I think of her as I play 'Bageshri' remembrances of a challenging love I cherish in my heart, If I could only touch her heart... I'm waiting for
the Spirit to bless us. Evenings passed by sitting with Guruma Ji and the children taken by the joy of playing 'Khamaj', when the news of my friend’s new born baby came and inspired me 'Shandhya Lori' (indian lullaby). Guru Ji trying to correct me as I play raga 'Pilu', not realizing I'm far away lost in a world of dreams where I share the sunset with the one I love, and the music in my heart is thanks-giving offering to The One who created her. One good day I discovered the abstract beauty of Ragas throughout 'Yaman', impossible to describe with words, now I understand many things Guru Ji tried to explain me by actions... Away from home longing for mother and father I wrote 'Mata Ji' and 'Pita Ji', their musical presence, to help in the loneliness. Meanwhile the easiness of 'Bhairavi' carried me during the indian days, astonished at every adventure awaiting on every corner...
In Benares lives a talented man who wrote a song about 'Kelas', one of Shiva's dwelling places, Guruma Ji learnt it from the man himself; Padmashri Pt. Balwant Rai Bhatt; her father, and together we offer it as a tribute to him, may he forgive us for not reaching the performance greatness it truly deserves. How can I explain the beauty of my homeland in words? perhaps in a song, 'Mallorca' riding throughout the castilian fields, the majestic Pirineos arriving to my Ejea... it is to me like Ithaca to Cavafy. And with one of the names of the deity is always safe to finish what once was started 'Jago Mohan Pyare'..." (Fernando Perez).
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