Upcoming classical music concert to feature 17 maestros over 21 hours

Two leading Indian music organisations have joined hands to bring the third edition of "8 Prahar," which is billed as the "longest classical music concert in the world".

The day-long concert is being organised by Art and Artistes and Pancham Nishad, both of which are noted music organisations. It is scheduled to be held at Shanmukhananda Auditorium on November 11 from 6.30 am - 2.30 am (November 12), featuring 17 maestros of Indian classical music, it was revealed at a press conference here on Tuesday.

"8 Prahar is a great initiative that keeps the divine purity of Music alive, as all the musicians will prepare, practice and present different raags, not just the evening raags, to make it a joy for the music lovers," said Pandit Jasraj.

Among the artists set to perform during this day-long event are Venkatesh Kumar, Ronu Mujumdar, Pandit Jasraj, Sabir Khan, Uday Bhawalkar and Kaushiki Chakraborty, among others.

"With most of the concerts that take place only for a few hours in the evening, the rich traditional music treasure of Hindustani classical raags are slowly getting out of circulation and the future generations of music lovers would have never experienced these incredible melodies - Raags. Being privileged and having heard many wonderful raags at different phases of the day from Bapuji -- Pandit Jasraj ji, it is his music that inspired me to conceptualize this unique concert, that is like no other concert," added Durga Jasraj, Founder of Art And Artistes.

--IANS

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