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Singer Riddhi Bandyopadhyay elated to perform at NABC 2019

So, what's keeping singer Riddhi Bandyopadhyay so busy? Amidst several shows in the city, and also flying abroad for other commitments, Riddhi is presently at

Baltimore

as she performed at this year's

North American Bengali Conference

(NABC) 2019. She performed her most special production, Panchakabir Gaan. She has been the pioneer of this production and has also travelled to

Bangladesh

to perform this. She said, "This year at the conference, I have performed songs of three poets namely Dwijendralal , Atul Prasad and Rajanikanto. Some of the very special people in my life, who are like my gurus were there at all three shows where I performed These people are Manju Gupta, Krishna Chattopadhyay, Sushil chattopadhyay and Soilen Das. I am also the first singer to introduce tinkobir gaan at NABC." Riddhi performed on July 5, 6 and 7. On July 5, she rendered purono Kolkatar gaan including tappa and

thumri

. On July 6 she performed Bangla natoker gaan along with her husband, Devajit Bandyopadhyay. And her final day's performance comprised compositions of Dwijendralal Roy, Atul Prasad Sen and Rajanikanto Sen as part of panchakabir gaaner alok.
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