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A Scintillating Performance by Pak, Indian and Bangladesh Based Bands for Prez Mukherjee

Nov 03, 2014 Tushita News 0

In an interesting join up and rather musical consolidation of SAARC Nations, musical bands from three SAARC nations will perform before Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on November 5 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The three musical bands namely, Chirkutt from Bangladesh, Mrigya from India and Zebunissa Bangash from Pakistan will give their performances in a concert which will be the curtain raiser for the 8^th edition of South Asian Bands Festival, which will take place at Purana Qila from November 7 to November 9.

Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) are collaborating with Seher, to organise the festival. The lead singer of all the bands will be females, reported the sources.

The event will brings all the SAARC nations and one guest country on together one platform. The main aim of the festival is to spread the message of unity and harmony among the people of the countries.

The concert at Rashtrapati Bhavan Auditorium will feature the three bands playing separately and at the end coming together in a unique collaborative concert as a symbolic gesture of unity, harmony and friendship amongst the SAARC nations.

About the Bands:

Chirkutt from Bangladesh

The band was formed in 2002 and is known for its powerful lyrics and peppy live performances. Their compositions are believed to be beyond the bounds of genres and have made the band an asset to the Bangladesh music industry. The band has even been termed as the ‘Epic Fusion Band’ by many musical legends.

Mrigya from India

The band hailing from New Delhi is counted among themost prominent and extraordinary World-Fusion bands. It was formed in 1999 and has since then kept transforming and accommodating the tunes of changing times. Owing to this constant metamorphosis, the band has now become an enthralling contemporary world music band and is venturing to stretch the boundaries of Indian classical music. It has even become the harbinger of a unique fusion of hues, offering a rich blend of Blues, Funk, Folk, Latin, Indian Classical and Jaz.

Zebunnisa Humayun Bangash from Pakistan

One of the most admired and loved vocalists, Zebunisa Bangashis a Pakistan based singer and has beensinging since she was eight-year old. Some of the most eminent musicians of the country can be credited with training her. Ustad Naser Uddin Sami is presently helping her develop the semi classical Thumri to further enrich her musical repertoire. As an artist with a truly global sensibility, Zeb has the talent to learn and draw from music from all over the world. In particular she feels an affinity with music from the Central Asian and ‘Indus Valley’ regions. She is working closely with musicians from these areas. She is especially interested in exploring Pakistan’s forgotten rich cultural heritage and it’s linkages through music and song.

Such an interplay of culturally rich and naturally gifted musicals is bound to create an interplay that transcends geographical boundaries and political aspirations.

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