Saturday, March 7, 2009

Magic of Mouth Organ


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He popped up one day on my chat window saying, "Kyon Raja Mujhe Pehchaana?". I could hardly believe that Ashok Bhandari, my classmate in Banaras Hindu University, would find me after almost 30 years. Since we left the university in 1978, Ashok had become a professional magician, performing all over the world - Italy, Germany, Japan and Russia.

Ashok found me from my esnips page where I had uploaded some of my mouth organ numbers. He told me that he has been also playing mouth organ in all his magic shows. I had heard Ashok play mouth organ when we were in college. But, he was not a great player then. After almost 30 years of practice and performing on stage, Ashok had become a maestro - a wizard, a magician of music. He is a master of special effects - a one-man orchestra.

Ashok was so much inspired by the Harmonica Club of Gujarat and its blog that he decided to devote full time on playing harmonica. I was shocked when one day he told me that he is giving up performing magic shows and has decided to start a mouth organ training academy in Delhi.

"Mouth Organ is a magical instrument," he says. Ashok has turned this handy musical instrument into a wonderful object of performing art.

Harmonica enthusiasts can call him at 9999333104.

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2 comments:

Chandrashekhar said...

Mr. Bhandari,
You are a true magician. You mesmerised me. Do you have any tour planned to Bangalore in near future? Would love to attend the show and meet you.

Chandrashekhar Khare

T D JOSHI said...

Ashok Bhandari is not only magician in the magic field but also in the field of music too. I have listened to his harmonica recitals, the song so fantastacally well-played that I have become a great fan and admirer of him.

T D Joshi (67)
Mouth-Organist
Harmonica Family of Baroda