Classical music at National Museum
Cultural Correspondent
Classical music has the innate power of transporting listeners to a higher realm. A memorable evening of music, which offered a gamut of rhythms to satisfy the palate of classical music lovers, was held on February 23. Cultural organisation Saptarshi arranged the musical soiree titled Geetadhara in association with Unesco, Bangladesh at National Museum Auditorium. Singers performing at the soiree were Nilotpal Sadhya, Yasmin Mushtari and Rezwan Ali. They sang a series of beautiful compositions covering the ragas in dhrupad, dhamar, khayal, tappa, tarana and thumri. They were ably supported by Sajjadur Rahman (harmonium), Ashit Biswas (esraj), Firoz Khan (sitar), Tapan Sarkar (pakhwaj and khol), Gazi Abdul Hakim (flute) and Enamul Haque Omar (tabla). Rezwan Ali, director of Saptarshi, delivered his welcome speech. Malama Meleisea and Professor Alim-ur-Rahman Khan, representatives of Unesco Bangladesh, were present as special guests.
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Yasmin Mushtari (2-R) and Rezwan Ali, next to her perform at the programme. PHOTO: STAR |
