A melodious evening is in store for the audience at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Gulshan branch today at 6:30pm. Renowned flautist Ustad Captain Azizul Islam will perform in the event which is organised by IGCC in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh.
One of the best features of the shows at IGCC is that, it provides entertainment for free for the audience of the country as entry to these shows requires no ticket or pass.
Ustad Captain Azizul Islam was born at Rajbari, Bangladesh in 1945. Ustad Islam was passionate about playing flute right from his childhood. He has been trained by acclaimed artists such as late Priyada Ranjan Sengupta, Ustad Velayet Ali Khan, late Ustad Bahadur Khan, late Pandit Debendra Murdeshwarand and Pandit VG Karnad. Through proportionate synthesis of classical, western and traditional folk forms, he has developed a unique style of playing the flute that has won plaudits worldwide.
Ustad Islam has performed at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the annual “Doverlane Music Conference” at Kolkata in 2002. He has also performed at Vivekananda Hall, Kolkata, Kolkata Sangeet Research Academy, Salt Lake Music Festival, India Habitat Center in New Delhi, Nehru Centre at Mumbai and Rotary South Asian summit in Hyderabad. Apart from India, he has also performed in USA, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.
Ustad Islam is a regular performer for Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television. He is a gold medalist from the Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka and the Ashfaque-Najma Foundation, Bangladesh and received “Bhashani Padak” from Anonnya Sangskritik Goshti, Dhaka. He was twice awarded “City Cell Channel i Music Award” in 2005 and 2007 for best instrumental music.
