A two-day classical music festival ended on Friday at Chhayanaut auditorium with participation from noted local and a few Indian artistes. Both days saw full attendance from music lovers who expressed their satisfaction and thanked Chhayanaut for the festival. On the concluding day, the festival was held in two sessions- from morning till noon and from evening till late night. Local artistes from across the country like Amina Akhtar Sadmani (vocal), Supriya Das (vocal), Sumon Chowdhury (vocal), Murtaza Kabir (flute) presented befitting ragas of the todi, asvari and bharabi thaats on the morning session.
In the evening till late night session, there were some big names like Asit Dey, Rezwan Ali, Biswajit Roychowdhury (India), Sudhir Horibhao (India) and some others.
Earlier on Thursday, the festival kicked off with a chorus presentation of romantic, evening raga madhubanti.
In Chhayanaut students’ tender voices, raga modhubanti seemed a perfect piece to begin the festival and to set an ambience of romance.
Next to captivate the audience was Ebadul Haque Soikat, who played another evening raga, puriya dhaneshree, on sitar, accompanied by Biplob Bhattyacharya on Tabla. The synchronic ascent and descent of the raga on sitar and tabla earned acclamation from the audience.
Bijonchandra Mistri came next on the podium to present another evening raga, hamsadhwani.
As the evening slipped into the night with the evening melodies, noted singer Priyanka Gope presented nighttime raga, saraswati. Based on the Khamaj thaat the sweet and pensive melody of the raga, in Gope’s skilled voice, enthralled the audience.
Another nighttime and more meditative raga, raga madhukauns, was presented by Satindranath Halder. The last presentation of the day was Kolkata-based Amlan Halder who played a few melodies on violin.
‘It is really soothing and pleasant to listen to classical music and get momentary rid of the chaotic outside’, said Ashraful Haque, a music lover.
-With New Age input
