City-based music school ACE Music Centre organised its second edition of Geet and Ghazal ‘Aalap’on Friday.
Despite rain in the evening, music lovers turned up in large numbers at the Jayadev Bhawan here to enjoy the Ghazal.
Students of the Aalap opened the show with a choir presenting Saraswati Vandana.
In the Ghazal presentation, Satyabrata Sahoo, Saumyajit Dash, Barnali Bidurita, Sandip Sahu and Subhalaxmi Satpathy were amongst the twenty singers who rendered Ghazals like ‘Khub Shurat Hain Ankhen Teri...’, ‘Aaj Kal Yaad Kuch Aur...’, ‘Bas ek Baar Mera Kaha Man lijie....’
The Ghazals were more heart touching because of brilliant support by the accompanists. Chintamani Biswal, Tapas Kumar Sahu, Krushna Chandra Baral, Biranchi Narayan Pradhan, Hrudananda Sahu, Subham Kumar Biswal helped the singers by playing Key Board, Dholak, Tabla, Violin, Octopad and Guitar respectively.
Hindustani Vocalist Ajay Kumar Satpathy said the aim of the programme is to popularise Ghazals among the people.
Padma Shri Prafulla Kara, former DG Gopal Chandra Panda, AIIMS Director Ashok Kumar Mahapatra and Income Tax Commissioner Sarat Kumar Das inaugurated the programme.