As part of its annual programme, Music Department of Dhaka University arranged a two-day Music Festival 2011 at the TSC auditorium. Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) Professor AK Azad Chowdhury inaugurated the festival as the chief guest on July 29. Presided over by the chairman of the department Kuheli Islam, Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Harun Ar Rashid and treasurer Professor Mizanur Rahman of DU spoke as special guests.
Besides speeches by Professor Mridulkanti Chakrobarty and noted composer Sheikh Sadi Khan, the inaugural day’s event featured performances of soundtracks from Bangla films. Renditions of folk music marked the concluding day’s programme. Students and teachers of the department along with several guest artistes including Chandana Majumder, Kiran Chandra Roy and Kanan Bala Sarkar presented solo and choral numbers on the occasion.
-With The Daily Star input
