#darbarfestival | Young Gwalior vocal star Omkar Dadarkar sings Jogkauns, an intricate modern raga created in the 1940s by Pandit Jagannath Buwa Purohit.

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Omkar Dadarkar’s khayal style is receiving growing plaudits across the world. He learned first from his parents, then from a vast range of gurus including his aunt Manik Verma, Ram Deshpande, Yashwanthbua Joshi, Ulhas Kashalkar, Girija Devi, and Shrinivas Khale. A period of study as an ITC Sangeet Research Academy scholar further sharpened his control, and his performance career goes from strength to strength with a growing resume of awards. He blends the analytical with the soulful, bringing traditional Gwalior gharana khayal to new global audiences each year. Hear more of Omkar here:
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Jogkauns is a modern amalgamation created by Pandit Jagannath Buwa Purohit in the 1940s. A dedicated vocal master known as Gunidas (‘worshipper of virtue’), he blended Raag Jog and Raag Chandrakauns, two starkly differing forms, to create a finely balanced new raga. Gharana-blending singer Kumar Gandharva picked up on the new sound, and it gained acclaim on the concert platform in the 1950s.

It ascends pentatonically with the swaras SGmdNS, and descends with SNdPm, GmgS - thus combining the shuddha Ni of Chandrakauns with the characteristic Gmg vakra (zig-zag) phrase of Jog. The resulting mood is full of complex tensions. In the words of musicologist Rajan Parrikar, “Jogkauns is a masterpiece of musical thought, all the pieces conforming to one another and to an organic whole. Gunidas has been justly credited with fathering one of the greatest melodies of the 20th century.”

Recorded at Darbar Festival on 27 Oct 2018, at London’s Barbican Centre:
-Omkar Dadarkar (khayal vocal)
-Shahbaz Hussain (tabla)
-Tanmay Deochake (harmonium)

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