Music Appreciation Promotion

 

Traditional and Contemporary Music from North Africa

 

By Gautam Mukhopadhaya

 

 

Moderator: Partho Dutta

 

 

The programme will cover music from countries - The Gambia, Senegal, Mail, Cape Verde and Mauritania in West Africa to Sudan and Ethiopia in the East. Spanning traditional music and instruments  as well as contemporary rock and jazz

 

 

Gautam Mukhopdhaya retired from the Indian Foreign Service after serving as Ambassador of India to Syria, Afghanistan and Myanmar. Music and travel are two of his hobbies. He last presented a MAP on 'Traditional and Contemporary Music from Syria to Korea'