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On Sunday evening (February 8), Netaji Indoor Stadium successful Kolkata erupted with thunderous applause arsenic Arijit Singh walked onto the stage, casually dressed successful a kurta, jacket, and jeans, his guitar slung crossed his shoulders. Just days aft announcing his status from playback singing, helium returned successful a strikingly caller philharmonic avatar. Sharing the signifier with renowned sitarist Anoushka Shankar, girl of the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar, Arijit unveiled a antithetic broadside of his artistry.
In viral videos from the concert, helium showcased glimpses of his classical training. Arijit joined Anoushka and fashionable percussionist Bickram Ghosh to sing ‘Maya bhora raati’, a Bengali classical primitively sung by Lakshmi Shankar and composed by Pt. Ravi Shankar. He besides spoke astir visiting Anoushka astatine her location to constitute a opus together, earlier performing a duet with her — ‘Traces of you’, a way she co-created with planetary prima Norah Jones.
The evening hinted astatine a caller section successful Arijit’s journey: euphony driven not lone by chartbusters, but by versatility. While this displacement whitethorn disappoint fans of his movie hits, it reflects an artiste’s efforts successful broadening his horizons. Arijit, already celebrated arsenic 1 of India’s finest playback singers, present seems intent connected exploring euphony that resonates with his originative spirit.
