SaMaPa festival showcases young talent from Jammu

The ongoing 10th annual edition of prestigious SaMaPa Aalap Festival showcased young musicians sharing the stage with eminent maestros of the country.
On the 9th day, the SaMaPa (Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts) festival witnessed a beautiful mix of young talent sharing a common stage with veteran musicians.
The concert at Lawrence Public School, Sidhra was witnessed by around 1000 people including a large number of children and music connoisseurs.
SaMaPa introduced Akarshit Mehra, a young talent from Jammu, making his debut as a child Sitar player who presented Raga Yaman. He is a student of Sardar Charan Singh, an eminent Sitar player of Jammu. He was accompanied by Chanchal Singh on Tabla, another young talent from Jammu. It was an inspirational moment for young children to see them perform at a prestigious platform like SaMaPa. Maestro Sopori, while praising their talent, said that both the children will be bright stars of Jammu in classical music in the years to come.

Paras and Sarang were accompanied by young musician Abid Hussain on Sarangi, and Bua Ditta on harmonium and Rampal on Tabla, both renowned artists of Jammu.
The concert concluded with an enthralling Tabla solo recital by eminent Tabla exponent Pandit Mithilesh Jha. The audience joined him in the exciting patterns and counting the beats in a beautiful jugalbandi of the artist and the audience.

The concert was attended by Aparna Sopori, Wing Commander M M Joshi, Founder Principal Shakuntala Joshi,Shivani Joshi, Manish Joshi, Padmashri S P Varma, Vice President Gandhi Global Family, Ragini Rainu, Jagdeep Kaur, Renowned singer Jatinder Kour, Romila Guleria, HOD Music, GCW Parade, Anupama Sharma, Jasmeet Kaour and a number of PG Students of music.

Music maestro Abhay Rustum Sopori in his speech motivated the young children to take up any creative expression as a daily routine.
In another concert held at Ammucare, renowned Sufi singer Ragini Rainu along with Aman Nath and Chanchal Singh mesmerized the audience. The concert was organised for underprivileged children.