Gwalior, 6 December 2014: Organized by Madhya Pradesh Department Of Culture, Tansen Music Festival (Tansen Samaroh) will kickoff from 12 December. At this 4 day musical extravaganza, 21 vocal and 7 playing performance will be made by artists.
Tansen Samaroh is celebrated every year in the month of December in Behat village of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. It is a 4 day musical extravaganza. Artist and music lovers from all over the world gather here to pay tribute to the Great Indian Musical Maestro Tansen. The event is organized near the tomb of Tansen by the Academy of the department of culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Artists from all over India are invited to deliver vocal and instrumental performances. Below is the calendar of the festival:
12 December (Friday)
- Time: 9:30 am
- Place: Tomb of Tansen at Hazira in Gwalior
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Madhav Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, vocal music by Pandit Prabhakar Karekar from Mumbai, Sitar play by Partho Bose from Kolkata, Dhrupad recital by Rajkumar Malik from Darbhanga
13 December (Saturday)
- Time: 9:30 am
- Place: Tomb of Tansen at Hazira in Gwalior
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Maharudra Mahavidyalaya, vocal music by Sanhita Nandi from Delhi, Violin play by Anupriya Deotale from Delhi, Dhrupad recital by Uday Bhawalkar from Pune, vocal music by Alankar Singh from Patiala
13 December (Saturday)
- Time: 6:30 pm
- Place: Tomb of Tansen at Hazira in Gwalior
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Bharatiya Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, vocal music by Gwalior Dhrupad Kendra, vocal music by Iqbal Ahmad Khan from Delhi, Sarod play by Dinesh Aslam Khan from Delhi, Dhrupad recital by Falguni Mitra from Kolkata
14 December (Sunday)
- Time: 9:30 am
- Place: Tomb of Tansen at Hazira in Gwalior
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Shankar Gandharva Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, vocal music by Bhopal Dhrupad Kendra, vocal music by Geetika Umdekar from Gwalior, Been-Surbahar duet by Zahid Khan Desai and Nasir Desai from Delhi, vocal music by Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil from Pune
14 December (Sunday)
- Time: 6:30 pm
- Place: Tomb of Tansen at Hazira in Gwalior
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Tansen Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, vocal music by Salma Ghosh from Mumbai, Tabla play by Rashid Mustafa Thirakwa from Delhi, Sitar play by Manju Mehta from Ahmedabad, vocal music by Vinayak Malharrao Torvi from Bangalore
15 December (Monday)
- Time: 10:30 am
- Place: Behat
- First music assembly: Dhrupad recital by Sadhna Sangeet Kala Kendra, vocal music by Ashwini Morghode from Gwalior, Tabla-Pakhavaj duet by Arun Dharmadhikari and Jagat Narayan Sharma from Gwalior, vocal music by Vilas Mandape