He received his initial training from his older brother Shashi Mohan, and is now a disciple of Ravi Shankar. This hybrid instrument, which Vishwa calls the Mohan Veena, is played like a Hawaiian slide guitar, and is ideally suited for the sustained, sliding notes of vocal style Indian classical music. Sukhvindar Singh , from Ludhiana in the Punjab, is one of today's leading young tabla players. Rag Bihag is an important evening raga. Rag Desh is a rainy season rag, and played in the evening at other times.
Mood is pathos and joy.
Vadi and samvadi are the second and fifth. Knowing of the existence of some archival live concert master tapes, we set about to rectify the situation, by making available both the Banerjee legacy, and live recordings of fine artists like Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who deserve recognition in the West. Special thanks to Dr Balwant Dixit, who arranged Vishwa's tour, and provided Raga Records with the master tape. Neumann KM84 microphones. The original DAT recording was mixed direct to hard disc and remained in the digital domain thereafter.