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#santoor #todi #indianclassicalinstrumental Matharu opens the Darbar festival 2007 with a rare morning raga – Bhoopal Todi. In 2007, within a single year, Darbar had already emerged and established itself as the biggest south-east Asian music festival outside of India. Representing deserving and highly talented artists based in the UK thus became a greater responsibility and onus and Singh was one of the obvious choices. More about the artists and music: Harjinderpal Matharu is a quiet in nature but a very well-spoken musician brimming with infectious confidence on stage. His chiselled projection and detailing of a raga are pregnant with melodic sensitivity. He stands out as one of the finest disciples of Pandit Sharma, apart from being the senior-most too. Raag Bhoopal Todi is a derivative of the Bhairavi family. However, its distinctive Todi-like characteristics especially in the upper octave gives it the suffix of Todi. It is akin to the Carnatic raga Bhoopalam and uses komal Re, Ga
