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The COVID-19 pandemic may have hushed all auditorium and theatres, with artistes live streaming efficiencies on social networks, however artists are confident that the scenario will alter for better over the next couple of months, and winter season soirees will be organized just like every year, only this time in a limited way.
Exhibiting self-confidence that the pandemic will not come in the method of his gigs, percussionist Pt Tanmoy Bose stated live programmes are being arranged across the globe, just that audience, this time, need to comply with specific guidelines.
” I know that several musical concerts abroad, held annually without fail, have actually been scheduled for the later part of the year. I am planning to go to some of those … If performances can happen somewhere else, why need to we lag behind! Organisers may offer ostentation a miss this time,” he told PTI over phone.
Celebrated sarod player Tejendra Narayan Majumder, nevertheless, did not sound as positive as Bose, and stated it was challenging to predict if organizing a concert or more, under the shadow of the pandemic, was a smart concept.
” I don’t think there is any possibility of organising a live concert prior to March-April2021 Our Swar Samrat symphonic music concert, which takes place every December, will not be held in any auditorium this time. We are preparing to hold it on an OTT platform, the very best possible option,” Majumder said.
From Dover Lane Music Conference to Behala Classical Festival, a number of top-notch performances are arranged in the city and somewhere else from November to January every year. Music aficionados from across the country look forward to going to live efficiencies by pandits and maestros at these concerts.
Tabla virtuoso Pt Subhankar Banerjee said he was hopeful that at least some classical performances, known to draw people in hundreds, will be held in the months of December and January, with rigorous adherence to safety procedures.
” It’s been five months considering that the pandemic struck; things are gradually opening with a number of restrictions in place. I am enthusiastic that in another three to 4 months, the scenario will improve and an option will be in sight for organising performances with standard procedures in location.
” We might continue with online shows for the time being. It wont be long prior to the noise of ragas and jugalbandi performances resonate in the auditorium again,” Banerjee added.
( This story has actually been released from a wire firm feed without adjustments to the text. Just the heading has been altered.)
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