The Music Festival Tansen Samaroh commenced on December 26, 2020 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. This event is the 96th edition of the Tansen music festival.
- The festival would conclude on December 30, 2020 at Behat village, near the tomb of the music maestro Tansen.
- The festival is held every year to pay tributes to one of the greatest musicians in Indian history of classical music, Tansen.
- The music festival is jointly organised by the Ustaad Allahuddin Khan Sangeet and Kala Academy and Madhya Pradesh Cultural Parishad on behalf of the Department of Culture of the State government.
Who was Miyan Tansen?
- Miyan Tansen was born as Ramatanu and later came to be known as Tanna.
- Tansen was the title given to him by Raja Vikramjit of Gwalior.
- Tansen was a court musician in the darbar of Raja Ramachandra of Bandavagarh (Rewa).
- Akbar made him one of the Navaratnas in his court. He gave him the title of ‘Mian’.
- Tansen is also known as the ‘Sangit Samrat’, according to Musical Heritage of India by Lalita Ramakrishna.
- Abul Fazl records in his Ain-i-Akbari that Akbar gave Rs 2 lakhs to Tansen for his first performance in the court.
- Kalpadruma is a compliation of 300 of his dhrupads that were in Gauhar Bani.
- Tansen composed in his favourite ragas — Multani, Bhairavi and Todi .
(Source: AIR and The Hindu)
