KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, Apr 23: At a colourful function organised here to felicitate the renowned classical musician, Shamboo Nath Sopori, Governor, Lt.
Sinha said that Indian culture and civilization had a special place for "Guru-Shishya" relationship unlike other civilizations while Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad referred to Kashmir, the birth place of Sopori, as a place where everything including trees produce music.
The noted disciples of the legendry musician, especially Shamim a Azad, were also hailed for their contribution to the music with speakers describing her as the nightingale and Ume Kulsoom of Kashmir.
The Governor referred to her as the melody queen who had greatly contributed to national integration by singing songs in different languages including Telugu and Dogri, besides in her mother tongue.
The Chief Minister, in his speech, said that Masterji, as Sopori is popularly known, came from a place where music comes naturally in all things including streams and trees.
He said he had a special fascination for flowers and trees which produce ample music.
Explaining his point, he said, in summer when trees are full of green leaves the blowing wind produces a special kind of music from them while in autumn the very leaves enchant us with an altogether different music.
The leafless trees in winter produce yet a different type of music during a blowing wind.
Azad said that speakers at today's function had paid glowing and well deserved tributes to Masterji with whom he enjoyed a special relationship.
He said the great musician was the teacher of his wife and noted singer, Shamim a Azad and in lighter vein added, the wife being a man's teacher, Masterji for him was "Ustadoon ka ustaad".
He said it was a matter of pride that three generations of Masterji's family were actively engaged in the promotion of music.
He wished a long life to the noted musician.
Earlier, Shamim Azad, Patron, Jammu & Kashmir Posh Cultural Society that organised the felicitation function, paid rich tributes to her teacher Shamboo Nath Sopori whom she described as a living encyclopedia.
She said that he had not only earned his well deserved place in the world of music but also ably transferred his art to his disciples who had themselves reached places of prominence.
She said through classical and light classical, his popularity had transcended boundaries of the country.
She called Sopori as a well known personality of the music world, a saintly person and a great human being and said as his disciple she had received abundant affection and love from him.
Noted writer and critic, Muhammad Yusuf Taing and poet and broadcaster, Farooq Nazki introduced Pt.
Shamboo Nath Sopori to the audience and eloquently described his personality and contribution to music.
Famous singer, Kailash Mehra read the citation.
Famous Sufi musician, Ehsan Bharti and Santoor player Abhay Rustum Sopori enthralled the audience by their performance.
