SAAZ AUR AWAZ
Dhwani Academy Initiated Saaz Aur Awaz – a unique concept, a concert with Indian Classical Music, with a dedicated day for Percussion on different genres of music, in memory of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh for the last 14 years. Renowned and recognized artistes from Indian classical music have performed in these festivals such as Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Ulhas Kasalkar, Pt. Rahul Sharma, Pt. Bhajan Sopori, Vidushi Kala Ramnath, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Pt. Ronu Majumdar, Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pt. Kushal Das and many more, along with the young and upcoming music aspirants, in a house full of music-lovers and connoisseurs.
The Academy, as its beneficent agenda, also presents Visually Impaired music students, who are Scholarship-holders, along with their ensemble performance on Tabla.
The festival features Percussions from different genres – Folk, Indian Classical, different Art Form, from different states and Crossover Music, making it one of the iconic events of the city.
The noted places where the Academy has been running this project for the last few years are Calcutta Club; G.D. Birla Sabhaghar; Uttam Mancha; Sarat Sadan, Behala; to name a few.
Thanks to our volunteers, our organisational partners and students who help in organizing and continuing this festival successfully.