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Artiste, audience and the mystery of raga

Classical music workshop and film screening at Bengal Cafe

Staff Correspondent
Bengal-ITC SRA Classical Music Festival, held last year at Dhaka's Army stadium, created a stir among artistes, music connoisseurs and enthusiasts. The festival turned out to be a grand success with a turnout of an average of 15,000 people every day. The presence of the young audience at the festival was truly inspiring too.
Encouraged by the young artistes' and audience's curiosity and enthusiasm for classical music, Bengal Foundation has organised a three-month long classical music workshop prior to the four-day Second "Bengal Classical Music Festival 2013" scheduled to begin on November 28.
The workshop, titled "Sangeet Aboyob", began on September 26 and is being held at Bengal Cafe in Dhanmondi, every Thursday (3-5pm) and Saturday (10am-12pm). The workshop, focusing on the subcontinental classical music history, its grammar and phrase, science, aesthetics and
Artiste, audience and the mystery of raga
Classical music workshop and film screening at Bengal Cafe philosophy, will come to an end on November 16. Anyone interested in music can join the workshop free of charge.
Director of Bengal Foundation Subir Chowdhury opened the workshop by delivering the welcome address on September 26.
On November 2, noted classical music exponent Alimur Rahman Khan deliv-
ered a lecture on the title "Artiste, Audience and the Mystery of Raga" at the cafe. Khan discussed varied topics including a communion of souls between the artiste and the audience while performing; the audiences' immersion in the bliss of melody coupled with their identification with the rasa of classical music and the diverse moods, tastes and aesthetics of different ragas at the workshop.
Directed by Bijay B. Chandra, an English documentary film titled "A Luminous Jewel: Pt. Birju Maharaj" was screened on the day.
Prior to that, noted dance artiste and guru Belayet Hossain Khan conducted a workshop on a South Indian classical dance form -Bharatnatyam - at the Bengal Cafe on October 31. Belayet focused on the origin and development, gharana and practice of the genre along with showcasing several mudras and expressions of Bharatnatyam accompanied by dancers -Shraboni Majumdar, Rubasha Mariana and Rimu Rani Mandal.
Another Chhayanaut guru Anup Barua will deliver a lecture on the title "The Ornamentation of Dhrupad and Khayal" at 3pm on November 7. Directed by Gulzar, a Hindi documentary film "Pt. Bhimsen Joshi" will be screened followed by the workshop.