Chief guest Vivek Kumar, the state’s additional chief secretary, inaugurated the three-day ITC Sangeet Sammelan 2024 on the lawns of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Tollygunge on Friday, November 29. Also present were Nazeeb Arif, executive vice-president and head of corporate communications, ITC Limited and trustee and Saradindu Dutta, executive director of the academy
Photographs by Soumyajit DeyITC Limited conferred the ITC Sangeet Samman 2024 on distinguished classical vocalist Ulhas Kashalkar
The revered gurus of the academy — Ajoy Chakrabarty, Partha Chatterjee, Subhra Guha, Uday Bhawalkar, Omkar Dadarkar, Abir Hossain and Brajeswar Mukherjee also graced the occasion
Violinist Kala Ramnath gave a mesmerising performance, earning huge applause
Vocalist Ulhas Kashalkar kept music aficionados glued to their seats and nod in tandem during his recital
Among the performers on Friday were scholars of the academy, Shreya Chatterjee (in picture) and Koustav Roy, besides young musicians such as Ayan Sengupta
The music lovers sat in rapt attention, enjoying every performance through the wintry evening
The festival features promising young musicians as well as stalwarts of Indian classical music. The academy, which is in its 47th year, has remained focused on the preservation and propagation of Hindustani classical music since its inception