World Music Day

21 June is observed as World Music Day across 120 countries. This day came into being after Maurice Fleuret and Jack Lange first recognised it in 1982. This day is also known as Fête de la Musique. The day aims at celebrating the wonderful world of music and the musicians who are a part of it. Speaking to Asian Voice, Avimanyu Sengupta said, "I paid homage to maestro Pandit Ravishankar recreating the theme music composed by him for the award-winning Bengali film ‘Pather Panchali’ directed by Satyajit Ray on my Sitar." The Sangeet Foundation UK celebrated World Music Day with 'The Sentinel Show' that had guests like the eminent violinist Sunita Bhuyan and the founder of Sangeet Foundation UK, Jayanta Ray. This session was conducted at 3:30 pm UK and 8 pm India time. Sunday, 20 June. The Show explored music as a complementary therapy to physical & mental health conditions. We also heard how music creates better leaders, along with their scintillating performances.