High Commission of India

Dhaka

 Press Release

 IGCC organises an Evening of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music by Mr. Rabin Chowdhury at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum,Shahbagh, Dhaka at 6.00 PM on Saturday, 30 December, 2017

IGCC is organising an Evening of Hindustani Classical Vocal Music by Mr. Rabin Chowdhury at Kobi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh, Dhaka at 6.00 PM on Saturday, 30 December, 2017.

Mr. Rabin Chowdhury learnt Classical Music at Sur Saptak Sangeet Vidyapit and completed the six year course with First Class. After that he came in contact with Mr. Swarnamoy Chakraborty who has been his music guru for ten years. He was also a disciple of Pandit Tushar Dutta of the Kirana and Agra Gharana. At present he is continuing his music studies under Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandopadhyay, a legendary classical vocalist and pioneer of the Bishnupur Gharana. During his musical career Mr. Rabin Chowdhury has come in contact with eminent musicians of India and Bangladesh such as Pandit Nirmalya Dey, Pandit Dilip Das, Dhrupadia Sayeed Nafeesuddin Dagar and Aneesuddin Dagar, Ustad Shahadat Hossain Khan, Ustad Rabiul Islam, Azad Rahman and Pandit Niharranjan Bandopadhyay.

Mr. Rabin Chowdhury has performed in various classical music conferences. Some of his best performances include Classical Music (Khayal) at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata, the Behala Marga Music Circle, Kolkata and the India Habitat centre New Delhi. He has also performed in radio and TV programmes in Bangladesh. Two of his recorded songs were recently aired on Surtarang Radio, UK, on 19th February 2017.

Mr. Rabin Chowdhury is the founder and General Secretary of Madhubanti Sangeet Kala Kendra, Bangladesh, an organization promoting classical music in Bangladesh.

All are cordially invited to attend the programme. Entry is open to all (there is no need to collect Invitation Pass).

Dhaka

December 26, 2017

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