Revered Indian classical music artistes perform at the Behala Classical Festival

One of the most awaited musical extravaganza, Behala Classical Festival, organised by Behala Sanskrtitk Sammilani and presented by a renowned city-based jewellery company is back with its eighth edition. The season eight of the classical festival that pays tribute to Pt Ravi Shankar, will go on till January 12 at the Behala Blind School Ground. The musical festival was inaugurated by eminent tabla player

Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay

, Mala Roy, MP, Loksobha, South Kolkata, along with Rupak Saha, director of the jewellery company and Parimal Bhattacharya, executive president of Behala Sanskritik Sammilani.

The four-day long festival will see

sitar

maestro Pt Budhaditya Mukherjee, santoor maestro Pt Tarun Bhattachrya, percussionist

Taufiq Qureshi

, sarod player Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Mohan Veena maestro Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, violin virtuoso L Subramaniam, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, percussionist Pt

Tanmoy Bose

and many others in performance. Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay was felicitated on January 9 at during the inauguration ceremony and Kavita Krishnamurthy would be felicitated with on January 12 during the closing ceremony of the gala festival for their immense contribution to Indian

classical music

.

Speaking on the occasion, Rupak Saha, said, “The music of India is said to be one of the oldest unbroken musical traditions in the world and its essence help us to gather good memories. Many legends have grown up concerning origins and development of Indian classical music. The younger generations too are closely knitted with the Indian classical music because its essence cannot be ignored. It has always been a great pleasure to be associated with the Behala Classical Festival and we are really proud that the festival has stepped in its eighth edition with splendour.”