Dhaka: The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) will organise an evening of sarod recital with Arnab Bhattacharya from India at 6:30pm on Friday (24 July) at the centre’s Gulshan branch.

Arnab Bhattacharya started learning Sarod at an early age from his father Swapan K Bhattacharya and later from Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta of the Senia Shahjahanpur Gharana. He achieved ‘Sangeet Prabhakar’ degree from Allahabad University in 1999.

His music is a blend of traditional and modern form of Indian Classical music. He was awarded in many talent search contests in India — ‘Arabindo Music Festival’, ‘Ankit Talent Search Contests’, ‘All India Music Competition’ etc. He also received several awards like ‘Sarod Sunder’ from Orissa in 2005, ‘Sarod Naya’ award in 2007,’Nabin Sarod’ in 2009.

Bhattacharya is a regular artist of All India radio and Doordarshan in India. He had successfully participated in several prestigious stages in India and abroad.

In 2009, he was invited by the University of Geneva, Switzerland, for a lecture demonstration in Indian Classical Music and for participating in seminars and workshops on World music. He has also given background music to many documentary films.