Entertainment Desk :
Artistes warm up audiences in shivering cold at DU Students of Dhaka University music and dance department perform a chorus song at TSC on Wednesday.
Defying the shivering cold on Wednesday night, artistes enchanted the audience on the second day of a music festival arranged as part of the 25th founding anniversary of Dhaka University (DU) Music Department at the Teacher-Student Center (TSC).
Bangla songs from the era of Shakta Padabali to the contemporary time were performed by celebrated artistes from Bangladesh and India in the two-day long music festival.
Modern Bangla song artist Rafiqul Alam, also an artist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, performed ‘Debona amar mather sabuj aar’, a song aired during the Liberation War to inspire the Freedom Fighters. Celebrated artist Khairul Anam Shakil, also a part time teacher of Music Department, performed a popular Nazrul song and a folk song.
Before performing, prominent Bangladeshi artist Ferdous Ara said music flows through generation to generation and will remain forever. A creative composition that captivated the audiences, a musical chart and depiction from the era of Charya Pada to the present time, was presented by teachers and students of Music Department.
“We did not get much opportunity as the present generation enjoying in practicing art and music,” said celebrated singer Hasina Mumtaz adding that they perform better than we do.
On the concluding day of the festival, Bangladeshi celebrated artistes Syed Abdul Hadi, Pradeep Kumar Nandi along with teachers, students of the department as well as two Bangladeshi bands also performed at the program. Before the evening session, experts took part in a discussion on the situation of music in institutional education, its success, contemporary crisis and plan to overcome those issues.
Artistes warm up audiences in shivering cold at DU Students of Dhaka University music and dance department perform a chorus song at TSC on Wednesday.
Defying the shivering cold on Wednesday night, artistes enchanted the audience on the second day of a music festival arranged as part of the 25th founding anniversary of Dhaka University (DU) Music Department at the Teacher-Student Center (TSC).
Bangla songs from the era of Shakta Padabali to the contemporary time were performed by celebrated artistes from Bangladesh and India in the two-day long music festival.
Modern Bangla song artist Rafiqul Alam, also an artist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, performed ‘Debona amar mather sabuj aar’, a song aired during the Liberation War to inspire the Freedom Fighters. Celebrated artist Khairul Anam Shakil, also a part time teacher of Music Department, performed a popular Nazrul song and a folk song.
Before performing, prominent Bangladeshi artist Ferdous Ara said music flows through generation to generation and will remain forever. A creative composition that captivated the audiences, a musical chart and depiction from the era of Charya Pada to the present time, was presented by teachers and students of Music Department.
“We did not get much opportunity as the present generation enjoying in practicing art and music,” said celebrated singer Hasina Mumtaz adding that they perform better than we do.
On the concluding day of the festival, Bangladeshi celebrated artistes Syed Abdul Hadi, Pradeep Kumar Nandi along with teachers, students of the department as well as two Bangladeshi bands also performed at the program. Before the evening session, experts took part in a discussion on the situation of music in institutional education, its success, contemporary crisis and plan to overcome those issues.
