CHENNAI: The legendary singer and Padma Shri awardee Ustad Rashid Khan will be performing in Chennai as part of Banyan Tree’s Splendor of Masters, an annual musical festival that features some of the popular artistes from across the country.
The concert will take place at The Music Academy on March 3. Banyan Tree is a pioneer in the field of Indian performing arts’ promotion for the past 21 years. Previous editions of the festival have featured Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and many more.
“The aim of Banyan Tree is to discover, preserve, nurture and celebrate these creative expressions for which we have created six National Festivals that are held annually in 18 cities across India,” says Nandini Mahesh, director, Banyan Tree Events. “We share a good rapport with 2,000 performing artistes across genres, linguistic groups, and cultural backgrounds. The main focus, of course, has always been classical music, both vocal and instrumental.”
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