Never too late to change Rabindranath Tagore wrote “Valmiki Pratibha” when he was twenty. Though it’s often labelled as an opera, the play is more of a musical (combining music and dance). It was first staged in 1881 and Tagore played the protagonist. The play narrates the metamorphosis of Ratnakar, a formidable bandit king to …
City Bank & American Express showcases “Valmiki Pratibha : The Genius of Valmiki” at Shilpakala Academy City Bank & American Express proudly presented the theatre production of “Valmiki Pratibha : The Genius of Valmiki” on 12th March 2010, in association with cultural organizations Shurolok and Nrityanchal at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Chanchal …
“Bangladesh-er Hridoy Hotey” To celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of 150 Rabindra Sangeet was released on July 24 at Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium, National Museum, Dhaka. The songs (on 15 CDs) are part of a package that also includes a DVD and a booklet.Produced by social activist …
Nazrul exponent Sohrab Hossain on Agroj Anuj tonight Nazrul exponent, trainer and artiste Sohrab Hossain is the guest on tonight’s “Agroj Anuj.” The show will be aired on Boishakhi TV tonight at 8pm.The stage will be shared by two of Sohrab Hossain’s successful students –his daughter Rahat Ara Geeti and noted Nazrul artiste Sadya Afreen …
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A musical tribute to Zahidur Rahim The launching ceremony of the album “Amar E Poth,” featuring Rabindra Sangeet by artiste Chanchal Khan, was held at the Dance and Music Centre, Shilpakala Academy recently.Produced under the banner of G-Series, the album was launched by human rights activist Sultana Kamal. The programme was dedicated to the memory …
Ushering in monsoon Dakkhini Rabindra- sangeetangan, a cultural organisation of Tagore singers, organised a musical soiree ushering in the Bengali season ‘Barsha’ (monsoon). Noted Tagore artistes Fahim Hossain Chowdhury, Lily Islam, Chanchal Khan and Rokaiya Hasina presented Tagore songs that eulogise monsoon with the themes of love, passion, separation, longing and frustration, fired up by …
Mitali to observe birth anniversary of Kanika Bandopadhyay Cultural organisation Mitali will observe the 84th birth anniversary of legendary Tagore singer/ exponent Kanika Bandopadhyay on October 12 at Mohar Kunja in Kolkata. The programme will be organised in association with Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Metro Railway and Mohar Kunja Parichalan Samity, says a press release.Kanika Bandopadhyay, …
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“Shesh Belakar Sheshero Gaan-e” Shurolok, a music appreciation and performance group in Australia, observed Rabindranath and Nazrul’s death anniversary recently in Melbourne, says a press release.The highlights of the function included artistes rendering songs of the two poets covering emotions of distress, bereavement and despair. Melbourne-based artiste Moni Saha’s rendition of Jiboney jare tumi dao …
Far yet actively connected to Bangladeshi music Chanchal Khan has been away from Bangladesh for over two decades, as his past profession with the UN took him to places, thus depriving him of contributing to the arena of Rabindra Sangeet in Bangladesh as intimately as he would have wished to. Trained by exponents of Rabindra …
Shurolok’s tribute to Abdul Ahad Shurolok Music Appreciation and Performance Group of Melbourne recently organised an evening of Rabindra Sangeet. Although the Bangla months of rainy season — Ashar, Srabon — had long gone in Bangladesh, the emotions evoked by rain were resonated through songs at the programme, titled “Ashar Sraboner Gaan”. Read Detail News …
