LSS to present The Unique Celebration of Fusion Music by Johar Ali Musical Group on September 3 

Ludhiana, September 1, 2023: Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam (LSS) has always provided an ideal platform for artists to showcase their talent and enrich the people of Ludhiana.

Addressing a press conference here today, SK Rai, General Secretary, LSS said they are now bringing India’s greatest Violin Maestro Johar Ali and his group as tribute to the onset of the festive season.  He is favourite teacher for violin for who’s who of the country. Dr. Kalam, President of India was also taking lessons from him.  The programme is going to be off beat fusion of music; dance and singing a true celebration of Festive Season with a group of 12 prominent artists.
 
“The Unique Celebration of Fusion Music” by Johar Ali Musical Group will be held on September 3 in Guru Nanak Bhawan, Ludhiana at 7.30 pm. 

He said compared to its ancestors, the violin is in a class by itself in terms of completeness. In addition, it was not improved gradually over time, but appeared in its current form suddenly around 1550.

From the middle of the sixteenth century to the first half of the eighteenth century, the small town of Cremona in the Lombardia region of northern Italy was the center of violin production, and about 20,000 famous instruments were made there. The violin was adopted into Hindustani music in the early 20th century; many stalwart Hindustani violinists have emerged and captivated many an audience with their unique style of playing the violin

The violin came to India with European colonists -- the French in Pondicherry, the Portuguese in Goa, and the British in Bengal. It was introduced to Indian art music by Baluswamy Dikshitar in 18th Century, a brother of the legendary Carnatic composer, Muthuswamy Dikhsitar. 

Once violin accompaniment partially replaced the Veena in Carnatic music, it was also able to emerge as a solo instrument. When the violin entered Hindustani music – almost three generations after its Carnatic debut -- the Sarangi was the preferred accompaniment.

Johar Ali Khan is an Indian classical violinist. He is the son and disciple of Gohar Ali Khan of Rampur; belongs to the Patiala Gharana. His grandfather was Ali Baksh, the founder of Patiala Gharana. He has performed thousands of Hindustani Violin concerts, in different parts of India, several major cities, towns and villages. He has performed for several government organizations and non-government organizations, including Radio & television.

Represented India at the 60 years UNESCO celebration in Paris, where he had composed music for melody of dialogue among Civilizations Association. Also represented India at the SAARC Summit in Bangladesh and countries like Nepal, England, Syria, Fiji, Djibouti, Addis Ababa, the Netherlands, Estonia, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Finland, Sharjah, Dubai, several other African countries and most recently Indonesia - taking role as a teacher of various instruments, through Indian government and some private organizations.

Gaurav Sehgal, Navin Talwar, Balmit Kaur, Ashim Nagpal, Nitin Shahi and SS Khurana were also present on the occasion.