SaMaPa Digital Baithak | Raga Khamaj | Banarasi Dhun | Baljit Singh Namdhari | Tar Shehnai

#samapa #samapadigitalbaithak #tarshehnai #baljitsinghnamdhari This recital is part of the Digital Baithak Series (Season 1) of SaMaPa® - Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts, a premier educational organization of India. Facebook ►   / samapaofficial   Instagram ►   / samapaofficial   Episode 17 features Tar Shehnai recital by Ustad Baljit Singh Namdhari who is presenting Raga Khamaj and Banarasi Dhun. He is being accompanied on the Tabla by his son, a well known Tabla player of the country Shri Fateh Singh Namdhari. Ustad Baljeet Singh Namdhari is an eminent Tar Shehnai maestro. He was born in a musical environment and received his training under Satguru Jagjit Singh ji at Namdhari Darbar Sri Bhaini Sahib in Ludhiana. With the advise of Satguru ji, he went on to learn Thumri singing from Ustad Mahinder Singh in Amritsar, Dilruba & Tar shahnai from Ustad Piara Singh in Delhi, Vichitra Veena from Pt. Gopal Krishna in Delhi, Shehnai from Bharat Ratan Ustad Bismillah Khan & Sitar from Ustad Vilayat Khan. With the blessings of Satguru ji and his intense learning, he has a rich treasure of dhrupad, dhamaar, Khayal, Chaturang, Thumri, Tarana & other styles of Hindustani classical music and Gurubani. He has travelled across the world and performed in various prestigious festivals of india and abroad. He has been honoured with the Shiromani Award by Department of Punjabi languages, Patiala & Shiromani Raagi award by Punjab Academy, Govt. of Delhi. Title Music Composition & Courtesy: Pandit Bhajan Sopori Concept: Abhay Rustum Sopori Creatives: Bharti Dhingra (Cinnamon Trails) Online Management: Sankha Ray Animation: Vodoo Vision Technical Assistant: Chanchal Singh Compere: Sadhna Shrivastav Guest Expert: Shri Dharambir Singh, one of the most prominent and well known Sitar player and Indian Music educator based in England SaMaPa® is a cultural movement translating from a deep rooted vision of the Chairman, the Music Legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori and the tireless efforts of the members of Board in creating a unique, unbiased and empowering national level platform for presentation, propagation, and teaching of traditional music and performing arts for the artists and the young talents. SaMaPa is acclaimed as the Cultural Bridge of Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of the country and to have created a new generation of music connoisseurs. SaMaPa, for its dedicated efforts to bring music to the masses, has been honoured with ‘J&K Dogri Award 2008’ by the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, and has also received the ‘RX Club Award of Excellence 2009’. The motto of SaMaPa is ‘Jan Jan Tak Sangeet’ - Music To The Masses ® and this Digital Baithak is intended to create a bridge between the artist and the audience worldwide. SaMaPa is known for its presentations and has specially planned each session of this Digital Baithak to give a glimpse of the variegated cultural dimension of our country to the masses. Even though the present circumstances have led to limitations of live public concerts but as said “Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention”, this series is a collective contribution of various artists of India. All Rights Reserved © 2020 SaMaPa® - Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts #fatehsinghnamdhari #tabla #dharambirsingh #khamaj #banarasidhun