Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 26: The prestigious 10th annual edition of prestigious SaMaPa Aalap Festival today concluded with splendid concerts. Music Maestro and Secretary SaMaPa, Abhay Rustum Sopori expressed his gratitude to the thousands of students and general public for participating. The concluding concerts were held at the border area at DPS Rajouri and Tiny Tots Higher Secondary School, Sainik Colony, Jammu. The prestigious festival was held in collaboration with Dept. of Tourism, Jammu, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and Dept. of Information and Public Relations, J&K. The festival was held from 16th to 26th February 2016 all around Jammu and adjoining border areas like Rajouri, Samba, Akhnoor, RS Pora, etc. featuring hundreds of musicians including eminent and legendary musicians, young budding talent, child artists and school children. Various musicians from J&K participated in the grand musical extravaganza apart from various talks and music discourses. Salil Bhatt presented Raga Charukeshi at Tiny Tots School enthralling more than 500 children and hundreds of music lovers who attended the concert including Prof. Aparna Bhajan Sopori, Sufi Singer Ragini Rainu, Pianist Aman Nath, Educationists Shri Barkat Hussain and Kiran Zutshi and others.
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