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BCR NEWS (Rachna Sharma/Delhi) In a first of its kind musical presentation, Durga Jasraj’s company Art And Artistes (I) Pvt Ltd, presented ‘Panchtatva’ and left Delhi music lovers mesmerized with a spectacular combination of specially designed Animation and Visual Effects along with Soundscapes, and Shlokas – with carefully designed Musical performances by a galaxy of Indian Music superstars on 23rd January, 2015 at Siri Fort Auditorium.
Conceived by Durga Jasraj and produced by Art And Artistes (I) Pvt. Ltd., presented by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India along with the Aditya Birla Group and endorsed by the United Nations (UNIC), ‘Panchtatva’ is a magical Concert Tour depicting five elements of nature, “Aakash (Space), Vaayu (Wind), Agni (Fire), Jal (Water) and Prithvi (Earth)”.
Commenting on the success of the show, Durga Jasraj and Neeraj Jaitly of Art And Artistes said, “While we were confident about the concept and content of this unique music property, we were genuinely overwhelmed by the audience response to the very first edition of this 5 city tour (Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi). We are especially pleased with the results of effectively using Mass Mediums like FM radio, Social Media, Print ad campaign to present India Music in a contemporary yet pure form. We would like to sincerely thank the tremendous support extended by Aditya Birla Group, Bank of Baroda, LIC of India. Our Media Partners BIG FM, have all played a crucial role in spreading awareness about this initiative and we are grateful for their spirited support.”
The evening was graced by Mr. Devender Kumar Garg (Bank of Baroda), Shri Sanjeev Kumar (LIC), Mr. Anurag Jain (Mahindra Finance), Mr. Sanjeev Govil (Idea Cellular Ltd.) for the lamp lighting ceremony before the start of the Musical.
This scripted Music presentation featured electrifying performances by superstar musicians like Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustad Rashid Khan, Selva Ganesh, Taufiq Qureshi, Rattan Mohan Sharma, Sridhar Parthasarathy, Ramkumar Mishra, Subhankar Banerjee, Ankita Joshi, and others. What made the evening even more special was that these artistes performed together for the first time.
