Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
On the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Bangladesh’s National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on May 25, country’s renowned Nazrul Sangeet artiste Ferdous Ara will spend busy time performing Nazrul songs in Bangladesh and India.
Ferdous Ara informed that on the occasion of Kazi Nazrul’s 125th birth anniversary, her solo concert will be held at Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Auditorium in the capital’s National Museum today, May 21 at 5:00pm.
After a long time, Ferdous Ara is appearing with a solo music programme. Khairul Anam Shakil, President of Kabi Nazrul Institute Trustee Board President and Nazrul Institute’s Executive Director AFM Hayatullah will attend the event as honored guests.
Meanwhile, on May 25 at 4:00pm, Ferdous Ara will perform music at a special event about Poet Nazrul to be organised by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. On the same day in the evening, she will also perform music at a special event to be organised by the Indian High Commission in Sreepur, Gazipur.
The very next day she will leave for Asansol in West Bengal. There at Kazi Nazrul University, on May 26, she will perform solo performance on the second day of the five-day long festival.
Ferdous Ara also said after that, she will perform music in Assam, India and Calgary, Canada in July and September respectively on the occasion of Nazrul’s birth anniversary.
Ferdous Ara is busy every year on the birth anniversary and death anniversary of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in the country and abroad.
Regarding talking about engagement of this time, Ferdous Ara told this correspondent, “After my long-term practice of Nazrul, one thing seems to me again and again about the creation of every moment of 365 days by the spiritual poet, he has written so much detail about people, no one else in the world has written so much – that too only 22 years and three months. He was silent for 42 years. I haven’t had the chance to know anything about his ocean of knowledge yet. It seems to me that there is much more to be learned about him and his writings. I don’t know if it is possible for me to know all of him in this life. Because knowing about the ocean is impossible. I try to carry out my duties or duties assigned to me with utmost respect and love for poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.”