Chhayanaut’s two-day Shuddha Sangeet Utsab wraps up

DL reporter

A two-day Chhayanaut’s annual Shuddha Sangeet Utsab comprising two sessions ended yesterday morning at the main auditorium of Chhayanaut in the capital’s Dhanmondi area.
The 10th edition of the festival inaugurated formally by eminent music guru Saimud Ali Khan from Dinajpur with the lighting of candles as a symbol of diffusing knowledge. The first session of the festival started with a group performance by Chhayanaut artistes on Thursday.
Besides group performances, vocalist Satindranath Haldar, vocalist Yakub Ali Khan, vocalist Salahuddin Ahmed, Sarod player Rajrupa Chowdhury, vocalist Latifun Julio performed at the first session on the inaugural day.
The second session of the festival started on Friday evening with the group flute recital by the artistes of Chhayanaut.  Besides, several noted and promising vocalists like Sumon Chowdhury, Asit Kumar Dey, Shekhar Mondol, Priyanka Gope, Aloke Kumar Sen, Salok Hossain (Rajshahi), Liton Das (Chittagong), Tinku Sheel, Sanjiban Sanyal Shubho, Sushmita Debnath Suchi and Abhijit Kundu performed classical vocal music while Murtaza Kabir Murad presented flute, Asit Biswas played esraj and Ebadul Huq Shaikat played sitar at the nightlong session.
During the entire programme, AK Azad Pradhan, Ratan Kumar Das, Shekhar Mondol, Gautam Sarker, Surajit Mukherjee, Bizon Chandra Mistry, Iftekhar Alam Pradhan, Swarup Hossain, Sabuj Ahmed, Tinku Sheel, Sanjiban Sanyal Shubho, Prashanta Bhowmik, Al-Ikram Raju accompanied the performances on tabla and harmonium.

Chhayanauts two-day Shuddha Sangeet Utsab wraps up

DL reporter A two-day Chhayanauts annual Shuddha Sangeet Utsab comprising two sessions ended yesterday morning at the main auditorium of Chhayanaut in the capitals Dhanmondi area. The 10th edition of the festival inaugurated formally by eminent music guru Saimud Ali Khan from Dinajpur with the lighting of candles as a symbol of diffusing knowledge. The first session of the festival started with a group performance by Chhayanaut artistes on Thursday. Besides group performances, vocalist Satindranath Haldar, vocalist Yakub Ali Khan, vocalist Salahuddin Ahmed, Sarod player Rajrupa Chowdhury, vocalist Latifun Julio performed at the first session on the inaugural day. The second session of the festival started on Friday evening with the group flute recital by the artistes of Chhayanaut. Besides, several noted and promising vocalists like Sumon Chowdhury, Asit Kumar Dey, Shekhar Mondol, Priyanka Gope, Aloke Kumar Sen, Salok Hossain (Rajshahi), Liton Das (Chittagong), Tinku Sheel, Sanjiban Sanyal Shubho, Sushmita Debnath Suchi and Abhijit Kundu performed classical vocal music while Murtaza Kabir Murad presented flute, Asit Biswas played esraj and Ebadul Huq Shaikat played sitar at the nightlong session. During the entire programme, AK Azad Pradhan, Ratan Kumar Das, Shekhar Mondol, Gautam Sarker, Surajit Mukherjee, Bizon Chandra Mistry, Iftekhar Alam Pradhan, Swarup Hossain, Sabuj Ahmed, Tinku Sheel, Sanjiban Sanyal Shubho, Prashanta Bhowmik, Al-Ikram Raju accompanied the performances on tabla and harmonium.