Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 19: The great music legend of India, late Pandit Bhajan Sopori has been honoured with the Pandit Kshitipal Mallick Dhrupad Ratna Award 2024 for his lifelong contribution and unparalleled service to music.
The function was organized by Pandit Kshitipal Mallick Dhrupad Society at India International Centre, Delhi. The music community came together to remember and honour the legendary Santoor Maestro & Music Composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori, who was fondly known as the Saint of Santoor and the King of Strings.
The award was received by Pandit Bhajan Sopori’s sons Sohrab Sopori and Pandit Abhay Rustum Sopori, the present representative of the 300-year-old Sopori Sufiana Gharana of Kashmir, with its age old roots of Shaivite – Sufi Parampara. The award was presented by members of the Dhrupad Society, Mallick family and renowned musicians and scholars like Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra, Vocalist Pandit Bholanath Mishra, Violinist Ustad Asghar Hussain, Tabla maestro Ustad Akram Khan, Guitar player Pandit Ajay Jha and many others.
The occasion featured Dhrupad recital of Dr Prabhakar Narayan Pathak Mallick who presented Raga Yaman followed by Santoor recital by Pandit Abhay Rustum Sopori, who presented the shades of Sopori Baaj dominated by Dhrupad Ang Meends and Gamaks in Raga Bhawani, a self composed Raga by Pandit Abhay Sopori.
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