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Time: 6:00 PM Venue: Art Auditorium, UT-Austin Tickets: $20 (adult), $10 (Sr/Stu) Free for ICMCA members. Join today! |
accompanied by Sanatan Goswami (harmonium) and Shri Subhen Chatterjee (tabla) |
Born in 1948,
in the town of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Pt.Ajay Pohankar is
one such child prodigy who has continued to maintain the name
and fame achieved at young age.
Acclaimed as one of the most creative artists today, Pt. Ajay
Pohankar started his career at the age of 10. When the other
children of his age were busy playing, young Ajay was deeply
engrossed into the notes of Ragas Marwa and Kaunsi Kanade, two
of his favorite renderings.
Pt. Pohankar
has kept away from the glamorous part of today`s music scenario.
He had honed his talent by deep thinking of his own which reflects
in his highly imaginative and complex yet aesthetically well
structured presentation of Sargam in a cultivated rich voice,
with full command over modulation, which transports the listeners
over a wide range of emotions.
Pt. Pohankar had his talim and training with his mother scholar
musicologist Dr.Smt. Sumeet Pohankar of Kirana Gharana. It is
one of the few examples of the history of Indian classical music
that a mother has groomed her child. He also had occasional sittings
with the great Ustad Amir Khan. Although Pt. Pohankar was trained
in Kirana Gharana, he was thoroughly influenced by the likes
of Ustad Amir Khan. By the age of 10, he had adopted this style
so well that Ustad Amir Khan recommended and introduced him at
the Calcutta Conference. This was itself a great achievement
at a very young age.
