Idea Jalsa 'Music for the Soul': Travelling Music festival comes to Udaipur

Music lovers of the city will get an opportunity to enjoy the melodious voice of Pandit Ratan Mohan Sharma and Anup Jalota for the largest concert tour of Indian Music, Jalsa ‘Music for the Soul’. The musical concert will take place at Shilpgram tomorrow February 15 from 7.00 p.m. onwards. Entry for the concert is free.

The concert, organized by Idea, will feature over 50 genres of Music, with over 100 artistes across 12 cities, and will cover about 30,000 audiences. In Udaipur, Classical Vocal and Devotional singing will be performed by Pandit Ratan Mohan Sharma and renditions of Bhajans and Devotionals will be performed by Anup Jalota.

Durga Jasraj, Founder and Director, Art & Artistes, the conceptualizer and producer of the Idea Jalsa project, said, “We are indeed thankful to Shreeji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, for his support to our programme and encouragement provided to us by his patronage. We are quite delighted to be presenting Idea Jalsa Concert Tour in this scenic, beautiful and majestic city that is rich in tradition.

The artists Pandit Ratan Mohan Sharma, of Mewati Gharana, one of the highest selling devotional singers for gayatri mantra, known for his versatile melodies and Rajasthani folk, and Anup Jalota who needs no introduction, will regale the audiences with their performances.”

A unique festival will also be webcast live on https://www.youtube.com/indianmusicforsoul and on www.facebook.com/JalsaMusicForTheSouls .

Puneet Krishnan, Circle Head – Rajasthan, Idea Cellular, said “Idea has always endeavoured to entertain and its audience with Music and other forms of entertainment. We are now happy to bring ‘Idea Jalsa’, the largest platform for different genres of Indian music, close to you to enrich your musical experience.

Durga further added, “Our objective is to showcase Indian music across cities by providing a platform for audiences to discover the treasures of Indian Music that has a rich legacy, and versatility unparalleled. The challenge is to present your own traditions in a manner that’s contemporary and relevant, and to make the youth connect to their own culture and music.”