This weekend (15th January), I attended Ustadji Zakir Hussain's concert in Chowdiah Memorial Hall. This Concert was part of the Aadi Anant Festival of Indian Music. Zakir Hussain played Tabla, Anantha R.Krishnan played the Mridangam, Navin Sharma on the Dholak and Sabir Khan on the Sarangi.
The musicians followed the 16 count cycle(The Teen Taal). This was my first classical music concert and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire performance.
The best part about the Concert was that, I got to meet my Idol, Ustadji Zakir Hussain. I am learning to play the Tabla and I had a very good opportunity to meet him Backstage. Once the show got over, the musicians bowed and they went backstage. That's when, I plucked up the courage to go there. The moment I saw him, I showed respect by touching his feet. After that, Ustadji went inside a room to take some rest.
In about 5 minutes, the manager came out of the room and said that Ustadji was late for his flight to the US, so he would only be able to meet the kids. I was lucky and I took some snaps with him and all of us spoke to him for some time and then we were asked to leave the room after a group photo.
I love this experience!!!
As all the kids inside were in a hurry to take snaps with him, I could not take a very good snap but I am really happy with the pics I took. The above pic is one of the selfies I took. Infact, I would like to thank my Aunt a lot because she was the one who told me about this concert......
The musicians followed the 16 count cycle(The Teen Taal). This was my first classical music concert and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire performance.
The best part about the Concert was that, I got to meet my Idol, Ustadji Zakir Hussain. I am learning to play the Tabla and I had a very good opportunity to meet him Backstage. Once the show got over, the musicians bowed and they went backstage. That's when, I plucked up the courage to go there. The moment I saw him, I showed respect by touching his feet. After that, Ustadji went inside a room to take some rest.
In about 5 minutes, the manager came out of the room and said that Ustadji was late for his flight to the US, so he would only be able to meet the kids. I was lucky and I took some snaps with him and all of us spoke to him for some time and then we were asked to leave the room after a group photo.
I love this experience!!!
As all the kids inside were in a hurry to take snaps with him, I could not take a very good snap but I am really happy with the pics I took. The above pic is one of the selfies I took. Infact, I would like to thank my Aunt a lot because she was the one who told me about this concert......