Bringing the who's who of the international classical guitar fraternity together under one roof, one of the biggest classical guitar festivals in Asia got off the ground here today.

The week-long Calcutta International Classical Guitar Festival, 2011 has lined up a series of 13 concerts in which 40 artistes from all over the world would participate at the ICCR auditorium, Mr Avik Saha of the Calcutta Classical Guitar Society, the organisers, said.

Global musical bigwigs such as Adam del Monte, Bosnia's Denis Azabagic, AKGI duo of Andreas Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic of the US and Spain's Eugenia Moliner are expected to enchant the audience with their electrifying performances in the second edition of the music carnival.

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