Mumbai: A die-hard traditionalist, late shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan took many years to accept technology to promote his music and his instrument.
He was known to create a fuss when his stage would be cluttered up with microphones, fold-backs and other hi-tech gizmos.
Today, however, his manasputri Soma Ghosh has released two CD's on traditional Indian styles of the Benaras Gharana to "provide sustenance to those of the younger generation seeking knowledge and research in these areas".
Ghosh, who spent last four years of her singing career with Khan, said her CD's are aimed at preserving streams of music, which "did not have the benefit of recording facilities in earlier years.”
"It is now necessary to preserve at least the little that we have left", she told PTI.
Ghosh's CDs, which were released in Varanasi last week, centre on the semi-classical forms of "kajri, hori and chaiti" and took three years to make.
"Kajri was a favourite of Bismillah and he played it everywhere. Some of the bandishes recorded on the CDs are inspired by him," she said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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