New Delhi : From the beautiful, Mohiniattam to the ever graceful Kathak to a recitation of Rudra Veena and more! The fourth day of the Festival of Young Musicians and Dancers enthralled the audience with some 
delightful performances.
Young musicians and dancers who are representing India’s multifarious musical and dance forms are the centre of the six day festival, the first such programme of classical music to be held at Delhi’s Central Park.
The fourth day of the festival saw performances by vocalist Nitin Sharma and a mesmerizing performance of Rudra Veena and Surbahar by Zahid Khan and Nasir Desai. Gopika Rajan enthralled the audience with a beautiful session of Mohiniattam while Varsha Das Gupta lighted up the stage with her graceful kathak moves.
The Festival of Young Musicians and Dancers, being presented by the Sahitya Kala Parishad, and Department of Art, Culture and Languages is hosting 24 young exponents of Indian music and dance forms who are inarguably the future of Indian art.
Dance forms from all parts of the country – from Kathak to Kuchipudi to Manipuri and Odissi and young music exponents of Santoor, Sarod, Tabla, and Violin – all have come together to make the festival a celebration of India’s multifarious art forms.
“We have some really great music maestros who have mastered their arts and created legacies that are difficult to emulate. Be it Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan, or Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia or the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustaad Bismillah Khan sahib, these legendary classical music exponents have set the benchmark really high. However, it is encouraging that we have precious young talent that is ready to step into the shoes of their seniors and find their own feet. This festival is the celebration of this young talent. More encouraging is the fact that common people of Delhi are turning up in good numbers to appreciate this talent,” says Smt Sindhu Mishra, deputy secretary, Sahitya Kala Parishad.
The festival bears witness to the fact that when it comes to performing arts, there is no dearth of talent in the country and that the young generation too is at the forefront of the traditional Indian musical scene.