5th session of ‘Raaga and Rhythm’ held at Chhayanaut

Peshkar Cultural Forum presented the fifth session of ‘Raaga and Rhythm’ at Chhayanaut Auditorium in the capital on Saturday. Artistes who cast spell with their magical raaga were Mir Naqibul Islam on tabla, Vidushi Runu Mitra on vocal, and Ebadul Haq Shaikat on sitar.
The musical evening set off with a mesmerizing tabla recital by Mir Naqibul Islam accompanied by Tamnia Islam on the harmonium. Mir Naqibul Islam’s powerful presentation of the Taal tritaal 16 beats, Kayda, Peshkar, Tukra, Chakradar created a lively ambience as Naqibul Islam constantly connected with the audience in between his performance. His stylistic approach of performing by wearing his heart on his sleeves created a homely atmosphere for those who came in to explore the emerging genre of classical music in Bangladesh.
Mir Naqibul Islam, an artiste from Farukhbad gharana, is receiving ‘talim’ on tabla by Shri Ashoke Paul for the past 15 years, took ‘talim’ Pandit Gopal Mishra.
Followed by a tabla recital, veteran classical vocal artiste Vidushi Runu Mitra created a soulful ambience with her raag maru behag bhilambeet, drut thumri and bhajan. Thumri, which is a romantic genre and relies heavily on beautifully crafted texts, mesmerized the classical music enthusiasts.
Runu Mitra was accompanied by Ashoke Paul on the tabla, Tamnia Islam on the sitar and Sanjibon Sanyal on the harmonium. Runu Mitra is a Gandabandh Shishya of the ‘Padma Bhushan and Deshi Cottam’ Pandit Jnan Prokash Ghose.
Ashoke Paul is Runu Mitra’s brother and also a disciple of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Ashoke Paul took talim from Pandit Madan Gopal Das, Pandit Gopal Mishra and Padma Shree Pandit Suresh Talwalkar.
Curtain fell on the programme with the memoir of Ebadul Haq Shaikat’s sitar performance on alap, jod, raag hamsadhwani rupak gaat, raag desh bhilambeet and drut teentaal. He was accompanied by Mir Naqibul Islam on the tabla. Shaikat, an artiste from Maihar Gharana, is currently taking talim from world renowned Pandit Debaprashad Chakrabarty, and also a disciple of world renowned sitar maestro Pandit Kartik Seshadri.

5th session of Raaga and Rhythm held at Chhayanaut

Peshkar Cultural Forum presented the fifth session of Raaga and Rhythm at Chhayanaut Auditorium in the capital on Saturday. Artistes who cast spell with their magical raaga were Mir Naqibul Islam on tabla, Vidushi Runu Mitra on vocal, and Ebadul Haq Shaikat on sitar. The musical evening set off with a mesmerizing tabla recital by Mir Naqibul Islam accompanied by Tamnia Islam on the harmonium. Mir Naqibul Islams powerful presentation of the Taal tritaal 16 beats, Kayda, Peshkar, Tukra, Chakradar created a lively ambience as Naqibul Islam constantly connected with the audience in between his performance. His stylistic approach of performing by wearing his heart on his sleeves created a homely atmosphere for those who came in to explore the emerging genre of classical music in Bangladesh. Mir Naqibul Islam, an artiste from Farukhbad gharana, is receiving talim on tabla by Shri Ashoke Paul for the past 15 years, took talim Pandit Gopal Mishra. Followed by a tabla recital, veteran classical vocal artiste Vidushi Runu Mitra created a soulful ambience with her raag maru behag bhilambeet, drut thumri and bhajan. Thumri, which is a romantic genre and relies heavily on beautifully crafted texts, mesmerized the classical music enthusiasts. Runu Mitra was accompanied by Ashoke Paul on the tabla, Tamnia Islam on the sitar and Sanjibon Sanyal on the harmonium. Runu Mitra is a Gandabandh Shishya of the Padma Bhushan and Deshi Cottam Pandit Jnan Prokash Ghose. Ashoke Paul is Runu Mitras brother and also a disciple of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Ashoke Paul took talim from Pandit Madan Gopal Das, Pandit Gopal Mishra and Padma Shree Pandit Suresh Talwalkar. Curtain fell on the programme with the memoir of Ebadul Haq Shaikats sitar performance on alap, jod, raag hamsadhwani rupak gaat, raag desh bhilambeet and drut teentaal. He was accompanied by Mir Naqibul Islam on the tabla. Shaikat, an artiste from Maihar Gharana, is currently taking talim from world renowned Pandit Debaprashad Chakrabarty, and also a disciple of world renowned sitar maestro Pandit Kartik Seshadri.