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Tagore, Nazrul songs enchant Chinese audience

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From: The Hindustan Times
Date: 20070923
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Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- A renowned Chinese ethnomusicologist who trained and researched in India is introducing the songs of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and Qazi Nazrul Islam to the people of China with help from Bangladeshi artistes.

The styles and techniques of the two great subcontinental greats were presented by Adity Mohsin and Anup Barua, renowned artistes from Bangladesh who performed eight songs each at a programme recently organised in Beijing by the Central Conservatory of Music (CCM), China.

"Tagore and Nazrul (who set their poems to music) were Asia's greatest musicians," said ...

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