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  UK pianist bids to change image of classical music

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:41pm on February 24, 2020

  British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly white world of classical music, is on a mission ‘to change the...

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  UK music producer Andy Weatherall dead at 56

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:37pm on February 18, 2020

  Andy Weatherall, the DJ who produced Primal Scream’s ‘Screamadelica’ and a pioneer of the acid house movement, died Monday at age 56 after suffering a...

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  Music nerds’ High Fidelity gets series makeover

  Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 11:53pm on February 16, 2020

  ‘High Fidelity,’ the series, is out -- a quarter of a century after the book and 20 years after the film, transporting author Nick Hornby’s...

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  4-day classical music conference ends in Narayanganj

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:15am on February 03, 2020

  Cultural organisation Lakshyapar organised a four-day classical music conference at Ali Ahmed Chunka Auditorium in Narayanganj. This was the 11th conference by Lakshyapar, which has...

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  Freedom Music Fest begins February 6

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 09:56pm on January 31, 2020

  A three-day Freedom Music Fest featuring 20 local bands will commence at Liberation War Museum on February 6. The festival aims to create a permanent...

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  Billie Eilish dominates the Grammys as music world mourns Kobe

  Agence France-Presse . Los Angeles | Updated at 10:28pm on January 27, 2020

  Pop iconoclast Billie Eilish cleaned up at the Grammys on Sunday, winning five awards, as the music world mourned the loss of LA’s hometown basketball...

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  Momotaz releases new music video

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:47pm on January 19, 2020

  A new music video featuring popular singer Momotaz Begom has been released, says a press release. The song titled Fuler Naame’e Naam, sung by Momotaz...

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  Kuti Mansur remembered

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:39pm on January 11, 2020

  Renowned singer-lyricist-composer Kuti Mansur was remembered at a programme held at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The programme was jointly...

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  Basudeb Ghose remembered

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 08, 2020

  Friends, peers and family members remembered recently demised music director Basudeb Ghose at a programme held at the auditorium of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra on Monday...

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  An evening with ragas

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 08, 2020

  Artistes entertained the audience presenting diverse ragas of Hindustani classical music at a music show held at Chhayanaut Shangshkriti Bhavan in capital’s Dhanmondi on Monday...