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गीत उत्सव – अपनी कहानी छोड़ जा

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com दोस्तों, आप सभी संगीत के चाहनेवालों को मेरी तरफ से शुद्ध देसी नमस्कार। कोविड काल में सभी की तरह हमने भी कोशिश की थी गीत और संगीत के ज़रिये मित्रों, शुभचिंतकों, परिवार और अपने आप का मनोबल बनाये रखने की। कुछ हद तक हम इसमें कामियाब भी रहे। गीत उत्सव...

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Unquestioned Leadership

Dinesh Ghate 'Jain' | dinesh@swaraalap.com Once I heard, "The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them." This is what exactly I did. I will always cherish my 20 years of musical journey. There are many musical memories in it. I am happy to share that it is an unquestioned leading organisation....

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2014: 1960 Ki Lata

Atul Merchant | merchatul@gmail.com Lata Mangeshkar, the incarnation of Sharda Maa - the Goddess of Music, left for her heavenly abode on 6 Feb 2022. we arranged a show on 12 June 2015, to reminisce about the treasure of her renditions. Keeping up with its motto of “By the Musicians for the Musicians”, Swar Aalap felicitated two...

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2016: The Versatile Javed Ali

Shankar Iyer | burmanfan@yahoo.com Swar Aalap, an organization committed to the cause of musicians, organized an eventful programme with well appreciated prolific Indian Playback Singer and The Javed Ali performing on stage. Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra witnessed an energetic and engaging evening filled with songs and live performances by the singer that left the audience wanting for...

EDITORIAL # 2 Shirali

Journey into Music for my friend Vishwanath Shirali

Hello friends, Greetings for the day. The pandemic had taken a toll on our lives. Now that things are getting back to normal, we eagerly await live shows to resume with all their fervor for the artistes and music lovers. But nonetheless, I feel so happy and delighted to share this Digital platform with you...

2006 - The Three Aces

2006: The Three Aces

Shankar Iyer | burmanfan@yahoo.com Manek Sabhagriha, Mumbai witnessed a rare musical event on 18th November - The coming together on stage of The three aces Legendary musical stalwarts, Manohari Singh, Kersi Lord and Ustad Rais Khan. The occasion endorsed organizing group Swar Aalap’s dedicated commitment to the cause of promoting and supporting musicians since 2002. The...

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Vasantotsav 2021 Ki Parampara

It’s springtime and It’s time to celebrate. Pupils’ Own Trust came up with one more edition of Vasantotsav. This time it was different because of the pandemic. Vasantotsav ‘21 was an online event. While they celebrated ‘Parampara’ with melodious music. They also kept up with their parampara of bringing Vasantotsav to you, year after year....

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The Wizardry Skills of Cawas Lord

Shankar Iyer | burmanfan@gmail.com The trailblazer for the community of musicians, Cawas Lord was the first-ever musician of the Hindi Music Industry, you heard it right! Born in 1911 to an affluent Parsi family in Pune, Cawas was brave enough to follow his heart and that made him take the decision of moving to Mumbai...

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2003: A Nostalgic Evening

Swar Aalap | info@swaraalap.com Dastak – The Knocking In 2002, a musician by profession, Dinesh Ghate took the initiative of forming Dastak (Now Swar Aalap), a magazine aimed to feature the legendary musicians of the Indian Film Music Industry to acknowledge and appreciate their valuable contributions. In the following year in 2003, Dinesh Ghate was successful in getting...