Her stories do not stop there as Harwitz is always on the move looking for her next story. Her creativity does not stop there as Harwitz is also the host and producer of the Save the Redwoods League podcast: “ I’ll Go If You Go.” Harwitz has explored a range of topics such as forest bathing, skateboarding, and building an inclusive community in the outdoors. Harwitz is an ambassador for Girls Who Click which is a nonprofit that empowers women to forge their paths in conservation photography. She has written for many publications including High Country News, Hakai Magazine, Mongabay, Chemical & Engineering News, and more. Coming from a background in chemistry and ecology, Harwitz uses her knowledge to tell stories about the environment. To reserve a ticket, visit /DarbarFestival2017.Įmily Harwitz is a journalist, photographer, and podcaster whose work focuses on making the outdoors a more inclusive place. The Darbar Festival 2017 continues to play in London at Sadler’s Wells. With the exception of the bias towards Marathi language songs, Shankar Mahadevan and his musicians, however, had the audience engaged, invigorated and silent, all at the same time! The theme of Krishna had promised to give the audience a spiritual ambience and the concert did exactly that. The gifted singers and the talented musicians brought souls into their vocals and instruments respectively. The concert transformed the Royal Festival Hall into an extraordinary experience. Lastly, Mahadevan finished off with a classical song and a jugalbandi with the flute and the much awaited Breathless song which brought the concert to a close. Mahadevan re-entered and delivered a couple of Bollywood songs, starting with a song on mother from the movie “Taare Zameen Par” (“Ma, meri ma”) which silenced the audience and transported us to a celestial plane thinking about the role of a mother in every person’s life! Singing a Sufi song with a mention of Lord Krishna, Mahadevan made us realise the interesting aspect of the interaction between religions. She owned the stage with her dynamic voice and excellent vocal techniques. The audience was also introduced to Ankita Joshi, a classical singer. Her bhajans were sung with intelligent improvisations and varying octaves and created a spiritual aura for the audience. While the 16-year old’s singing was very melodious, this probably was not the stage as it broke the high tempo and musical ambiance created by the jugalbandi. Mahadevan’s youngest son Shivam Mahadevan made an appearance with a Marathi bhajan. The jugalbandi clearly demonstrated the prowess of the musicians, all of them delivering their parts to such precision with a certain ease, that silenced the audience. ![]() This was pure bliss and a once in a lifetime experience! The musicians on the mrindangam, the flute, the tabla and the violin were all just marvellous. ![]() Mahadevan moved on to a jugalbandi with his musicians. It was mesmerizing how well the audience was able to join in with the singing as Mahadevan bellowed “ Gunj ootha Royal Festival Hall,” literally translated as “the Royal Festival Hall has echoed!” Therefore, a Marathi song was soon followed by a Bhajan Kirtan. ![]() ![]() The concert was catered to all genres of music and moved from the south of India to the north. I have to admit that experiencing this live felt supernatural and the musicians were just amazing and euphoric. It is a superb classical song and the performance was spellbinding which clearly demonstrated the strong Karnatic music foundations of Mahadevan. The performance includes Indian classical, ghazal, thumri (devotional/love songs), abang (devotional poetry), bhajan (free form lyrical spiritual songs), holi (songs sung during the Indian festival of colours), Rajasthani folk music and jazz influences.”Īfter paying respects to the esteemed maestro’s in the audience, Aruna Sairam and Hariharan, Mahadevan gave his first rendition, a Ganesh prayer. “In Krishna, Mahadevan and special guests celebrate the Hindu deity Lord Krishna, taking you on a journey of India’s regional music styles. The Southbank Centre had promised the audience, This year, London Southbank Centre was graced with the presence of Indian classical music maestro, Shankar Mahadevan to perform as part of the annual Darbar festival of Indian Classical Music, which was originally launched in 2005.Īfter a six-city tour of the U.S.A with his concert titled “Sabrang Krishna,” Mahadevan came to London with a classical concert titled “Krishna.” The expectations were very high from this expert in the field of classical Karnatic music who has also given a lot of super hit Bollywood songs. By Vineeta Tripathi – Follow images are courtesy of
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