Music festival to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi

29th edition of Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF) will see globally rewned violinist L Subramaniam along with popular vocalist and his wife Kavita Krishnamurti pay musical tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.

travelling music festival, which begins here at Siri Fort Auditorium on January 4, will also feature Symphony Orchestra of Castile and Leon from Spain, anunced organisers.

"Music by itself stands for peace. This year we are giving a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Two compositions 'Vaishnav Janato' and 'Raghupati Raghav' among ors will be performed at concerts," said Subramaniam.

It will also feature or compositions of music powerhouse couple like "Na Priya", a tribute to Purandarasa, "Jo Tum Todo", a Meera bhajan, and "Spring Rhapsody" (Orchestra solo), he ded.

For unversed, festival, first established in 1992 by violin virtuoso Subramaniam in memory of his late far and mentor V Lakshminarayana, aims to promote, preserve and nurture Indian music through global collaborations.

Primarily started in India, festival, which till w has travelled to 5 continents -- over 23 countries and 56 cities -- has witnessed performances by legends and doyens of world music including MS Subbulakshmi, Pt. Jasraj, Bismillah Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Balamurali George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Jean Luc Ponty, Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws, Oystein Basvik and Liepajas Symphony Orchestra.

After concert in New Delhi, festival will move to Hyderab and Pune on January 6th and 8th, respectively.