(1.30 AM to be precise) and even amidst the fog and biting cold of December 2024, the music lovers of Gwalior continued to listen to the singing of renowned vocalist and composer, Padma Bhushan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.
He dedicated his performance at the 100th edition of the Tansen Sangeet Samaroh 2024 at Gwalior to Ustaad Zakir Hussain with whom he says he has done hundreds of concerts.
• Namrata Kohli caught up with Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, on the sidelines of the event.
• You were very close to Zakir Hussain. Can you please share an anecdote or something about him that gives an insight into his personality?
• I will not waste time on saying how big a musician he was. He was a household name and even a child was familiar with his name. He had managed to enter people's hearts. In a hundred years, only one Zakir Hussain is born.
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