The 60th annual music session of the organization was held from 22nd to 25th January, 2012 as usual at Nazrul Mancha, Kolkata. The entire session was dedicated to Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth aniversary.
The Dover Lane Music Conference has been conferring a Sangeet Samman Award every year since 1996. The award for 2012 will be conferred on Smt. Girija Devi, a renowned vocalist of Benaras Gharana.
Sri. Bimal Biswas, a renowned Tanpura Maker of Kolkata will be felicitated on the occassion of 60th annual conference, at the inagural day.
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To commemorate the Golden Jubilee of The Dover Lane Music Conference, a collection of writings by the Celebrities from different fields of art and culture of Kolkata was published. Excerpts from some of these writings (in Bengali language) are given below:
