Bengali Folk and Modern Music - Arko Mukherjee

Music Gym was delighted to present an interactive and exciting workshop on Bengali Folk and Modern Music by Arko Mukherjee on 22nd July, 2012 at Space.

Workshop Overview
Music in Bengal has always been influenced by multiple genres and sub-genres of music across the world. Bengal has a rich variety of folk forms like Bhatiyali, Bhawaiya, Baul, Fakiri, Manbhumi, Bhadu, Tushu,Bihu, Goalpariya, Murshidi and many others due to its great diversity of climate, lifestyle and philosophy. Interestingly, Bengali modern music has also been influenced by these genres and by folk forms of other parts of the world like Jewish, Bluegrass, Celtic, Latin etc. We find such influences in the songs of Rabindranath Tagore, Nazrul Islam, and later in the compositions of S. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Akhilbandhu Ghosh and others.

This two hour workshop was designed to help broaden and develop participants' understanding and practical exploration of several folk forms of Bengal and the influence of multiple genres and sub genres of the world on the sound scape of Bengali modern music.

Conducted By: Arko Mukherjee
Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Music producer
for Fiddler's Green, Strange Factory