Pandit Bhajan Sopori | Santoor | Raga Gawati | Live Concert

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This is the recording of a live concert of the legendary Santoor maestro, Pandit Bhajan Sopori, at the “Delhi Classical Music Festival” in October 2010, celebrating the Common Wealth Games by Govt. of Delhi. Accompanying Pt. Bhajan Sopori are Ustad Akram Khan on Tabla and Pandit Sopori’s disciples Roshan Ali on Sur Santoor & Bipul Rai on Tanpura.

Pandit Bhajan Sopori presents Raga Gawati, also spelt as Gaoti or Gavati, with Aalap, Jod and Gats in Vilambit Teentaal, Madhyalaya Ektaal & Drutlaya Teentaal.
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A Living Legend and a Musical Genius Pandit Bhajan Sopori is more than an individual. He is a performer and composer par excellence, musicologist, teacher, writer, poet, and an extraordinary human being, he is a complete institution in himself. Regarded as the cultural bridge of Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of the country, he is hailed as the “Saint of the Santoor” and the “King of Strings”.


Pandit Sopori was born in Srinagar (Kashmir) into a family of musicians of the fabled ‘Sufiana Gharana’ of Kashmir, the exclusive traditional Santoor family of the country with its roots spanning over 300 years. Representing the age-old Shaivite-Sufi tradition, he was initiated into Santoor playing by his grandfather the Great Master Musician Pandit Samsar Chand Sopori and later by his father, the Great Music Master Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori, hailed as the ‘Father of Music’ in Jammu & Kashmir.

Pandit Bhajan Sopori has been the pioneer in establishing the Santoor at global platforms as a complete solo instrument. The quiet and unassuming maestro has come long way since he created history by being the first person to play the Indian Classical music on the Santoor in concerts way back in the early 1950’s. In his over 6 decades of dedicated work he has explored various dimensions of the Santoor, carrying out many path-breaking innovations and introduced the ‘Sopori Baaj’, the systematic style and format of playing the Classical Santoor. The ‘Sopori Baaj’ incorporates the essential technical nuances of both the Gayaki (vocal) and Tantrakari (instrumental) Angs (aspects) such as ‘Meend’, ‘Gamak’, ‘Glides’, ‘Krintan’, ‘Zamzama’, ‘Taan’, ‘Bol’, ‘Chhand’ and ‘Laya’ patterns, which are absolutely essential for the correct rendering of Raga-Sangeet in the true Indian Classical tradition.


A highly learned person, he has a double Masters degree in Indian Classical music, specializing in both the Sitar and the Santoor, besides having a Masters degree in English Literature. He has also studied Western Classical Music at Washington University, USA. He combines a profound knowledge of music and musicology and has carried out immense research on music therapy. He has composed a number of new ragas, music for films, commercials, documentaries, serials, operas, choirs, etc. and composed music for over 8,000 songs in various languages.

The mystic master has used his Santoor and his compositions to highlight the concept of oneness and foster unity enshrining the idea of national integration, humanism and peace amongst the common man and the youth in particular. For his enormous contributions, Panditji has received hundreds of national and international awards, lifetime achievement decorations and titles including the prestigious Padmashri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, J&K Government Lifetime Achievement Award, J&K Civilian Award by Jammu & Kashmir Government, Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa) by a number of Universities like Utkal University (Odisha), National Flag Honour of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan National Award, Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award, National Shiromani Award, National Excellence Award, etc. to name a few. He also has a unique distinction and honour to be on an Indian Postal Stamp of Rs.5.00/- presented by the Indian Postal Department as a special honor to him in the year 2011.
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Santoor is a music instrument of India with its origins of Shaivite tradition of Kashmir. It belongs to the family of earliest stringed instruments called Veena. In ancient Sanskrit texts it has been referred to as Shatatantri Veena, the Veena with 100 strings. The Shatatantri Veena in Kashmir was used at every Vedic ritual and it remained associated with the sacred music from the earlier times till date. As it was already associated with the Shaivites, it was naturally adopted in the Sufiana Mausiqi of Kashmir. Santoor is not a folk instrument but a sacred Classical music instrument.

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