India, Sept. 6 -- Nisschal Zaveri's Ghazal Baithak fused Amrita Sher-Gil's paintings with live Urdu poetry, proving masterpieces only wait for the right rhythm

Visual art and live music rarely share the exact same emotional space, yet the Liszt Institute engineered a brilliant collision of both last week. The Hungarian Cultural Centre in Delhi was completely transformed into an immersive setting for Echoes - A Ghazal Baithak by Nisschal Zaveri, where the profound visual legacy of painter Amrita Sher-Gil met the raw ache of live Urdu poetry.

Singer and composer Nisschal Zaveri anchored the room by pouring his rigorous Patiala and Kirana gharana training straight into the verses of Mirza Ghalib and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. He effortlessly layered...