Kochi, July 19 -- Half a century after maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar composed the iconic L'Aube enchantee (The Enchanted Dawn) as a two-instrument score in Raaga Todi, Tommaso Benciolini and Lorenzo Bernardi, two young musicians from Italy performed the 11-minute composition during a flute-and-guitar concert in the city.
Flautist Benciolini blew out softly the morning melody while Bernardi plucked the strings of his guitar to further enhance the pathos of the classical notes tuned by the legendary sitarist in 1976.
The piece won special applause at the gathering in Mattancherry, where the visiting duo presented a 75-minute performance, jointly organised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) and the Italian Cultural Institute, as part of the l...