world music day is just round the corner and like every year musicianduo sourendro mullick and soumyojit das have geared up to host a musical gala to celebrate the occasion kolkata the cultural capital of our country has been missing a world music dayspecial musical gala from its music scene for some time so musicians like us started building this musical property and today it is a calendar event of our city it is growing and brimming with new ideas and innovations from broadwaystyle musicals to collaborating with classical maestros grammy winners to bollywood sensations this project has always laid a platform for legends to the virgins sourendro said this is the ninth edition the event will take place on thursday a day before the world music day on june 21 this year the event will observe the centenary celebrations of two iconic indian musicians hemanta mukhopadhay and manna dey who started their journey from kolkata renowned singer kavita krishnamurti folk pop star papon classical singer kaushiki chakraborty rockstar benny dayal and singersongwriter anipam roy will join sourendro and soumyojit live on stage we are delighted to present the living legend asha bhonsle in a very special appearance paying her tribute to the icons soumyojit told us adding there are of course more surprises in the offing though nothing is precious than to have our audience as our special guest in this soiree amidst painters poets musicians and a galaxy of singing stars