March 13_AM
I had the opportunity to hear Pandit Shiv Kumar at Music Academy. Saw people with tears flowing down their eyes. Is this a state happiness, a state of peace or attaining enlightenment? I amm sure we can understand this only when we experience it. It was a moment I would cherish for life.
When I was back home went to this great performers website. Every word spoken looked like a commitment made and delivered.
"According to me Indian Classical Music is not only for Entertainment, it is much more beyond that. Spirituality and Indian Classical Music are two sides of the same coin. In India the origin of Indian Classical Music was in the spiritual traditions of the Country. Music that creates Spiritual Bliss, for the Performer and is shared by the Listeners is the essence of this Art Form even today. It was my life long dream to play such kind of music which will make the listeners forget to clap; which will make them silent. My dream came true, once, I played one raga, while the listeners immersed deep into meditation and I experienced a state of thoughtlessness. This silence was so nourishing, so fulfilling, there was no need to play anything else.” - Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
This is so easily said but how it is achieved is still a mystery in my mind. Dedicate todays mwc to this great musician - Padmashri Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
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