World Sangeet Tansen festival organized in Madhya Pradesh

Context

The 97th edition of the World Sangeet Tansen festival started off in Gwalior on 25th December 2021.

About Tansen

• Mian Tansen (born 1493 or 1506 as Ramtanu Misra – died 1586 or 1589 as Tansen) was a prominent Indian classical music composer, musician and vocalist.
• He is known for a large number of compositions, and also an instrumentalist who popularised and improved the plucked rabab (of Central Asian origin).
• He was among the Navaratnas (nine jewels) at the court of the Mughal Emperor Jalal ud-din Akbar.
• Akbar gave him the title Mian, an honorific, meaning learned man.

The Tansen ceremony

• Every year in December, an annual festival, the Tansen Samaroh, is held in Gwalior to celebrate Tansen.
• The Tansen ceremony was started in the year 1924 during Scindia's reign itself.

• This is the 97th Tansen ceremony.

Key-highlights of 97^th ceremony

• The stage of the program has been constructed on the theme of the Siddhanath temple situated in
• Many artists not only from India but also from abroad participate in the music festival.
• The first seven concerts were held at the stage prepared at the mausoleum of Tansen and the tomb of Mohammad Ghaus.
  • The eighth concert will be held on the banks of the Jhilmil river, in Behat (Birthplace of Tansen) on December 30. 
  • The last brief concert will be held at Gwalior Fort on the same day.