Lamakaan

Swar Ninaad presents

Izhaar – An Evening of Ghazals

Ghazal is undoubtedly the most beautiful thing that Urdu language has given to this world. The way that a composer presents thoughts of the shayar of a ghazal, is what makes a ghazal popular. Here is a group of music enthusiasts, who apart from perusing professions in various fields maintain their inseparable relationship with Music. They present their maiden ghazal program ‘Izhaar’ comprising of some of the well crafted ghazals by maestros like Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh, Hariharan and Mehdi Hassan. This program is a humble effort of reaching out the ghazal lovers of Hyderabad.

Parag Sathe, Sandeep Kelkar & Varada Prabhu are the vocalists, while Rahul Deshpande will add melody on Harmonium. Vivek Kayal will accompany on the Tabla while Prem will join with his soothing Guitar. Laxman Sapre will streamline this program with his compering.

Here is a short introduction to the artists performing in this program.

Parag Sathe: Has undergone training in Hindustani Classical Music for eight years and has been part of many solo/group programs of Classical and Semi Classical Music. He has won many prizes at various competitions and plays the tabla as well. Presenting Ghazals with some beautiful variations is his main focus.

Sandeep Kelkar: Presents Ghazals with a high degree of emotion. Has learnt Classical Music for four years. He also plays the Keyboard very well. He has a good knowledge of Ghazals and is well versed with this form of light Music. His thoughtful rendition of Ghazals makes them worth listening.

Varada Prabhu: Having learnt Hindustani Classical for five years, she renders Ghazals with an uncanny ease even in high pitch. Has performed in various light music programs. She presents Ghazals with great understanding and also at the same time, maintains the integrity of the
composition.

Rahul Deshpande: Has been playing the Harmonium since a young age and has learnt from the maestro Appa Jalgaonkar. His mastery on the Harmonium is reflected by his flawless and spectacular accompaniment. He has accompanied many top grade artists like Padma Talwalkar and Satyasheel Deshpande.

Vivek Kayal: Being trained under Mr. Suhas Shastri, this promising young Tabla player will add rhythm to the program. He has been performing in various program in and around Hyderabad in the recent past.

Prem: A learned exponent of Western Music, he is an seasoned guitar player. He is an expert in Jazz and is associated with various groups performing Western Music. Has recently started accompanying ghazals and his accompaniment brings grace to ghazals.

Laxman Sapre: With a vast knowledge of Urdu language, his pronunciation and understanding of Urdu language makes him an important member of this group who will weave our program with his fabulous compering. He has been working in various roles and capacities with ETV Urdu for the past 7 years.

We invite you all to spend an evening full of melodious Ghazals which you will enjoy for sure.

Venue: Lamakaan,Opp. GVK One Mall, Road No.1,Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Date & Time: Saturday, 20th November 7 PM – 9 PM (ENTRY FREE)

For more details contact Parag (9985849575), Sandeep (9989838111)