Mangalore: Multi-talented Musician Fr Charles Vas Bags ‘Kalakaar Puraskar ‘08’
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RD/CN)
Mangalore, Oct 31: Fr Charles Vas SVD, bagged the ‘Kalakaar Puraskar-2008’, instituted by Thomas Stephen’s Konkani Kendra, ‘Karval Gharaannem’, in association with Mandd Sobhann, for his outstanding contributions in the field of Konkani devotional music.
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Fr Vas was born to devout parents Jacob and Seraphine Vas on February 12, 1944, in Omzoor parish, Bantwal. He joined the Society of Divine Word (SVD) and was ordained a priest in 1976. He is a multi-faceted musician, who has composed and directed devotional music for over two and a half decades.
Fr Vas has a doctorate in Indian Classical music (vocal) from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai. He is presently serving as director of Sangeet Avhinay Academy, a religious institution of song and dance, in Mumbai.
The ‘Kalakaar Puraskar-2008’ will be conferred by Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy president Narayan Kharvi, during the 83rd monthly theatre ‘Konn Tum Anja’ at Kalangan amphitheatre, at 6.00 p m on Sunday November 2. The award consist of Rs 25,000 in cash, a memento, and a citation letter.