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IGCC’s Rabindra Sangeet, tabla recital evening held at Nat’l Museum
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IGCC’s Rabindra Sangeet, tabla recital evening held at Nat’l Museum

IGCC organised an evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Sutapa Chakrabarty and Tabla Recital by Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty from India at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital on Saturday. Sutapa Chakraborty performed several Tagore songs at the event such as ‘Aj Aakasher Moner Kotha’, ‘Aji Jhorojhoro Mukho Badorodine’, ‘Aji Tomai Abar’, ‘Badolo Diner Prothomo Kodomful’, ‘Megher Pore Megh Jomeche’, ‘Shraboner Gogoner Gai’, ‘Shaone Gogono’ and ‘Aju Shakhi Muhu Muhu’. She was accompanied by Ashoke Kumar Sarkar on esraj and  Koushik Bhattacharjee on tabla.

On the other hand, presentation of Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty included Tin Taal, Tabla Lohora like Peshkar, Kaida, Rela, Tukra, Chakradhar and Gat Paran. The artiste was accompanied by Abhijit Kar on harmonium.

Sutapa Chakraborty got inspiration in music from her parents in early childhood. From the age of five, she started learning Sitar under the guidance of Smt. Dipti Chanda and later from the eminent Sitarist, Sri Satyanarayan Mondol. She learnt Rabindra Sangeet under the tutelage of Sri Prasanta Sengupta, a renowned Rabindra Sangeet artiste and a senior disciple of the eminent artiste Sri Subinoy Roy. Sutapa is a regular artiste of All India Radio, Kolkata, and Kolkata Doordarshan.

Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty is a leading Tabla player of India. Parimal started exploring the hidden joys of music from a tender age of four under the guidance of his father Sri. Nikhil Chandra Chakrabarty. Later he got the opportunity to take talim from Late Ram Dhrube and Late Padmabhushan Pandit Gyan Prakash Ghosh. Since 1976, he is under the tutelage of versatile Tabla Maestro Late Pandit Shankar Ghosh, a doyen of Farukkabad Gharana. He stood 1st in All India Radio Music Competition from Kolkata and thereafter became an ‘A’ grade artiste of All India Radio. He also got the ‘Top Grade’ from All India Radio. He has participated in more than seventy National Programmes of All India Radio and Doordarshan including his Tabla Solos and Akashvani Sangeet Sammelans.

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