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A three-day music festival will begin at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy today.

A total of 25 music organisations and noted singers will perform at the festival.

Eminent artiste Ajit Roy is expected to inaugurate the festival at 5:00pm while Khan Sarwar Murshid will be present as chief guest on the occasion. The Bangladesh Sangeet Samannay Parishad and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will organise the festival in association with the Step Media Limited.

This was disclosed at a press conference at the Liberation War Museum in the city on Tuesday.

Artistes Tapan Mahmud, President of the Sangeet Sammnay Parishad, Mahmud Selim, Nargis Chowdhury, Fakir Siraj, among others, were present at the conference.

President of Abritty Samannay Parishad Asaduzzaman Noor, Chairman of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation M Hamid, General Secretary of Sammilita Sangskritik Jote Golam Kuddus, President of Pathanatak Parishad Mannan Heera will speak in the inaugural session, with Director General of Bangladesh Shailpakala Academy Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam will chair the session, said Tapan Mahmud.

Cultural organisations including Wrishiz Shilpi Goshthi, Rabirag, Pratiti, Bhawaiya Academy, Mandira Shilpi Goshthi will perform in the evening, he said.

On July 25, a discussion meeting on music followed by a musical evening will be held, he added.

Banshuria, Cranti, Srijan, Sur Tirtha, Nazrul Sangeet Parishad, Sargam Lalitakala Academy, Ustad Mamtaz Ali Khan Sangeet Academy will present music of different genre, said the organisers.

The festival will end on July 26 with the performances of Udichi, Sangeet Bhaban, Baitalik, Swapnakunri, Surer Dhara, Rabi Rashmi, Padatik Sangeet Sangsad and Altaf Mahmud Sangeet Academy, they added.