| Location(s) | Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India |
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| Years active | 1972–Present |
| Founded by | Pandit Jasraj |
| Date(s) | 2009: November 27th to 30th |
Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Sangeet Samaroh is an annual Indian classical music festival held at Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India. The festival is organised by noted classical singer Pandit Jasraj in memory of his father and brother, both classical musicians of repute. Some of the finest exponents of Indian Classical music perform at the festival on the invitation of Pandit Jasraj and he always performs on the 30th November every year, his father's death anniversary and a tribute to Pandit Jasraj’s guru, his mentor and his elder brother, Pandit Maniram, who died in 1986, and Jasraj renamed the festival to include his brother's name.[1]
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The festival was started in 1972 by Pandit Jasraj because of his bond with Hyderabad as he spent his childhood here and his father, Pandit Motiram's Samadhi is in the city. Maharaja Kishan Prasad Bahadur took his father to Chowmahalla Palace. [2] His father died in 1934, five hours before his concert at Chowmahalla Palace, where he was to be announced as the Royal musician in the court of Osman Ali Khan. Motiram and Maniram were not only vocalists but composers of repute.[1] Amjad Ali Khan and Zakir Hussain were introduced to the city audience for the first time in 1972 during the same festival.
The festival was held at various venues like Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, CIEFL, Nizam College, and since 2009 it is held at Chowmahalla Palace. The entry to the event is free.
The 38th annual festival was held at Chowmahalla Palace from 29 November to 1 December
It was held between 27–30 November that included Pritam Bhattacharjee (Hindustani vocal), Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor), Tripti Mukherjee (Hindustani vocal), Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Hindustani vocal), Kalari Academy of Performing Arts (Kalaripayattu), Suman Ghosh (Hindustani vocal), Munnawar Masoom (qawwali), Shashank Subramanyam (flute), Yogesh Samsi (Tabla solo), Pandit Jasraj.
It was held on November 29 and 30. Performers include Sabir Khan (sarangi) and Vidushi Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic vocal), Niladri Kumar (sitar), Sanjeev Abhyankar (vocal), Rattan Mohan Sharma (vocal) and Pandit Kumar Bose (tabla solo), Hemang Mehta (vocal) and Dr. N.Rajam (violin), Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena).[3] Pandit Jasraj performed on the last day of the festival.[4]
Pandit Jasraj, Shahid Parvez, Shashank, Vocalist Pritam Bhattacharjee, Vijay Ghate, Ajay Pohankar, Manjari Chaturvedi (Sufi Kathak) and Sanjeev Abhyankar. The festival was hosted by Durga Jasraj.
Pandit Jasraj performed on the first day, the 30th November.
Niladri Kumar (sitar) and zitar, Taufiq Qureshi ( percussion), Pandit Dinesh (Congo), Anand Sharma (key boards and vocals, Agnelo Fernandes (key board) and Vijay Ghate (tabla),[5] bhajan singer Anup Jalota performed at the festival.
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vikku Vinayakram and Selva Ganesh, percussion wizards, Mandolin U. Shrinivas and Pandit Jasraj performed.[6]
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (sarod), Raja Kale (vocal), Padma Subramanyam (Bharatanatyam) and Dr. L. Subramaniam.[7]