Bharatiya Sangeet and Nartan Shikshapeeth

The 61st Annual Programme of Bhavan’s Bharatiya Sangeet and Nartan Shikshapeeth was held on April 18 – 19, at the Geeta Mandir, Chowpatty.
The programme began with choral presentations by the pupils in the Children’s Section and subsequently by the adult students, a sitar vadan by Shri Hari Sharma with tabla sangat by Shri Shrutendra Kathgade and a Hindustani Gayan by Shri Nitin Sampat with tabla sangat by Shri Shrutendra Kathgade and harmonium by Pt. Gurudutt Heblekar were followed.
Later in the evening, several items in Kathak Nritya and Bharat Natyam by pupils were conducted by the concerned teachers.
The Annual Programme on April 19 evening commenced with a Hindustani Gayan by Kum. Priya Purushothaman who presented Ragas Bheempalasi, Shree and lastly a Bhajan. Tabla sangat was provided by staffer Shri Shrutendra Kathgade and on the harmonium by senior staffer Pt. Gurudutt Heblekar.
The evening’s concluding item was a sitar recital by the renowned virtuoso, Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan, a senior most disciple of Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar. He gave a masterful rendition of Raga Yaman Kalyan and then a concluding piece in Raga Khamaj. He was accompanied on sitar by his disciple, Shri Rasik Hazare, and on tabla by Shri Mukundraj Deo.