Bengal Foundation has organised a three month long classical music workshop prior to the second installment of the “Bengal Classical Music Festival” scheduled to begin on November 28.
The workshop, titled “Sangeet Aboyob,” began on September 26 and is being held at the Bengal Café in Dhanmondi on every Thursday (3-5pm) and Saturday (10am-12pm).
The workshop, designed by Chhayanaut’s classical music teacher Dr Rezwan Ali, highlights the history of Hindustani Classical Music, grammatical structures of different ragas, and the aesthetics and philosophy of classical music and more. The workshop will conclude on November 16.
Any classical music enthusiast can join the workshop free of charge.
Director of Bengal Foundation Subir Chowdhury opened the workshop by delivering the welcome address on September 26.
Among others Saju Ahmed, Asit Dey and Kamol Khalid will conduct workshops on classical music, dance, instrument and others on different days.
The repertoire of the event also features documentaries on classical music gurus like Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Alla Rakha, Pt Birju Maharaj, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Bismillah Khan and Pt Ravi Shankar.
The organisers informed that the huge response they received at last year's classical music festival encouraged them to organise such a workshop.
