Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Kolkata Festivals Celebrate Ragas and Bengali Musical Heritage
Two music programmes in Kolkata celebrated Indian classical music and Bengali songs.
The Kolkata Music Festival was called “Colours of Independence.”
Students opened it by playing music based on Raga Jog.
Other musicians performed pieces based on ragas such as Marwa, Desh and Miyan ki Malhar.
The festival ended with a tabla recital by Kumar Bose.
Another programme, called Gurupranam, was held by Alor Pathe Raga Dhwani.
Its scholars sang the group’s theme song, “Aalo.”
Flute and sarod players also performed.
The programme ended with musicians bringing back several rare Bengali songs.
The Kolkata Music Festival, themed “Colours of Independence”, was presented at Uttam Mancha by the Gokul Nag Memorial Foundation and Peshkar Academy of Art & Culture.
Peshkar Academy students opened with compositions in Raga Jog, followed by performances featuring ragas including Marwa, Desh and Miyan ki Malhar.
Sitarist Amitabh Chatterjee, vocalist Ruchira Panda and tabla player Kumar Bose were among the festival’s performers.
Alor Pathe Raga Dhwani held its Gurupranam programme at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, beginning with its theme song “Aalo”.
The Gurupranam programme featured flute and sarod recitals and concluded with performers revisiting rare Bengali songs.
- Who
- The Gokul Nag Memorial Foundation, Peshkar Academy of Art & Culture, Alor Pathe Raga Dhwani and the musicians and scholars who performed.
- What
- Two programmes presented Indian classical ragas and Bengali songs.
- When
- The articles do not specify when the programmes took place.
- Where
- Uttam Mancha and the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata.
- Why
- The Kolkata Music Festival was themed “Colours of Independence”; the articles do not state a specific reason for the Gurupranam programme.
- Kolkata Music Festival theme
- “Colours of Independence”
- Kolkata Music Festival venue
- Uttam Mancha
- Kolkata Music Festival presenters
- The Gokul Nag Memorial Foundation and Peshkar Academy of Art & Culture
- Second programme
- Alor Pathe Raga Dhwani’s Gurupranam
- Gurupranam venue
- Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
- Featured musical forms
- Indian classical ragas and rare Bengali songs