This event, for which P. Haridas and Nityanand are coming down just for a day from Karnataka
just for this, is part of the Eternal Sound Project (ESP).
Not many are aware that the Carnatic
Saxaphone Tradition, whose origins can be traced back to the British era in
Mysore, remains popular in the temples of South Karnataka even today. “This
will be a magical evening that proves music never had any boundaries,” says
Ranjit Pais, the creator of Eternal Sound Project (ESP), under the aegis of
which, the Carnatic Hindustani Concert is being held today, June 13, 2018,
hosted by House No. 248, Sangolda. Saxophone vidwan P Haridas Dogra and thavil
exponent Nithyanand Devadiga have come down to Goa especially for the concert,
which will also feature Madhav H (France) on saxophone and flute and Mayank
Bedekar on tabla.
Organised by Ranjit Pais since the 1990s
(first in Goa and now in Bombay), ESP has been a journey to discover and test
new original music across genres and these gatherings have slowly grown into
much sought after gigs, where the audience is driven by the kind of vibes great
music can bring.
This event that will begin at 7:30 pm, has already receiving a
great response in anticipation from the Goan audience and promises to be a
treat for the senses.
THE INDIAN CLASSICAL QUARTET
P Haridas Dogra is the son of late Sri Venkatappa Dogra
from Puttur, who, in the late fifties, was the first Indian musician to play
Carnatic classical music on the saxophone. At a young age, his son, Haridas,
started to perform and learn with him, and dedicated his life to this art. He
is a well renowned artiste, has an A grade in All India Radio on saxophone and
clarinet and has performed all over south India.
Nithyanand Devadiga, from Hiriyadka near Udupi, started learning
to play the thavil – a barrel shaped percussion instrument – at a very young
age from a great thavil master of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, Shabanar Kovil
Rajendran. His talent and musicality made him one of the youngest masters of
thavil in South Karnataka.
Madhav H from France, a former saxophone jazz
player, came to India in 2004, where he met P Haridas Dogra. Deeply moved by
Indian music, he started to learn and perform with him. For four years, he
lived in south Karnataka, learning Carnatic saxophone from his guru, Haridas.
He then moved to Varanasi, where he learnt Hindustani classical on bansuri from
vocalist Pt Devashish Dey, for more than 5 years. He has been living in Goa
since four years and has started many projects with bands, integrating Indian
music with jazz, gipsy music, African and Sufi music. He still often performs
Indian classical music, either Hindustani or Carnatic, on saxophone and flute.
Mayank Bedekar has been playing the tabla since the age
of three, under the tutelage of Vinay Wagle at Ujjain. Later on, he obtained
training from Suresh Tulankar in Nagpur for three years and Kaleram Ji in
Punjab for two years. Since then, Mayank has been learning under the
Guru-Shishya Parampara (Tradition) from great tabla exponent Padmashree ‘Taal-Yogi’
Pt Suresh Talwalkar at Pune.
He
has also procured his Master’s degree in Tabla from Khairagad University.
Mayank has participated and performed in many prestigious festivals all over
India and abroad (US, Paris, Switzerland, Thailand, etc.) with many renowned
artistes
