Adity Mohsin will perform Saturday evening 6:30pm at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, as part of the celebrations of the 152nd birth anniversary of Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore. The event is organised by Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in association with the State Bank of India in Bangladesh.
Channel-i is the media partner of the programme “An Evening of Rabindra Sangeet.”
On the occasion of Tagore’s birth anniversary, Dhaka Tribune caught up with the versatile talented singer:
What songs are you performing tonight?
The songs I will perform today are from the major parts of “Gitabitan” (Garden of songs written by Tagore). I will sing songs from “Puja” (worship), “Prem” (love), “Prakriti” (nature), “Swadesh” (patriotism), and “Aanushthanik” (celebration). “Ananda Dhara Bohiche Bhubone,” “Borisho Dhora Majhe Shantir Bari,” and some songs from “Bhanu Singher Padabali” is a must in my list and after that I will perform requests from my audience. It’s all about passion for singing and entertaining music lovers.
Tell us about your new album:
In March, I have released my latest album, it was well received by my fans. Like always, I have tried to give my best in the album, it is not too difficult for me, as I love singing. I am thinking of releasing my next album featuring Tagore’s songs at the end of this year.
What are you occupied with currently?
I am busy with performing onstage and currently I am well occupied with numerous stage shows.
It is quite challenging to perform gracefully and confidently in presence of an audience. I will also be appearing in musical programs on TV. Soon, I have plans to entertain audience abroad as well.
Adity Mohsin received initial training in music at the Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts in Dhaka.
In 1992, she won the ICCR scholarship and went to pursue her music training at the Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan.
There, Adity trained under legendary exponents of Rabindra Sangeet like Kanika Bandopadhyay, Nilima Sen, Gora Sarbadhikari, Swastika Mukherkee, Shri Mohan Singh, Shri Arupratan Banerjee and many more. Adity subsequently completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in music from the Visva Bharati University with First Class Honours.
Adity thereafter worked as a senior teacher with Chhayanaut till the year 2000. Bengal Foundation has released four solo albums of Adity in Bangladesh and HMV, Sa Re Ga Ma, have released three of her remaining solo musical albums.
The gifted artist won the title of “Anyanna Shirsho Dosh” (title bestowed on top 10 women of Bangladesh every year) in 2004 for music as also the “Citycell-Channel-i Music Awards” in 2006 for being the best Rabindra Sangeet singer.
