Weekend Plus
Fete de la Musique
By Takir Hossain
Thu, 28 Jun 2007, 13:18:00

Music is a symbol of peace and harmony. Music also brings ecstasy to our minds. Connoisseurs say that music has come from heaven. Without music, most of us can't think of a livable. A musician always likes to think of his surrounding ambience and try to explore the aesthetic beauty around him or her. All kinds of joy, sorrow, and incident touch his mind in a distinct and unparalleled way. A musician is very quick to reach a human heart.

In the seven-day-long musical programme, entitled Fete de la Musique, Mesbah Ahmed was the most impressive. His serene and fascinating voice moved the audience. Mesbah brings to his music a unique quality.

Mesbah style of singing reminds one of the famous Indian Ghazal singers Gulam Ali.

Fete de la Musique was an opulent programme consisting of a large variety of musical styles. The programme was successful and the music lovers took the chance to enjoy quality music after a long time.

On the first day, Abdul Ali Boyati, Mohammad Lokman, Rojina Akhter and Nargis Rahman were performed the music. Classical music was the best event in the first day at the Alliance Francaise de Dacca. Noted vocalist Nilufar Banu turned out to be a stellar singer on the secound day of the festival held at the Alliance Francaise in Dhaka on 24th June. A singer with distinctive qualities, Nilufar Banu presented solo at the well-attended musical soiree. The singer enthralled the audience at another function held last year at the same venue as part of the Fete de la Musique in Dhaka.

Anup Barua performed on the third day. He is a Nazrulgeeti (songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam) singer with an exceptional voice. He has now been working as a senior teacher of classical vocal in Chhayanot. He is an enlisted artist of BTV as well. He took the prestigious "Sangeet Bisharad" degree from India under a scholarship of the Indian government. He has performed in many countries like India, Japan & USA. He won the National Prize for his performance in classical music.

Every year 21 June is celebrated as Fête de la Musique or World Music Festival in France and in many other counties. On this occasion, the Chorale Group of Alliance Française de Dacca has organised a musical soirée on Tuesday, 26 June 2007 at 6:00pm. In that evening, they were performed a number of protest songs. This included songs that inspired certain social and political movements around the globe including Bangladesh. The evening was open to all.

There was ghazal by Mesbah, one of the best events for the 2nd day. In recent times, Mesbah has made himself as one of the best promising ghazal singers in the city. Currently, lots of ghazal enthusiasts are here in Dhaka. He presented Hindi, Urdu and a number of Bangla ghazals. The student of Nrityam Nrityasheelon Kendro also performed Nazrul Sangeet. Uronchandi, a young group participated in the 5th day. They have mainly worked on our folk song. Their using of musical instruments was good and the audiences were fascinated by their style of singing.

Back to the story of Fete de la Musique

In 1982, a study on the cultural practice of French people discovered that five million people, two millions of them youngsters, out of 55 millions, played a musical instrument in France.

Mr. Jack Lang, then Minister for Culture, dreamed of brining all those people in the street for a huge popular celebration. Three weeks later, the music celebration was launched in France, on June 21, 1982. On the initiative of the ministry for the Culture and of the ministry of Foreign Affairs, the music celebration has been exported from France starting in 1985.

Photos: Habibur Rahman


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