Soulful jugalbandi enthralls audience

CHANDIGARH: It was an evening drenched in soulful strings and colours of desert as a jugalbandi fusion nite, “Soul for strings” organized by the Times of India and presented by a renowned musician Salil Bhatt, commenced at Park Plaza in Sector 17, on Saturday night. More than 300 people attended the event.
Salil, who is a creator of the satvik veena and the son of the legendary slide player and India’s Grammy award winner Padamshree Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, in his signature style weaved magic with satvik veena and enthralled the audience.Accompanying him and enticing the audience was Himanshu Mehent from Banaras, who played the tabla.
The event was inaugurated by chief guest Chandigarh SSP Naunihal Singh, UT IPG P K Shrivastva and director of special project Park Plaza Rajesh Ranjan.
“It was a wonderful event. It was truly an honour to sponsor such an event. The performances were completely mind boggling and class apart,” says Harmanjot Gosal, CEO of a company.
“It was truly a pleasure to attend this event. I enjoyed the performance,” said Rajesh Ranjan, director of special project Park Plaza. “The show had a perfect balance of classical and fusion music,” said, Gitansha Thakur, a city resident.