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SANGIT KALA KENDRA AWARDS

The Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar was presented to renowned tabla maestro, Ustad Zakir Hussain at the 24th edition of the Sangit Kala Kendra awards function held in Mumbai. Two young instrumentalists, Ragini Shankar (violin) and Abir Hossain (sarod) were awarded the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars. Eminent violinist N. Rajam was the chief guest on the occasion and presented the awards. The awards have been instituted by the Birla family in memory of Sangit Kala Kendra’s visionary Founder, Aditya Vikram Birla. Fazal Qureshi received the award on behalf of his brother Zakir Hussain.

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