[Reader-list] "Khayal, Dadra, Ghazal, Sufi" a classical vocal concert by Sabina M Islam Rahaman

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

THE ATTIC, 36 REGAL BUILDINGS, NEW DELHI. TEL: 23746050
 
 
tuesday 27th october
6.30 pm “Khayal, Dadra, Ghazal, Sufi” a classical vocal concert by 
Sabina M Islam Rahaman

 
  Calcutta based Sabina sings today, compositions from pure classical to 
light classical Hindustani music which she has learnt from the age of 
5.

 
A Khayal, derived from medieval Persian and Indian Dhrupad is a musical 
expression of a thought or deep emotion with melodic and rhythmic 
improvisations. Dadra is a genre of light classical

  music mainly used in Agra and Bundelkhand. Ghazal is a poetic form 
consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing 
the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a

poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty 
of love in spite of that pain. Sufi music is generally an expression of 
the inner, mystical dimension of Islam
 


Initially taught by her father Nurul Islam she continued her musical 
training with Pandit Aloke Chatterjee in Guwahati. She passed “Sangeet 
Visharad” from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith ,

Lucknow. Subsequently she studied at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy 
first under Pandit Sunil Bose and then Smt Subhra Guha of the Agra 
gharana. In 2003-04 she won the Young

Artist award and a gold medal offered by the Ministry of Tourism and 
Culture. She has performed for the Sangeet Natak Academy and at the 
103rd Shastriya Sangeet Sammelan at Amritsar.


 
She has been performing regularly in the US at New York, Chicago, New 
Jersey and Wesleyan University, Connecticut. She is also a visiting 
teacher of Indian Classical vocal in NYC under the

American Academy of Indian Classical Music as well as a B high artist 
of AIR Guwahati.