Tanveer Alam Shawjeeb, who is known for mixing North Indian classical music with different types of songs of Bangladesh. He will be performing songs from Nazrul, Tagore, Lalon, semi classical songs and his own original songs today at EMK Center, Dhanmondi in the city. With a diploma in Nazrul Sangeet from BAFA, Shawjeeb has been a Notun Kuri contestant and won first prize in Nazrul songs at the Jatiyo Shishu Shilpi Puroshkar, Dhaka Division. He also performed on BTV regularly until he moved to New York in '94.
His growth as a musician and vocalist becomes apparent as one listens to the album Bari Kothaye Bolo (released by Bengal Music Company Ltd in April 2007). The guitar riff in the opening number Chaka ghurchhe cholchhe mayar khela reminds one of an Eric Claption in form. The preluding alaap and the effortless gliding in the third song Raat-ero akash sounds inspired by Pandit Ajay Chakrabarty. If that was not diverse enough, Shawjeeb's solo Kobey jabo pahaar-e in the mixed album Jhalmuri-1 (also by Bengal Music Company Ltd), can be considered an urban interpretation of the jhumur genre. He worked as a singer, songwriter and composer of two tracks in the album Urban Turban by a fusion group called Tasa in Toronto in 2005. As a musician he has accompanied renowned artistes like Feroza Begum, Sohrab Hossain, Manna De, Anup Ghoshal, Shipra Basu, Rezwana Chowdhury Bonna, Rathindranath Roy, Farida Parveen and others at concerts in North America. Music enthusiasts can buy tickets at venue before the show. Ticket costs BDT 100.

Where: EMK Center, Midas Center Building (9th Floor), House 5, Road 27 (old) Dhanmondi
When: 7pm to 10pm, today.