New face on the block - Nobonita Chowdhury
New face on the block Nobonita Chowdhury is yet another upcoming artiste whose solo album of Lalon songs, arranged by Ayub Bachhu, will hit the market by June this year from Gaanchil record label. In this interview, she talks to Faizul Khan Tanim about how she started her musical journey and the serenity she derives from Lalon geeti New Age (NA): How did you get in to music and why did you choose Lalon as your canvas or your field of work? Nobonita: I started taking music lessons from when I was three and half years old. My parents never asked me or my older sister whether we wanted to learn or not; they wanted their children to sing, and so we started singing as soon as we started to talk. My first music teacher was Krishnakanta Acharya, who gave me the initial lessons in music. Then I started taking only Rabindra Sangeet lessons from Wahidul Huq when I was around eight or nine years old. When I first met him, he instantly became my friend, philosopher and guide of my life. I thi...