'Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan' on Jan 20

Chennai, Jan 9: The acclaimed 'Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan' will be held in this metropolis, the culture capital of South India, for the first time on January 20.

The programme would commence with a jugalbandi by popular Carnatic vocalist duo Anuradha and Shriram.

The high point of the evening would be a performance by world-renowned Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, according to a press release here.

The Sammelan was first organised in 1977 by legendary Hindustani classical vocalist late C R Vyas, in memory of his guru the late Jagganathbuwa Purohit, the classical music doyen of the Agra Gharana, under the aegis of Maharashtra Lalit Kala Nidhi Trust.

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