It was a perfect beginning of a Nazrul Geeti evening as noted singer Fatema Tuz Zohra with her mellifluous voice began to render raga based Sandhya godhuli logoney narrating the exquisiteness of a beautiful evening, two distinctive features of Nazrul songs.
The Nazrul devotee paid a tribute to the great bard by singing various styled Nazrul songs on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. Her soothing
unique voice led the audience to a different world of music that is far away from the maddening crowd of the city. The perfect blending of the acoustics like table,
flute, sitar, guitar and keys with the raga based musical evening was, indeed, a rare treat for the those, who wish to voyage into the world of music.
While the singer presented the timeless melodious Nazrul song Pashaner bhangaley ghum, the audience became moved and greeted Zohra with repeated applauses. A different
mood was created as the versatile singer presented a fast-beat song Chiradin kaharo saman na jai.
The Nazrul Geeti connoisseur innovatively presented a medley of two popular romantic songs—Tumi sundar tai cheye thaki priyo and Mor piya hobe eso rani— which gained a
huge round of applause from the audience.
She gave a unique presentation of the raga based Nazrul song Srijan chhande anande. Audience in the two-hour music evening was also delighted by the presentation of
timeless Nazrul songs such as Nacher neshai ghor legechhey, Khelichhe jaladebi and Gabhir nishithey ghum bhenge.
Born in Bogra Fatema Tuz Zohra began her career as a Nazrul singer from a very early age and subsequently won the ‘Ekushey Padak’ – the highest national award of the
country for remarkable contribution in music, in 2006. She is also the proud recipient of several national and international awards such as ‘Sher-e-Bangla Padak’,
‘Nazrul Academy Padak’, ‘National Press Club Award’ and so on. She has also been a regular performer for Bangladesh Betar and TV channels from 1975. She has released
17 studio albums till date and has extensively performed abroad in Asia, Middle-east, Europe, North America and Australia.
-With New Age input
