Facilitating cultural exchange between national and international musicians, artists from six countries will join three teams from India at a musical event here from Friday.
“The three-day annual concert, ‘Sufi Sutra,’ will have musicians from Iran, Bangladesh, Denmark, Sweden, Portugal and Spain who will enthral audiences at Mohar Kunj,” said organiser Amitava Bhattacharya of Banglanatak.com.
Iranian ensemble ‘Win-bang’ will come up with a modern view of Iranian mystical music with their Iranian-Sufi performances. Besides beautiful compositions, improvisation is one of their strong features.
Reflecting on their roots, faith, ethnicity and cultural upbringing, a group of Muslim, Jewish and Christian women musicians will perform under the Danish band ‘Radiant Arcadia.’
Swedish team ‘Barkbr Extended’ plays new and traditional music from all of Sweden in different musical dialects.
Spanish group ‘El Bola’ will present pure flamenco music, a genre of Spanish folk music that includes singing, guitar playing, dance and handclaps.
Rural and folk artists from Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal will also perform.
Sufi Sutra was started in 2011 to foster global cultural pluralism as international artists share a platform with rural artists of India creating a fusion of different threads of music.
