Sangeet Samrat

His music is soothing and spellbinding. It has the power to transport his audience to the realm of the Divine. Minna Zutshi strings together Pandit Jasraj’s striking notes.

IT’S a rich, sonorous voice and it comes like a gust of cool breeze on a hot, blistering day. Within a few minutes (it could very well be a nano-second or an hour or an eternity, as you lose track of time), you find yourself awash with peace, and your entire being is suffused with serenity. Your spiritual sojourn has started. No wonder, you are tuned to the soulful music of Pandit Jasraj, the noted vocalist of North Indian classical music.

Her father’s daughter
Children of famous parents often have to bear the cross of their parents’ fame. And they usually wilt even before they can find their feet. But not so for Pandit Jasraj’s daughter, Durga Jasraj (remember the pretty, sweet-voiced co-anchor of Antakshri show on Zee TV).

‘My next album will be in Punjabi’
Minna Zutshi
THE Himalayan peaks are forbiddingly inviting. They don’t make for an easy ascent, yet their grandeur is inspiring. However, for young, glamorous opera singer Anita Lerche, who had come all the way from Denmark, the Himalayan tryst was not only about sky-smooching mountains, it was also about discovering the music in the hills.

Mozart magic
MUSIC maestro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart received a fitting present on the occasion of his 250th birthday, by being voted as Britain’s favourite composer. Listeners of Classic FM cast a total of 119,000 votes by post and online as a part of its annual Classic FM Hall of Fame poll.