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Homage to Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

Instrumental recital at Chhayanaut

Jamil Mahmud
His magical strokes on the strings of 'sarod' were an example of perfection. He had complete authority over the 18-string instrument throughout his life -• a feat very few musicians can accomplish. A loyal friend of Bangladesh. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, had his roots here and is loved by Bengali music enthusiasts everywhere.
Along with the 'sitar' maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar and Beatle George Harrison, he performed at the "Concert for Bangladesh" at Madison Square Garden. New York on z\ugust 1, 1971. Apart from Ravi Shankar. Khan is also widely credited to lake Indian classical music to its current state and intro duce it to the West.
Chhayanaut and Liberation War Museum ^LWM) jointly arranged a memorial programme at the auditorium of Chhayanaut on July 9 to pay homage to the sarod' maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, who died on June 18 Music exponent Dr. Karunamaya Goswami gave the memorial speech, while Rajrupa Chowdhury and Ashim Chowdhury presented sarod’ and sitar' recitals respectively at the programme.
The memorial programme started with the screening of footage of "Concert for Bangla-
desh." The screening especially featured performances of Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar.
In his speech. Dr. Goswami said, "Ustad Ali Akbar Khan is the greatest to me for two reasons -- his suggestive and bold style. The
suggestive play by him always surpassed pure grammar. Il was something like the interrelationship between absolute truth and assumption. And his bold strokes on the strings! Every stroke was a demonstration of his control over his craft."
"Those, who watched him perform in his youth, know what I'm talking about," Dr. Goswami said.
Eminent media personality Aly Zaker, who is also a trustee of LWM, spoke on why his organisation took interest in arranging the memorial programme. "Liberation War Museum appreciates aestheticism in any form and respects those who develop and popularise art," said Zaker.
Chhayanaut president Dr. Sanjida Khatun paid her tribute through a brief speech and thanked all who helped in organising the event. Among others, Dr. Sarwar Ali, one of the trustees of LWM, was present at the programme.
The musical performance began with a sarod" recital by Rajrupa Chowdhury. The consummate artiste played a couple of raagas during the hour-long performance. Swarup Hossain accompanied her on "tabla."
The "sitar" performance by Ashim Chowdhury was accompanied by Iftekhar Alam Pradhan on ’tabla".