Delhi G-20 Summit | Concert of rare instruments planned at President’s dinner

The dinner programme will be held on September 9 at the ‘Bharat Mandapam’, the venue of the G-20 leaders summit.

G-20 leaders will witness a unique musical extravaganza at the dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu when 78 artists from across the country perform on some of the rarest of rare Indian instruments like ‘Surbahar’, ‘Jaltarang’, and ‘Rudra Veena’.

The dinner programme will be held on September 9 at the ‘Bharat Mandapam’, the venue of the G-20 leaders summit.

The 78 artists, include 11 children, 13 women, 6 differently-abled artists, 26 young men and 22 professionals.

The concert ‘Bharat-Vadya-Darshanam’ (Musical Journey of India), being organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, an autonomous body under the Union Culture Ministry, will feature 34 Hindustani musical instruments, 18 Carnatic musical instruments, and 26 folk musical instruments from across Indian States.

The one-and-a-half hour-long programme will celebrate the rich tapestry of India’s musical heritage through the representative music of different States of the country.

Some rare Indian musical instruments which will be played include the ‘Kamaicha’, used by the ‘Manganiar’ community of Rajasthan, ‘Naltarang’, created by Baba Allauddin Khan of Maihar, Madhya Pradesh and ‘Rudra Veena’, considered one of the most ancient instruments.

“We will immerse in some of the most ancient Vedic musical instruments, Tribal instruments, and Folk instruments alongside classical musical instruments, creating a beautiful soundscape. The participating musicians too are hailing from different regions of India, playing an array of traditional instruments in their traditional attire,” said a senior official of the Ministry of Culture.