Promising singer Shemonty Monjari’s debut album titled Rangiye Diye Jao hits the market today. The audio album consisting of ten tracks from the Boshonto segment of Gitabitan is launched by the Bengal Foundation.
In conversation with the Dhaka Tribune, the aspiring singer said: “My father did not want me to record my first album at this moment. To his understanding, I am still too young to have a solo album of my own. As my niche is Rabindra Sangeet, he wanted me to be more mature before I went for recording. But fortunately, there are many people around me who admires my work and they persuaded my father to give his consent.
“I contacted Prattyush Banerjee, my music director and he also showed interest to work with me. Then, I went to India and finished my recording in January. After my return, I gave my CD to Bengal Foundation. They have a committee who decides on which CD’s to release and within a few weeks, I was informed that they liked my record and would like to launch it. My album contain 10 songs and my theme is on spring.”
Shemonty started her musical journey at an early age. She trained in Rabindra Sangeet at the prestigious Chhayanaut Sangeet Vidyayatan in Dhaka, where she completed her 8 years long course and achieved first class first position in the final certificate examination. She also achieved first class first position in the national competition on Rabindra Sangeet arranged by the Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammilon Parishad in 2011.
