How Anirudh Verma calms collective classical sounds

Anirudh Verma Collective performed at the launch of his album Patience
Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Anirudh Verma Collective recently launched his third album Patience In a packed Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi. The concert of over two hours had 12 tracks from the album and two older favorite ‘Megh’ and ‘Tala Bope’.

We knit traditional pieces together with a contemporary soundscape is characterized by collective. As Anirudh Verma said: “Our intention is not to always remove classical essence, but to present it in contemporary format.” Both Western classical music, (piano) and Hindustani music trained, Anirudh gives equal styles to both styles in their groups presenting their groups.

A mail of musicians, including Siddharth on Saxophone and Aman Sharma on Trump, dominated the drums by Suyash Gabriel, set the mood, before the Vocalist Pretake Narasimha sang the initial number ‘Saad Naal’, with a full set of musicians, a full set of 12-Matters. Lighting was excellent, in which light designer Gaurav Indora enhanced the visual appeal of the concert.

Anirudh Verma | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The playlist also included some Karnataka music – ‘Saraswati’ was sung by Soumya Gurcharan, as well as with a talented Abhay Naimpali on the Karnataka guitar. Talented singer Bhagish Marathe, who represented Gwalior and Agra Gaiki, was a guest singer at the concert. He sang Anirudh, Soumitra Thakur, Pratibha Miyar Gharrana Sitarist, and Yashwant Vaibhav of Punjab Gharana and Saptak Sharma of Ajarra Ghar on the tab. Varun Rajasekharan was on the Ghatam. This song gave a different dimension to the concert.

Folk songs, Thumri and Bhajan made the band’s appeal comprehensive.

One praised the uninterrupted mingling of styles and sounds with the context of the music of the pieces. The apathy to create some novels is also admirable; As Anirudh has the ability to present a diverse set of musicians on the same platform. Anirudh says, “I was lucky to find a group of artists who were ready to contribute to the project.”