Raaga Vaibhava, a consortium of music-lovers, presented a Hindustani Classical Music Concert by Pt. Dr. Ram Deshpande, a renowned vocalist from Mumbai, at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road in city on July 23.
Dr. Deshpande, ‘A’ grade artiste of AIR and Television, has presented recitals at several prestigious venues in India and abroad. He is a Gold Medal Awardee of Nagpur University. He completed his Doctoral thesis on “Mishra ragas” under the able guidance of Pt. V.R. Athavale. One can notice a blend of Gwalior and Agra Gharana traditions in his gayaki. Also, he has successfully adopted some of the patterns from Jaipur tradition. He commenced the recital with Raag Multani, an Oudav-Sampoorna, Paramela Praveshika Raaga usually sung around 4 pm, late afternoon according to the time theory. ‘Pa’ & ‘Sa’ are the main notes of the raaga and is classified in Todi thaat. This raaga is evolved from the Loka geetha of Multan territory. Hence, the name Multani.
