On the evening of June 21, celebrated as World Music Day, the city faced some early monsoon showers but the queue of cars to the Science City Auditorium entry gate was never-ending. Sourendro Mullick and Soumyojit Das celebrated the auspicious day with some of the stalwarts of the music scene. Titled ‘World Music Day 2022 Concert’, the duo brought together Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shubha Mudgal, Hariharan, Usha Uthup, Subhamita, Papon and Anwesshaa for a memorable evening, celebrating the musical memories of the late Lata Mangeshkar. Here are snippets from the evening.
They were there...
Performers
Female Choir:
Baidehi Sengupta
Sneha Chakraborty
Sujata Biswas
Debashmita Sengupta
Purba Bhattacherjee
Shaoni Shome
Male Choir:
Aninda Saha
Surya Sekhar Sengupta
Saikat Biswas
Shiba Prasad Bhowmik
Avik Mukherjee
Featured Musicians:
Himadri Sekhar Das — drummer
Biswajit Roy — tabla
Prasun Bhattacharya — electric guitar
Himadri Shil — bass guitar
Kalyan Majumdar — sitar
swarnendu mandal — sarod
Sourish Bhattacharya — acoustic guitar
Allarakha kalawant — sarangi
Lights by Riaz
Sound engineers — Goutam Basu and Sayan Ghosh
Pictures: Rashbehari Das