Aji nanda-dulaler sathe আজি নন্দদুলালের সাথে | Kazi Nazrul Islam | Sanjida Beethika

#bengaljukebox
Nazrul Sangeet
-----------------------------------


To celebrate 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, Bengal Foundation organised Srijone O Shekore, a 5-day arts festival, from 14 to 18 December 2021, at Bengal Shilpalay, Dhaka. Supported by BRAC Bank, the festival featured performing arts, visual art, crafts, books, film, readings, and events for children. Over 300 singers-musicians-dancers-craftspersons-artists performed on stage and engaged in various kinds of programming at the festival, over the five days.

The song Aji nanda-dulaler sathe, set in Raga Khamaj-Kafi, is a paean to Radha-Krishna’s love. Composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the song celebrates Krishna’s romance with Radha and the pranks he played with her and the cowgirls (gopis), wherein the feeling underlying is one of love and devotion. A lively rendition of the song Aji nanda-dulaler sathe was presented by emerging artist Sanjida Beethika at Ganer Jhornatolay on the fourth day of the Srijone O Shekore arts festival. The artist was accompanied on stage by Iftekhar Alam Prodhan on the Tabla, Asit Biswas in the Esraj, Nasir Uddin in the Guitar, and Binod Roy in the Keyboard.

Beethika was inspired by her father to take up music at an early age. She enrolled in Chhayanaut in 2004 and trained in Nazrul Sangeet under Khairul Anam Shakil, and took lessons with Asit De in classical music. She completed her course in Nazrul Sangeet with top honours and enlisted at Chayyanut as a teacher. She is a regular performer on television and radio. Beethika is a teacher by profession and is a member of the BCS Education Cadre.

The composer-poet Kazi Nazrul Islam (25th May 1899 - 29th August 1976) emerged from the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th century, a period that saw a unique blend of religious and social reformers, patriots, scientists, literary giants and cultural activists. This was the time when great Bengali composer-poets, Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Atul Prasad Sen, Rajanikanta Sen and Dwijendralal Roy, flowered as Pancha-kobi (penta-poets).
Within the short span of Nazrul’s creative life (in 1941 he lost his speech and memory to disease), he had composed four thousand songs apart from other literary and journalistic works. His songs changed from the rebellious to religious explorations at a later stage. He delved deep in both Hindu and Islamic practices and extensively composed over five hundred devotional songs. Nazrul was an expert in Hindustani classical music, and created over a dozen new ragas. His determinedly anti-fundamentalist and astonishingly inclusive writings, his repeated imprisonment for his outspoken criticism of British imperialism, and the depth of his cultural explorations once inspired entire generations of revolutionaries, including freedom fighters in both India and Bangladesh. His message remains as relevant today as it was all decades ago.


┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉┉
Bengal Foundation has been promoting Bengali music for decades in order to nurture and uphold the musical traditions of Bengal. The Foundation releases a wide selection of Bengali albums to the public, conducts workshops, and well as create opportunities to train under distinguished musicians at the Bengal Parampara Sangeetalay. Bengal Foundation’s music programme also frequently organises a number of large scale music events which include the Bengal Classical Music Festival. Bengal Foundation’s music programme aims to pave the way for better appreciation and understanding of the fundamentals of music; as well as to energise, influence and promote the music industry of Bangladesh.


==================================

🔔 Please do Subscribe & enable notifications for more contents from us!

👍 Website: http://www.bengalfoundation.org​​​​
👍 Facebook:   / bengalfoundat.  .
👍 Twitter:   / trustfortheart.  .
👍 Instagram:   / bengalfound....  .

------------------------------------------------------------------------
© Bengal Foundation 2022