Vishal, Prashant make magic with their music
City students are keen about a career in playing the tabla and the keyboard
Navi Mumbaikars have achieved some remarkable feats in every field, from dance to literature and from sports to academics. This time we present before you two young achievers in the field of music — Vishal Mhatre and Prashant Ohol. Both of them are students of Karamveer Bhaurao Patil Modern College, Vashi, and have bagged the second and third positions at the university-level Youth Festival recently. The boys won the prestigious awards competing with participants from colleges all across Mumbai.
This Youth Festival was held at the Mumbai University campus in Churchgate. Nerul resident and SYBCom student Vishal Mhatre had competed in the category Indian classical instrumental percussion. Vishal played the tabla and had 21 participants from colleges around Mumbai and Navi Mumbai who competed against him. There were various other categories such as skits, mime, western group song, western solo performance, etc. Vishal won the second prize in the university level, and thus secured a prestigious position in the league of those who would be selected to perform at the national level. "I have been associated with tabla vadan since more than a decade now. I belong to a musical family, as my dad Ashok Mhatre is a trained classical singer and has learnt under the guidance Pandit Prabhakar Karekar," mentioned Vishal.
Pandit Makundaraj Deo from Thane has been training Vishal from a very young age. It would come as a surprise that Vishal got attracted to tabla when he was two-and-a-half years old. When he was 8, Vishal started learning the instrument professionally. He was one of the semi-finalists in the Rexona Saam Gurukal, a musical talent show that was aired on Saam Marathi channel. When asked about his career prospects, Vishal said, "I want to become a tabla player. After winning this university-level competition, I will get a platform to perform before a bigger audience." He wants to become a combination of his Pandit Makundaraj Deo and Ustad Zakhir Hussain.
Another SYBA student from the same college, Prashant Ohol, has bagged third place in the same competition. Prashant, a Turbhe resident, played the keyboard in the western instrumental non-percussion category. Prashant too belongs to a musically-inclined family. He said, "I am passionate about music. My grandfather Panduranga Tatya Ohol would play shehnai at the Pune Akashwani Kendra when I was young. I remember accompanying him on harmonium when I was just 4 years old. My dad would take me along to my grandpa's musical concerts and there too I would accompany him. When I was 7, I started learning to play the harmonium."
When Prashant was in junior college, he was introduced to the art circle. He found that there was no one to play the harmonium or keyboard. When he went for the youth festival in 2007, Prashant realised the importance of playing the keyboard and the fact that he could even make a career of it. It was then that he started learning to play the keyboard professionally from his present guru Raja sir. "I am appearing in the trinity exam (affiliated to London) at the 4th grade. The exam is prestigious and we are rated by a professional piano player from London. The syllabus includes about 13 songs of 1.5 minutes each that need to be played with staff notation," he said.
City students are keen about a career in playing the tabla and the keyboard
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Navi Mumbaikars have achieved some remarkable feats in every field, from dance to literature and from sports to academics. This time we present before you two young achievers in the field of music — Vishal Mhatre and Prashant Ohol. Both of them are students of Karamveer Bhaurao Patil Modern College, Vashi, and have bagged the second and third positions at the university-level Youth Festival recently. The boys won the prestigious awards competing with participants from colleges all across Mumbai.
This Youth Festival was held at the Mumbai University campus in Churchgate. Nerul resident and SYBCom student Vishal Mhatre had competed in the category Indian classical instrumental percussion. Vishal played the tabla and had 21 participants from colleges around Mumbai and Navi Mumbai who competed against him. There were various other categories such as skits, mime, western group song, western solo performance, etc. Vishal won the second prize in the university level, and thus secured a prestigious position in the league of those who would be selected to perform at the national level. "I have been associated with tabla vadan since more than a decade now. I belong to a musical family, as my dad Ashok Mhatre is a trained classical singer and has learnt under the guidance Pandit Prabhakar Karekar," mentioned Vishal.
Pandit Makundaraj Deo from Thane has been training Vishal from a very young age. It would come as a surprise that Vishal got attracted to tabla when he was two-and-a-half years old. When he was 8, Vishal started learning the instrument professionally. He was one of the semi-finalists in the Rexona Saam Gurukal, a musical talent show that was aired on Saam Marathi channel. When asked about his career prospects, Vishal said, "I want to become a tabla player. After winning this university-level competition, I will get a platform to perform before a bigger audience." He wants to become a combination of his Pandit Makundaraj Deo and Ustad Zakhir Hussain.
Another SYBA student from the same college, Prashant Ohol, has bagged third place in the same competition. Prashant, a Turbhe resident, played the keyboard in the western instrumental non-percussion category. Prashant too belongs to a musically-inclined family. He said, "I am passionate about music. My grandfather Panduranga Tatya Ohol would play shehnai at the Pune Akashwani Kendra when I was young. I remember accompanying him on harmonium when I was just 4 years old. My dad would take me along to my grandpa's musical concerts and there too I would accompany him. When I was 7, I started learning to play the harmonium."
When Prashant was in junior college, he was introduced to the art circle. He found that there was no one to play the harmonium or keyboard. When he went for the youth festival in 2007, Prashant realised the importance of playing the keyboard and the fact that he could even make a career of it. It was then that he started learning to play the keyboard professionally from his present guru Raja sir. "I am appearing in the trinity exam (affiliated to London) at the 4th grade. The exam is prestigious and we are rated by a professional piano player from London. The syllabus includes about 13 songs of 1.5 minutes each that need to be played with staff notation," he said.
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