The Fête de la Musique, also known as World Music Day, is being celebrated today in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world amidst much festivity and enthusiasm. The festival aims to promote music among the masses.
On the occasion, Alliance Française de Dhaka and Alliance Française de Chittagong are holding free public concerts, according to a press release. Dhaka is witnessing the celebration today. Festivities in Chittagong will continue from today till June 23.
More than 120 countries and 350 cities across the globe celebrate this grand event each year on June 21, the day of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.
The idea of Fete de la Musique was born in 1981 when the then French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, decided to create a musical event, where amateurs and professionals could perform freely. The aim of the World Music Festival is to encourage amateur musicians to perform at public places as well as on the streets. The event allows the expression of all styles of music in a jovial atmosphere.
After the success of the previous editions of the Fete de la Musique, Alliance Française de Dhaka, in collaboration with the French Embassy and Channel i, will welcome Bangladeshi artistes to express themselves and meet a varied audience, on the occasion of this popular event. Being the media partner, Channel i will broadcast a one-hour programme on the music fest on June 25.
Today Alliance Francaise de Dhaka will hold concerts starting from 3 pm. Teachers and students of School of Music, Alliance Française de Dhaka as well bands The Bridge, De-Illumination and Warfaze will perform at the concert.
Alliance Française de Chittagong will present students as well as French and Bangladeshi groups, such as Les Caribous Volants, Samageet, Nojibul and Shiblo, Alexandre Jurain and Shajahan Munshi.
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