for his mastery of the Tabla and a scion of the ‘Benaras Gharana’.

The concert began with a brief introduction of Pt. Bhatt and Pt. Mishra followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by PGP Chairman, Professor Unnikrishnan. Pt. Bhatt started off with a small description of what he was going to perform and explained to the audience a few technical terms of music like ‘Meed', ‘Gamak', ‘Alaap' and ‘Jod'. He also spoke about how music is also a science and how a musician needs to divide every second down to fractions, mentally and play to them.

What followed was the most mesmerizing performance many people in the audience had ever witnessed. Pt. Bhatt started out with Raag Poorvi and went on to play a mélange of Raagas, enthralling everyone with the variety and complexity of notes he played while Pt. Mishra, won the hearts of the people with his skills on the Tabla. The timing of the two together was so perfect that the audience often spontaneously broke into applause. ‘Jugalbandi' and ‘Sawaal-Jawaab' were kept to the end when both the masters, in a display of perfect coordination and mastery of their arts teased and tantalized the audience, who wanted more and more.

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