YaarAnād Virtual Baithak Mēlā 201 S2: E40 with Paṅḍit Som Datt Battu

𝐘𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐀𝐧𝐚̄𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐞̄𝐥𝐚̄ 𝟐𝟎𝟏 - 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟐, 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝟒𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐧̇𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚̄𝐧𝐢̄ 𝐒𝐚𝐧̇𝐠𝐢̄𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨, 𝐏𝐚𝐧̇𝐝̣𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐮
Rāñgalī Satth (Virtual) Mēlā 201 with Hiṅdustānī Saṅgīta maestro, Paṅḍit Som Datt Battu, hosted by Bhai Baldeep Singh. He will be joining live from Gurgaon, India, at 5:00 PM (India) on Saturday, June 19, 2021.
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:
As an extension of the World Music Heritage Series conceived and produced by maestro Bhai Baldeep Singh for Anād Records, the YaarAnād Virtual Baithak Series aims to celebrate excellence in the field of music, arts, dance, theatre, and literature. The YaarAnād Virtual Baithak Series marks the 550th birth anniversary of Gurū Nānak Dēv, the first gurū of the Sikhs.
𝐈𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨:
Professor Som Datt Battu is a vocalist of the Patiala Gharānas and educator. His musical education began in childhood under the tutelage of his father, Pandit Ram Lal Battu of the Shyam Chaurasi Gharāna. He subsequently studied under Pandit Kunj Lal Sharma, a disciple of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, and under Pandit Kundan Lal Sharma, disciple of Ustād Ashique Ali Khan, the son and disciple of Patiala Gharanā’s Ustād Fateh Ali Khan. His tālīm thus spans the Patiala, Indore, and Kirana gharānas. Since the 1950s, he has had the opportunity to perform on public radio and television, at India’s most prestigious music festivals, and before the nation’s highest dignitaries. Empanelled as an Outstanding Artiste by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Professor Battu has had the opportunity to represent Indian classical music in Kenya, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the United Sates, Pakistan, as well as in Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Battu has contributed scholarly papers in musicology, published by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Rashtriya Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskār, Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, the Himachal Gaurav Puraskār, the Punjab Sangeet Rattan, and the Rababi Bhai Mardana Sangeet Sammelan. Professor Battu had the distinction of composing a martial tune in replacement of the colonial era melody for the band of the Indian Army’s Signals Corps. Today, Professor Battu divides his time between performing, teaching, and guiding research scholars.
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬:
As an extension of the World Music Heritage Series conceived and produced by maestro Bhai Baldeep Singh for Anād Records, the YaarAnād Virtual Baiṭhak Series aims to celebrate excellence in the fields of music, arts, dance, theatre, and literature.
The YaarAnād Virtual Baiṭhak Series marks the 400th birth anniversary of Gurū Teg Bahādur, the ninth gurū of the Sikhs and the unparalleled martyr in history, for he sacrificed his life to protect a faith he did not practice, the Hindū Dharmā. Giving his life to safeguard the Hindu Tilaka and Janēū, the ninth heir of Gurū Nānak embodied a fearless commitment to the freedom to choose and practice one’s own faith. He was a prolific pakhāwaj exponent, poet, and singer whose musical contributions include Rāga Jaijaiwantī.
𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐚̄𝐝:
𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐀𝐧𝐚̄𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭:
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