After the huge success of last year’s classical music festival, Bengal Foundation has decided to arrange
another festival starting from November 28 to December 01.
Ahead of the festival, the organisation has arranged for a month-long workshop consisting of a series of lectures on classical music, dance and different demonstrations at the Bengal Café in Dhanmondi. The workshop, comprising of seven lectures, started on September 26 with a lecture on the history of music jointly by Asit Dey and Rezwan Ali Lovlu.
Following the lecture was a screening of two short videos of performances by Ustad Alauddin Khan and Ustad Amir Khan.
On September 28, Asit Dey lectured on kheyal, dhrupad, presenting style and ornamentation in music. Around sixty enthusiasts attended both the classes.
Last Thursday’s lecture consisted of a lecture on carnatic music, a prominent south Indian music, delivered by the noted Bangladeshi exponent of carnatic music Meghna Ameen, the founder of the only Carnatic Music Centre in Bangladesh.
Around fifty eager youths were present to know about carnatic music.
The classical music enthusiasts also came to know about the differences between carnatic music and classical Hindustani music with the help of different video clippings.
‘We are happy to see that many young music aficionados of the country are attending the workshop. We hope to arrange such workshop every year from now on,’ Zahidul Haque, coordinator of the workshop, told New Age.
‘I have been attending all the lectures of the workshop. I thank Bengal
Foundation for arranging such a helpful workshop on classical music,’ said an
attendee Sourav Das.
Today eminent Kathak dancer-teacher Saju Ahmed will lecture on Kathak. On October 10, Kamol
Khalid will lecture on the History of Bangla music
and Aesthetics.
The workshop will end on October 26 with a lecture by Philip Hazra on Eastern and Western music: An introduction to western classic.
-With New Age input
