Released on: February 28, 2008, 2:16 am

Press Release Author: Deepak Gupta

Industry: Advertising

Press Release Summary: Recently a 4 day (from 22-25th February 2008) music & dance
festival, was organised by The Ravishankar Centre and United Nations World Food
Programme, at The Ravishankar Centre, Chanakyapuri. The festival was dedicated to
the Late George Harrison on his 65th Birth Anniversary.

Press Release Body: Recently a 4 day (from 22-25th February 2008) music & dance
festival, was organised by The Ravishankar Centre and United Nations World Food
Programme, at The Ravishankar Centre, Chanakyapuri. The festival was dedicated to
the Late George Harrison on his 65th Birth Anniversary.
The four-day festival was fulfilled with rich & thrilling performances by Yamini
Reddy (Kuchipudi), Satish Vyas (Santoor), Ajay Prasanna (Flute), Ranjani Gayatri
(Vocal), M Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal), Barun Kumar Pal (Hamsa Veena) & Rajan Sajan
Misra (Vocal). The festival also featured Akram Khan, Kaushalya Reddy, Vinod Lele,
Shailendra Mishra, Vinay Mishra and Subhajyoti Guha.
One of the main attractions of the festival was the presence of Sitar Legend Pt.
Ravi Shankar himself in the audience on all four days. Other than him many eminent
personalities like Smt. Sukanya Shankar, Oliviya Harrison, GianPietro Bordignon
(Country Head, UNWFP, India), Anoushka Shankar, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Shalu Jindal,
Sharon Lowen and many foreign tourists were also present there.
The festival started with a scintillating performance by young & talented Kuchipudi
dancer Yamini Reddy who is one of the most promising disciples of Raja-Radha Reddy.
It was followed by the Santoor recital by Padmashree Satish Vyas. Other three
evenings were equally enriching with brilliant performances by Ajay Prasanna,
Ranjani Gayatri, M Venkatesh Kumar, Barun Kumar Pal & Rajan Sajan Misra. The
festival came to an end with a grand performance by Padmabhushan Pt. Rajan-Sajan
Misra who were given standing ovation by the Legendary Sitar Maestro Pt. Ravi
Shankar himself.


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