:) यादें .. ... Another time Kishan Maharaj was playing with a very renowned sitarist. The organizer was a very wealthy person who was already very dazzled by the sitarist and waxed eloquent with a mile long introduction. At the end he just mentioned in the passing that Kishan Maharaj would be the accompanist. ‘ My Guru ji didn’t say anything. He waited for the Sitarist to play his alaap which he played for more than an hour and when he starts his gat, my guru ji just plays a big dhaa (one note) and walks off the stage, Of course the organizer and the people and the sitarist all came to the green room and said, What happened? What happened?’ My guru ji said to the sitarist. “They announced so much about you so you played according to the announcement, for an hour and a half, just in alaap. They announced only my name so for that kind of an announcement a Dhaa is all they get!” __ Sandeep Das ... Every famous artist was being booed off stage and Pandit Ravi Shankar and Kishan Maharaj were to perform together. Kishan Maharaj had someone carry his tabla on stage and walked in with a big gun. “He told the audience-my first passion is shooting. It could be shooting people or animals. It depends on how I feel on a particular day. My second passion is tabla which I’m going to play. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to hear my tabla or see my shooting skills. There was pin drop silence after that. He played tabla solo for about half and hour and then invited Ravi ji on stage and every other artist after that was able to perform.” __Sandeep Das गुरु जी भरी जवानी में छोड़ गए हमें :( https://youtube/watch?v=JouGan3OWuI
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 04:55:48 +0000