Program:
Duttapukur Arts Center Ensemble
Tapojay Sarkar
Aditi Sarkar
Swastika Ray
Mousumi Kole
Sanchari Ghosh
Tabla -- Biswajit Nandi

Subhashish Mukhopadhyay - vocal
Indranil Mallick - tabla
Anirban Chakraborty - harmonium

Oindrila Roy Mallick - Bharatanatyam
Aravind Jayaraman - vocal,
Mohana Iyer - Nattuvangam.
Shankar Narayan Swami - Mridangam
Nataraj Radhakrishnan - violin
Rick Mukherjee - flute

Sandip Chatterjee - santoor
Mayookh Bhaumik - tabla

Piu Mukherjee - vocal
Chiranjit Mukherjee - tabla
Anirban Chakraborty - harmonium

Compere - Sutapa Bhattacharya

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phone: 82405 79173

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Subhashish Mukhopadhyay

The son of distinguished Tabla player Acharya Shyam Mukhopadhyay and nephew of legendary composer Nachiketa Ghosh, Subhashish Mukhopadhyay was born into a family deeply immersed in music. His training commenced under the illustrious Ustad Muhammad Sagiruddin Khan, followed by Shri Sanjit Majumder and Shri Shyamal Bhattacharya. Eventually, he came under the tutelage of one of the pillars of Indian Classical music, Pandit Manas Chakraborty, whose unique instruction led to Subhashish etching out a position of repute in contemporary music circles. A gold medalist in Masters (2000) from Rabindra Bharati University, he has long held faculty and examiner positions at the same institition. Abroad, he has served as faculty for four years at Pandit Swapan Choudhury's Rupak School of World Music in California and performed several recitals. He has received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career and has positioned himself as a lyricist and composer of utmost renown in Kolkata.

Oindrila Roy Mallick

A well-known dancer among the younger generation of Bharatanatyam dancers. Trained initially under late Guru K. P.P Thampi from the age of five. Oindrila honed her dance skills further under Legendary Guru Khagendra Nath Barman, one of the most senior disciples of Guru Rukmini Devi Arundale, Founder of unique “Kalakshetra”Style (Bharataatyam).From 2011 she started leaning under the guidance of Guru Abhoy Pal  of kalamandalam Style. So Oindrla’s dance reflects the cumulative richness of her learning experience. Her passion remains deeply rooted in classical dance. As a Bharatnatyam dancer Oindrila’s Hallmark remains in her ability to captivate her audience by bringing forth the inherent beauty of Bharatanatyam.

Apart from rigorous performance and dance teaching in India and abroad she also teaches in an elementary school. From the year 2011 she has also started touring successfully in European countries like Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and Holland and earned appreciations from the audience. In Munich she got a standing ovation from the distinguished audience. Her major performances were in Europe in The Tagore Centre, Berlin. DIZG Munich, Peace Palace Hannover, MERU Seelisberg.

Recently she is awarded by the “Chairman’s Award” by International Multicultural
Dance and Music Festival in Pune, India. In 2021 she received “The best Bharatanatyam Dancer” award from Lions club Chennai. She also holds a master’s degree in Bharatanatyam from Rabindra Bharati University and got the distinction.

Oindrila is also a good teacher and teaches in her dance school “SHABDAM Dance and Music Academy”, where students were enrolled and learning Folk and Classical dance (Bharatanatyam) from her and some of them also performing regularly Oindrila has won plaudits from audiences and critics alike for her dance. Her recent performance with her group was highly appreciated by audience and critics in ’’Basant Utsav”. Her major performances in India are 2018 Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Music festival organised by Dhwani, Chhandayan Music and Dance festival Kolkata.

Sandip Chatterjee

andip Chatterjee, a disciple of Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya and vocal maestro Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, is an accomplished Santoor player of the current generation. He has been heralded as the torch bearer of both the Maihar and Pattala gharanas.

With his magical strokes over strings, he makes his unique melody speak. A deep rooted musical exploration has helped him develop a unique and dynamic technique to playing his instrument, where he uses his left hand to lift the strings (Plucking Chikari) to play the Alap, Jod Jhalla, part of bandish (Gat) thereby creating an ineffable resonance.

Sandip has been extensively performing in many music festivals and concerts all around the globe. And, he has also collaborated with many overseas musicians across genres such as Jazz, Rock, Contemporary,Fusion and World Music .

His collaborations in ‘Calcutta Express’ with famous Jazz Guitarist Guy Strazz; ‘Shanti’ with famous Saxophonist Claudio Gigilio and afro-Cuban percussionist Fulvio Farkas; ‘Emotion’ with Swedish Jazz saxophonist Elin Larsson; ‘Feelings’ with contemporary guitar player Giuliano Modarelli have been very much acclaimed in Jazz & contemporary world music genre. The collaboration ‘Calcutta Express’ has been nominated as finalist in the Indo Acoustic Project’s “Best CD’s of 2006” award in the World Music category.

The musical talent and virtuosity exhibited by Sandip over the years have been noted through his albums which range upto 21 in number. His expertise has also been utilised by renowned music directors like A.R.Rehman, Jatin Lalit, Gulshan Kumar, Rabindra Jain, Pt.V.Balsara etc.

His ethnic aesthetics had also won him many awards and laurels such as, “President of India Award”, “Jadubhatta Award”, “Sangeeth Ratna Award”, “ Abhinaba Kala Sanman” etc.

Through his dauntless efforts he is still trying to create a magic spell by letting his music reverberate and keeping the music lovers enthralled.

Piu Mukherjee

Piu Mukherjee was born in Howrah, West Bengal. She took her first strides towards the arena of music holding the able hands of her Mother Smt. Pradipta Mukherjee and her grandfather Late Bireswar Mukherjee, who himself was a disciple of Sangeet Samrat Vishmadev Chatterjee.

Later she was guided on the melodious pathway of music by Prof. Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay, the former Head of the Department of vocal music at the Rabindra Bharati University. Soon, she received attention and guidance from the eminent Sangeet Samragnyee Padmabibhushan Smt. Girija Devi under whom she did her rigorous Riyaaz (daily practice).

Apart from being adjudged the First Class First in M.A. (Vocal Music) from Rabindra Bharati University she has also completed her Post Graduation in Islamic History & Culture and B.Ed. from University of Calcutta. 

Within a very short span of time her dedication and talent were recognized in numerous professional performance arena where she was adjudged the best Vocalist in Khayal & Thumri. These include Pashchim Banga Rajya Sangeet Academy, Salt Lake Cultural Association, Pt. Ravi Kichlu Foundation, Dover Lane, and many other distinguished platforms. She won the Pt. Krishna Kumar Ganguly (Natu Babu) Award for Kheyal in 1999 which was soon followed by her being placed 1st in Thumri / Dadra / Tappa in All India Radio Competition. In 2001 she proved her determination once again by winning the National Scholarship from Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt of India. In 2017 she has been awarded by Girija Devi Puraskar (Vikshit Kalakar) in All India Puravang Gayaki Utsav, New Delhi.

Anirban Chakraborty

Anirban Chakrabarty hails from a family of Musicians. His father, Amal Chakrabarty is a dedicated vocalist. From his very childhood Anirban was initiated to Hindustani Classical Music by his father. He is a post graduate in music with first class from the Rabindra Bharati University. Although he is a good vocalist, his keen interest in playing Harmonium have driven him under the tutelage of Pandit Manas Chakraborty, the doyen of Kotali Gharana to master himself in the gayaki of Kotali style. He has also keen interest in composing music in lighter forms. The guidance of the Master Musician has already shaped him in well organized Harmonium player, and hoping him to be a musician of high repute in future.

Anirban has to his credit a number of brilliant performances as a harmonium accompanist throughout the country with both upcoming and reputed musicians. Anirban has accompanied musicians of repute like Pandit Manas Chakraborty, Pandit Dinanath Mishra, Pandit Arun Bhaduri, Smt. Kankana Banerjee, Gaan Saraswati Shreela Bandopadhyay, Pandit Madhup Mudgal, Sri. Sarathi Chatterjee, Smt. Ruchira Panda, Sri. Subhasish Mukherjee, Smt. Raka Mukherjee, Sri. Ratan Mohan Sharma and many more.

He is also a regular artist of several television channels. Besides, he is equally adept in playing tabla, keyboard, guitar and also worked as an arranger for several light music album. Recently popular commercial artists like Indrani Sen, Manomay Bhattacharya, Shampa Kundu, Shubhankar Bhaskar, Sahaj Ma have jointly made album of Modern Bengali Songs and devotional Songs composed and arranged by Anirban. Recently an album of Poetry and songs of TAGORE of Sri Tarun Chakrabarty has been released, arranged by Anirban. Now Anirban is also working as the Lecturer of Music in ‘Vivekananda Teachers Training Institute’ and also as the General Secretary of ‘Sur Sanchayan Sangeet Vidyalaya’, an institute to uphold the diploma courses of various forms of Indian music. Anirban to his credit has accompanied on harmonium with both upcoming and veteran musicians in all major music festivals of our country. He has also visited UK and USA as a harmonium accompanist with Ruchira Panda and earned accolades both from music lovers and connoisseurs.

Indranil Mallick

Indranil Mallick, a promising tabla player of rare skill, has already established himself both as a soloist and accompanist. Born to a family of genuine music connoisseurs, he received his initial training in tabla when he was only five from his uncle, Sri Montu Mallick. Later he was trained by Prof. Dhabol Bandyapadhaya.From 1985 he was under the guidance of Sri Uttam Chakraborty, senior disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.Now he is under the guidance of Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri . Indranil belongs to Luckhnow Gharana style of tabla.

Among his numerous awards and distinctions in tabla performance he stood first in the Yuva Utsav organized by the state Government of West Bengal. In 1997 he stood first in the prestigious Dover Lane Music Competition and earned "The Best Talent Of The Year" for 1996-97, trophy awarded by the H.M.V Music Corporation. Indranil holds a "Sangeet Visarad", Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music focused on tabla, from the University of Chandigarh, which he earned in 1999.He also earned " Sangeet Kala Ratna" in the year 2006.

Keeping a rigorous performance schedule, Indranil continues to perform with renowned artists in various music conferences in India and abroad. Some of these are The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata, West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Convocation Concert, "The GolPark Rama Krishna Mission" Kolkata, Annual Conference of Spicmacay in AgartalaSangeet Gana Sabha in Visaka Pattanam, Spicmacay tour in Madhya Pradesh, Dadar Matunga Music conference, Mumbai (A Hundred years music organisatin), Baba Alauddin Khan Sangeet Samaraho, Maihar,Santipur Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Nabarang Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Kerala Music Festival, Music Festival in Patna and others….

In 2002 Indranil began international touring with performances in Europe, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland , Ukraine , Estonia, Russia, Austria and Holland. During these tours he represented India in many world renowned festivals. Some examples include the Open Baroque Festival in Estonia, The Musica Sacra International Festival in Germany, and the International Jazz and Blues festival in Austria.

Indranil is a grade 'A' artist of All India Radio, Kolkata where he is featured regularly on programs aired throughout India. He holds a Master Degree in Economics from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

Mayookh Bhaumik

Mayookh Bhaumik was born on November 14, 1977, in New Jersey. He began performing on television, radio, and various stages from the age of five. He was acknowledged as a child prodigy by Ali Akbar Khan in 1981 at the age of four. At seven, he won the “NY State Under 18 Science Award” for creating an original string instrument.

Mayookh returned to India to train under Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh and later from Ustad Sabir Khan of the Farukhabad Gharana. He also studies with Kathak legend, Padmabhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj. He is presently under the able tutelage of Pandit Kumar Bose of the Benares Gharana.

Mayookh entered the music industry very early and was a recording studio musician at the age of twelve. He has played with various artistes of global repute including Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit V. G. Jog, Pandit Manilal Nag, Pandit Ramesh Misra, Tarun Bhattacharya, Niladri Kumar, Pratyush Banerjee, Arnab Chakraborty, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Farukh Fateh Ali Khan, Snehashish Mozumder, Jean Michel Pilc, and Ustad Sabir Khan.

He is featured on over fifteen released and internationally marketed albums including his solo album “The Beginning” on Gathani Records and with Pandit V.G. Jog, Smt. Purnima Chaudhari, Ustad Sabir Khan, Pandit Ramesh Misra. Mayookh has worked on film music in India and the United States as a composer and recording artist.

Sandip Ghosh

 Sandip Ghosh is a talented young upcoming tabla player. He was born in a musical of Kolkata and was initiated in Tabla by his supportive parents at the age of six. He started his career as a student under the tutelage of Pt.Gobindo Bose and continued for nine years. Sandip then met Pt.Anindo Chatterjee and has been taking talim under his keen supervision of him until today.

He has specialised in the superb style of "Farukhabad" baaj and also gained extensive talim of all other style of playing under the able guidance of Pt.Anindo Chatterjee.

Beside his Tabla Gurus, Sandip has got the rare opportunity to have accompaniment and overall musical guidance from Guru Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty and Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty in the fields of Instrumental, Vocal, and Dance.

He has performed all over the world in several prestigious festivals and accompanied many great artists, among them Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Kushal Das, Pt.Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty, Shri Partha Sarathy Desikan, Pt.Debojyoti Bose, Pt. Ranajit Sengupta, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Pt. Rakesh Chowrasia, Shri Snehashish Mozumder, Pt.Sohanlal Sharma, and Pt. Praveen Godkhindiand. His enchanting accompaniment has been hailed by both the artists and audience.

Sandip has received many awards, among them the President's Award, the Academy Puroskar, the Rajya Sangeet Academy Competitions, and the Dover Lane Music Competition. He is a "National Scholar" from the ministry of India and twice "Gold Medalist" in the "South Asian Universities Festival". He rated as a B high Grade Artist of All India Radio & TV and is an empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

Moreover, he got the rare and precious opportunity to play several duets with his legendary guru, the great tabla maestro Pt.Anindo Chatterjee.

He also works successfully with "Kyabaat", "Anouraag", "Asa", “Ragas & Blossoms”, “Classicool” & "You & Me" band in Europe and with "Big-Band Orchestra" of the "Hamburg Music University". He also took part in world music festival and worked for several films.

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All Night Concert from Bengal

As we did last year, we are once again back with Indian Music from Duttapukur, West Bengal, India. As this concert will occur overnight in India on February 19-February 20, it will be viewed in the U.S. on the morning of February 19.

Hassan Haidar Khan (sahnai)
accompanied by Subrata Manna (tabla)

Suranjan Bose (vocal)
accompanied by Indranil Mallick (tabla)
and Kamalaksha Mukherjee (harmonium)

Deepshankar Bhattacharya (sitar)
accompanied by Chiranjit Mukherjee

Anal Chatterjee (vocal)
accompanied by Sandip Ghosh (tabla)
and Kamalaksha Mukherjee (harmonium)

Hassan Haider

Hassan Haider is an acknowledged Sahnai player. His family hails from Allahabad, and he was born in Kolkata (Calcutta) on April 6th 1985. His father Ud. Ali Ahmed Hussain was a famous Shahnai maestro. His family has been representing this art form for generations.

Hassan Haider received his training in Benaras and Senia Gharanas from his father. He also learned from Pt. Arvind Parikh, the famous sitar maestro from school of Ud. Imdad Khan, Ud. Enayat Khan and Ud. Vilayat Khan. Hassan’s great grandfather Ud. Wazir Ali Khan was a musician of distinction. He was the first musician to ever perform the Shahnai at the Buckingham Palace in London, England in 1910 and was awarded by Pt. Motilal Nehru, the father of India’s first Prime Minister Jawharlal Nehru.

Even at this young age, Hassan Haider has already performed at many important music festivals, venues and occasions in India, such as The Autumn Festival of Dance and Music in celebration of India’s 50th year of independence, Dover Lane Music Festival in Kolkata, Harballav Festival in Jalandhar, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra in West Bengal, Sri Ram Shankarlal Festival in Delhi, Ud. Alauddin Khan Academy in Bhopal, Sangeet Natak Academy in Pune, only to name a few. All of his performances have been well reviewed in newspapers and magazines.

He had toured and performed with his father in several countries outside India. Those include the USA, Canada, U.K., France, Switzerland and Belgium. He is regularly featured on Indian radio and television.

Subrata Manna

A disciple of the great Tabla maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh, Subrata took initial training from late Sri Sunil Bhattacharya of Benaras gharana at the age of eight.Subrata also has been receiving training of Karnatic tala system under the guidance of eminent Miridangam maestro Pandit S.Sekhar.

Subrata is an M.A in Percussion music from Rabindra Bhararti University, Kolkata. He is an ‘A’ grade artist of All Radio and Television. He has been playing all over in India and abroad in many prestigious concerts and conferences and festivals successfully.Subrata has played almost in all the major music conferences in Kolkata and played in many other prestigious music conferences in different parts of India.

Subrata has toured successfully in U.S.A ,U.K and many European countries like Germany,France,Italy,Belgium,Denmark,Sweden,Switzerland,Holland and many Middle East countries Like Kuwait,Dubai and in Martinique in Caribbean Island.He had also represented govt.of India to perform different international music festival in Iraq+Jordon in the year 1998 and in Mexico+Canada in the year 2014 and in Slovenia+Croatia+Montenegro in the year of 2017 organized by the I.C.C.R. He has to his credit several audio cds releasing from different companies which are available in the market. Subrata had lead a team of vocalist and Kathak dancer and a Sitar player to represent Hinduism through North Indian classical music in of one of most prestigious International festivals called ‘MUSICASACRA’in south of Germany and Eigenarten Festival,Hamburg,Germany and in Cervantino Festvial,The biggest festival of South America.

Indranil Mallick

Indranil Mallick, a promising tabla player of rare skill, has already established himself both as a soloist and accompanist. Born to a family of genuine music connoisseurs, he received his initial training in tabla when he was only five from his uncle, Sri Montu Mallick. Later he was trained by Prof. Dhabol Bandyapadhaya.From 1985 he was under the guidance of Sri Uttam Chakraborty, senior disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri.Now he is under the guidance of Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri . Indranil belongs to Luckhnow Gharana style of tabla.

Among his numerous awards and distinctions in tabla performance he stood first in the Yuva Utsav organized by the state Government of West Bengal. In 1997 he stood first in the prestigious Dover Lane Music Competition and earned "The Best Talent Of The Year" for 1996-97, trophy awarded by the H.M.V Music Corporation. Indranil holds a "Sangeet Visarad", Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music focused on tabla, from the University of Chandigarh, which he earned in 1999.He also earned " Sangeet Kala Ratna" in the year 2006.

Keeping a rigorous performance schedule, Indranil continues to perform with renowned artists in various music conferences in India and abroad. Some of these are The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata, West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Convocation Concert, "The GolPark Rama Krishna Mission" Kolkata, Annual Conference of Spicmacay in AgartalaSangeet Gana Sabha in Visaka Pattanam, Spicmacay tour in Madhya Pradesh, Dadar Matunga Music conference, Mumbai (A Hundred years music organisatin), Baba Alauddin Khan Sangeet Samaraho, Maihar,Santipur Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Nabarang Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Kerala Music Festival, Music Festival in Patna and others….

In 2002 Indranil began international touring with performances in Europe, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland , Ukraine , Estonia, Russia, Austria and Holland. During these tours he represented India in many world renowned festivals. Some examples include the Open Baroque Festival in Estonia, The Musica Sacra International Festival in Germany, and the International Jazz and Blues festival in Austria.

Indranil is a grade 'A' artist of All India Radio, Kolkata where he is featured regularly on programs aired throughout India. He holds a Master Degree in Economics from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

Kamalaksha Mukherjee

Shri Kamalkshma Mukherjee came from a musical family. He became interested in music with the inspiration of his father, a tabla player. His musical life started by learning classical vocal and later he became interested in the Harmonium. He has been learning harmonium for 20 years under the tutelage of Pt. Maharaj Banerjee. He was awarded the National Scholarship from the Government of India in 2007. He received an M.A. 1st class in Instrumental Music from Rabindra Bharati University in 2013 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. Recently he was appointed in Akash Bani as a Grade Artist in Harmonium. He has accompanied many eminent vocalists including pt. Amiya Ranjan Bandopadhyay, Ustad Maskur Ali Khan, Pt. Kaibalya Kumar, Pt. Santun Bandopadhyay, Ustad Wasim Ahmed Khan, Pt. Satyashil Deshpande, and many others.

Deepsankar Bhattacharjee

“Sur-Moni” Deepsankar is the fourth generation of sitarists from an enlightened musical family. He embarked on his musical journey at a tender age under the tutelage of his father,

Pandit Hara Shankar Bhattacharya and then trained under the watchful guidance of his dadaguru, Padmabhusahan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Saheb. He is the torch bearer of the JAFFERKHANI BAAJ, a

unique style of sitar playing invented and perfected by Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan saheb. He has performed throughout Europe and the USA as well as the Indian subcontinent. He is an empanelled Artist of ICCR and also holds a Bachelors and Masters of Computer applications.

He received a Gold Medal from Sarbobharatio Sangeeto-o-Parisad, a Scholarship from CCRT awarded by Pt.Ravi Kichlu Foundation. He earned the title of “Sur-Moni” and was awarded the Ravi Kopikar Memorial Award from the International Foundation for Fine Arts. He won the AIR Music Competition awarded by Arobindo Institute of Culture. He was awarded a National Scholarship by the Ministry of Culture. He won the classical competition organised by Vedic Heritage in New York and a Gold Medal at Harballav Compitition. He was honoured as "Malhar Manishi" by Malhar Mahostsav, Ajmeer and also was awarded Brahm Dhyanam Purashkar from Sangeet Vidyapeeth Parisad.

Chiranjit Mukherjee

Chiranjit Mukherjee is a well known name in the field of Indian Classical Music. He was born in the year 1984 in a family full of music admirers. His grandfather was a connoisseur of traditional Hindusthani Classical Music. His passion was infused in Chiranjit from the very childhood and his initial training in Tabla was started under the guidance of his first Guru Shri Sailesh Kumar Chakraborty. His parents encouraged him to take pleasure in the learning progression of Tabla. Gradually his inclination towards music increased and he devoted himself into the world of cadence. The thirst for the knowledge and passion for the music followed by the sense of belongingness with the tradition made him search the roots and branches of Indian Classical Music.

Chiranjit is acknowledged for his illustrious and robust performance in the style of Benaras Gharana. He is a disciple of the living legend of the Benaras gharana, Pandit Kumar Bose, who has recognized Chiranjit as his disciple for the last 12 years. He has spread the magic of rhythm with his sharp finger strokes and musical execution of a percussion instrument. Blessed by his Gurus and admired by the listeners Chiranjit is now a name to reckon with. His sincerity reflected in his academic performances when he was bestowed with the honor, First class first in his graduation and post graduation from the esteemed Rabindra Bharati University. He is able to inscribe his impression in the heart of music lovers with his dynamic solo performances as well as sagacious accompaniment.

An erudite performer of his generation Chiranjit blends the mood and music with proficiency. His extensive research and resourceful imagination helps him to stand diverse on stage. He adopted the philosophy of his Guru Pandit Kumar Bose and believes in candid exhibition of competence.

Sandip Ghosh

Sandip Ghosh is a talented young upcoming tabla player. He was born in a musical of Kolkata and was initiated in Tabla by his supportive parents at the age of six. He started his career as a student under the tutelage of Pt.Gobindo Bose and continued for nine years. Sandip then met Pt.Anindo Chatterjee and has been taking talim under his keen supervision of him until today.

He has specialised in the superb style of "Farukhabad" baaj and also gained extensive talim of all other style of playing under the able guidance of Pt.Anindo Chatterjee.

Beside his Tabla Gurus, Sandip has got the rare opportunity to have accompaniment and overall musical guidance from Guru Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty and Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty in the fields of Instrumental, Vocal, and Dance.

He has performed all over the world in several prestigious festivals and accompanied many great artists, among them Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Kushal Das, Pt.Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty, Shri Partha Sarathy Desikan, Pt.Debojyoti Bose, Pt. Ranajit Sengupta, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Pt. Rakesh Chowrasia, Shri Snehashish Mozumder, Pt.Sohanlal Sharma, and Pt. Praveen Godkhindiand. His enchanting accompaniment has been hailed by both the artists and audience.

Sandip has received many awards, among them the President's Award, the Academy Puroskar, the Rajya Sangeet Academy Competitions, and the Dover Lane Music Competition. He is a "National Scholar" from the ministry of India and twice "Gold Medalist" in the "South Asian Universities Festival". He rated as a B high Grade Artist of All India Radio & TV and is an empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

Moreover, he got the rare and precious opportunity to play several duets with his legendary guru, the great tabla maestro Pt.Anindo Chatterjee.

Rajyasree Ghosh - vocal

Sandip Ghosh - tabla

Allarakha Kalavant - sarangi

Koulik Bhattacharya - harmonium

Mousumi Biswas and Joyita Talukdar - tanpura

Join us for a vocal program this Christmas morning. This event was recorded on February 20, 2021 at a live performance at the Duttapukur Arts Center, West Bengal, India.

Rajyashree Ghosh

Rajyasree Ghosh is a leading artiste amongst the present generation of Indian Classical Musicians. She has the special distinction of having equal flair in both Raga Music as well as the lighter version of Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Nazrulgeeti, Bengali Tappa and Puratani songs. Gifted with an attractive enthralling voice and a great sensitivity for the soul of the ragas she has emerged as an artist of unique creativity and perfect rendition.

Rajyasree Ghosh started her training in Indian Classical Music at a very early age. She was a Gold Medalist both in B.A and M.A in Classical Music (Khayal) at the Rabindra Bharati University. She was later awarded the National Scholarship by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India in 1986 under the training of Pt. Amiya Ranjan Banerjee. She was a Scholar at the Sangeet Research Academy, where she studied music under the guidance of Vd. Girija Devi and Pt. Arun Bhaduri. Later she received an extensive training from the late Pt. K.G. Ginde .

In the field of light classical and non-classical music, besides her extensive “talim” (training) of Thumri, Dadra etc. from Smt. Girija Devi, she also learnt Nazrulgeeti from the late Smt. Suprava Sarkar for a number of years and Bengali Tappa, Puratani etc. from the legendary late Shri Ramkumar Chatterjee for almost 35 years.

Rajyasree Ghosh has performed and won laurels in several prestigious music conferences. She was placed first for three consecutive years (1984-1986) in the Dover Lane Music Competition in Khayal, Ragpradhan and Bhajan. She is an A-grade artist of the A.I. R in Indian classical and semi classical.

In the year 2000, she at the invitation of Bangiya Parisod in Oman, went to Muscat and performed several music programmes, to their complete satisfaction and earned rich accolades.

In the years 2001-2007, she had several tours in the USA and performed in many cities to audiences comprising both the Indian and American communities who showered her with rich accolades. In 2010 she performed for the Norton-Simon Foundation (“Malhar” Session) drawing high praise from music critiques.

She is an Associate Professor of Music in Rabindra Bharati University of Kolkata, India

Sandip Ghosh

Sandip Ghosh

In his mid thirties, Sandip Ghosh is a known name in the music fraternity.Started at the age of Six under Pt. Gobindo Bose, Sandip has long association of more than 20 years with legendary Tabla Wizard Pt. Anindo Chatterjee in Guru Shishya Parampara. Beside his Tabla Gurus, he has got the rare opportunity to get Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty as his mentor for more than a decade,and Pt. AjoyChakraborty as a Guru for overall guidance about accompaniment.

A first class in masters from RBU in Music, Sandip has two gold medals in his name, along withdozens of numerous prestigious accolades globally.

An acclaimed accompanist, who has been touring extensively with : Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. KushalDas, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty, Pt. Hari Prasad Chowrasia, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Pt. Ranajit Sengupta to name a few.Working with several brilliant world musicians & bands of other genres took his adaptabilities to adifferent height.

Alla Rakha Kalavant

Alla Rakha Kalavant is one among the most sought-after Sarangi players of his age. The strings of his Sarangi are believed to speak to the hearts of many.

Alla Rakha hails from the family of the illustrious Sarangi playes, Ustad Noor Khan and Ustad Madari Khan of Sikar ( Rajasthan). Born on 20th August in the year 1980 in Jaipur, Alla Rakha acquired the genes of the previous generations. The art of Sarangi playing was in his blood.

After the death of Alla Rakha’s grandfather, Ustad Ramzan Khan, the rare instrument, that is, the Sarangi, had almost lost its place in the family and Alla Rakha’s father, Ustad Yamin Khan, a renowned composer and ghazal singer, was saddened by this fact. It was at this time that he suggested his son to start learning Sarangi and Alla Rakha readily accepted the decision of his father. He was determined to convert Sarangi playing into his profession. His rigorous training started under the guidance of his father and then to acquire proper taleem, he moved in the company of his maternal grandfather, Ustad Imamuddin Khan, a very famous name amongst the musicians of Rajasthan and also a ‘Gandha Bandha Shagird’ of Ustad Amir Khan Saheb, a court musician of the Jodhpur court.

Afterwards, Alla Rakha shifted to Ahmedabad where he was placed under the tutelage of the noted sitar player, Vidushi Manju Mehta, a disciple of Pandit Ravishankar. The young sarangi player, then, went ahead to continue his trainings under the torchlight of the very famous vocalist of the Indore Gharana, Shree Mahendra Toke. From with, he acquired and developed the ability as far as the finer nuances of the Khayal Gayaki were concerned. During that period, Alla Rakha has been able to spend a short lapse of time with Ustad Abdul Latif Khan, a renowned Sarangi player of Bhopal.

Following his training, he participated in a number of national as well as international concerts through which he started to take his place in the world of Indian Classical Music. From the year 2004 until that of 2011, he went on several tours to Europe he not only performed Indian Classical Music, but also worked with fusion, jazz, and many other different genres of world music. Alla Rakha has also composed music for dance and drama projects as well. Following the tours in Europe, he decided to allocate more time to his performances and work in his home country as he believed that making his own name in India was equally or more important. In 2012, Alla Rakha moved to Kolkata as he was appointed as a member of the Sarangi Faculty by the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Alla Rakha stands tall amongst the musicians of his age. Disciplined improvisations and unfoldments of Ragas, thoughtful and full of response types of Alapi, proper use of Gamak and Khatka and use of Meru Khand Taans are some of the special features of his Sarangi playing. Having mastered the above mentioned qualities and having acquired command over both hands on this rare instrument like the Sarangi, Alla Rakha has made himself unique among the musicians of his age.

Vocal - Koushik Bhattacharya
Tabla - Sandip Ghosh
Harmonium - Kouiik Bhattacharya

Koushik Bhattacharya will sing Raga Bhimpalsi.

The concert will open with an introductory performance and raga explanation by Tejendra N. Majumdar and Samir Chatterjee

Admission: Free

Koushik Bhattacharya

Koushik Bhattacharya began his training at a very early age under the guidance of his father, Pt. Pataki Bhattacharya, and his mother, Rama Bhattacharya, and as a child performed in respected festivals throughout India. In 1987 he was selected as a scholar by the Sangeet Research Academy, studying with Pt. Arun Bhaduri. He eventually became the “Ganda Bandh Shagrid” of the late Pt. K.G. Ginde and also trained later under the guidance of Pt. Sunil Bose

Koushik is a regular artist of All India Radio & Television and an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations under the Ministry of External Affairs. He is attached as a guru of Indian Classical Vocal in Gyan Bani FM (105.4 MHZ) on the “Sur Sabha” radio program airing live on Wednesday evenings.

Koushik has performed throughout India for many years at acclaimed music conferences including the ITC Sangeet Sammelan, the All India Music Conference in New Delhi, the Conference of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Dover Lane Music Conference, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra, West Bengal State Music Academy and Dakshini Music Conference. He has also toured extensively worldwide participating in prestigious music events in the U.S.A., Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Dubai and Bangladesh.He received the Surmani award from Sursinger Samsad in Mumbai, and the Vocational Award 2008 from the Rotary Club of Salt Lake City, Kolkata.

Along with his busy concert and touring schedule, Koushik also serves as a dedicated teacher of Indian Classical Vocal in “The Doverlane Music Academy” and “Future Hope School” of Kolkata and as examiner for Rabindra Bharati University. Koushik is also the director of his own music school, “Manindra Sangeet Tirtha”, which was established by his father in 1970 (in memory of his Grand Father who was a famous Dhrupad Singer), and provides traditional Indian Classical music education.

Sandip Ghosh

Sandip Ghosh is a talented, young, upcoming musician of the present generation. He has successfully evolved as a promising Tabla player of the Farukhabad Gharana. He is equally adept as a solo musician as well as an accompanist with vocal, instrumental and dance performances. Sandip is known for his great sense of creativity as well as intelligent and sensible accompaniment.

Born in 1982, in a music loving family of Kolkata, he was initiated into the art of Tabla by his supportive parents in his early childhood. He started to learn Tabla under the tutelage of Pt. Gobindo Bose and continued for nine years. Sandip, then came in touch of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee where he started taking talim and gradually emerged as a specialised Tabla player of the superb style of "Farukhabad" gharana. Under the able guidance of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, he has gained extensive talim of all other gharanas as well. He is also taking Vocal accompaniment Talim from Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty.

Sandip Ghosh is a 1st class 1st in "M.A." in Music from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
Sandip has accompanied several globally distinguished artistes like Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Hari Prasad Chourasia, Ustad Aashish Khan, Pt. Kushal Das, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Shri Prattyush Banerjee, Pt. ParthoSarathy, Pt. Debojyoti Bose, Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty, Shri Partha Sarathi Desikan, Shri Ranajit Sengupta, Shri Purbayan Chatterjee, Smt. Shirin Sengupta, Shri Partha Bose, Shri Sugato Nag, Shri Snehashish Mozumder, Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, Ud. Shahid Parvez, Ud. Shujaat Khan,Vid. Dr. M. Balamuralikrish and the likes.

He has been successfully featured in several significant and prestigious concerts like Doverlane Music Conference, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra, ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan, Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Shankarlal Music Festival, Bal Gandharv Sangeet Samaroh, Saptak Music Festival, Sangeet Shankar Darbar Music Festival, Ganga Mahotsav etc.

Sandip Ghosh has performed all over the globe in USA, Canada, UK, UAE, Germany, Switzerland, Italy France, Belgium, Holland, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Georgia, Oman, Kuwait, Denmark and so on . He is an empanelled artist of ICCR and SPICMACAY.

He has successfully collaborated with Music Bands like 'Kyabaat', Hamburg, ‘Ragas & Blossoms’, Kolkata, ‘String Struck’, Mumbai, ‘Asa, The Coral of Life’, Munich , ‘Anouraag’, Switzerland, ‘You & Me’, Germany, ‘ K3’, Austria 'Big-Band Orchestra' of 'Hamburg Music University'.

Sandip Ghosh has won many titles and awards. To mention a few are President's Award, "Gold Medal" in South Asian Universities Festival twice, “ Academy Puroskar ”, Rajya Sangeet Academy, National Scholarship from Govt. of India, Dover Lane Music Conference Award.
Sandip also got the rare and precious opportunity to play several duets with his legendary guru, the great tabla maestro Pt. Anindo Chatterjee.

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar

One of the best-known and undoubtedly busiest Sarode players of the world, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar has long achieved that order of excellence and popular acceptability, which ensure one's place in posterity. Early initiation into music by his grandfather, the Late Bibhuti Ranjan Majumdar, and later his father, the Late Ranjan Majumdar, nurtured Tejendra's considerable talent. Vocal and rhythm training under Late Pandit Amaresh Chowdhury and Sri Anil Palit further ensured a holistic musical development in him. Tejendra was then accepted by the Late Ustad Bahadur Khan as his disciple.

Eighteen years of intensive study under him matured his talent into a true genius. Recognition of it came in 1981, when he stood first in the All India Radio Music Competition and was awarded the President's Gold Medal and the Pandit D.V.Paluskar award. After the untimely demise of his guru, he studied under Late Sri Ajay Sinha Roy and then under one of the Legends of Indian Music – Swar-Samrat Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, until his demise. One of the best equipped musicians to carry on the great Senia Maihar mantle, Tejendra combines the intellectual density and technical virtuosity of his gharana, with an extraordinary tone, touch and an ambient melody which transcends any qualification. His repertoire combines elements from the Dhrupad, Tanatrakari, and the Gayaki styles of music. Above all, he has in abundant measure, that indescribable ability to take the listeners along with him - the rare quality that is the hallmark of a genius. He is also a Top Grade artist of A.I.R and Doordarshan.

Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar's brilliance and popularity as a classical artiste has not dimmed his interest in composing, arranging and experimenting in other areas of music. From composing the background score of meaningful films to musical ballets - Tejendra is always ready to take on any musical challenge. He has composed the music for the Bengali films like ‘Shongshoy’ and ‘Hononkal’ of Saibal Mitra, Tollylights of Arjun Chakraborty, and a lot of Telefilms. He has also composed and arranged music for different singers like Ghulam Ali, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Haimanti Shukla, Arati Mukherjee, etc.

Most of his time is, however, taken up in touring the country and abroad, presenting innumerable concerts, workshops, lecture demonstrations, doing recordings and taking up teaching assignments. Within the country he is a regular artiste in the premiere concert circuit, while in Europe, Canada and in the United States, his popularity has ensured his regular representation in some of the most prestigious concerts. Within Europe, Tejendra has made his remakable popularity in the countries of France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Austria and U.K. He is also very popular in the Asian countries of U.A.E., Thailand, Singapore, Japan and Bangladesh. Constraint of space will not allow an exhaustive catalogue of this genius - but only a short representative one. In 2009, he was invited by none other than Pandit Ravi Shankar to perform at Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.

Samir Chatterjee began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.

Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Manilal Nag, Ud. Ali Ahmed Hussain, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, U Srinivas, Ud. Naseeruddin Sami, Smt. Veena Sahashrabuddhe, Ud. Shujat Khan, Ud. Saheed Parvez, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Nishat Khan, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Smt. Arti Anklekar, Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty, to name only a few.

Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Bell, Yoko Ono Lenon, David Liebman, Oliver Lake, Dave Douglas, Ned Rothenberg, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Jerome Harris, Eric Friedlander, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Jin Hi Kim, Min Xiao-Fen, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is the composer and director of Indo-Flame – a blend of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble, RabiThakur – a ballet on the life of Tagore, Meghadootam – a feature program of music and dance on an ancient Indian poem, and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.

Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for the last 35 years and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled A Study of Tabla, a guide book to Indian music titled Music of India and Those Forty Days, a journal of an austere practice regimen. He is on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh and New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He also taught at the Yale University, Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University, among many other major institutions in the USA, Europe and India. He also contributes to several newspapers and periodicals. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two Master degrees, in English and History.

Since the beginning of the Pandemic, and the consequent lock down, Chhandayan has been standing by a large number of artists in the eastern region of India, working restlessly through a Virtual Office to provide all sorts of aids and assistance in steering them away from any kind of catastrophe. Through regular interactions with them, Chhandayan realized that setting up Regional Arts Centers would be a long-lasting solution to this type of crisis emerging out of artists being a disorganized sector in the society.

Duttapukur Arts Center is the first establishment that has come about. On October 11th it was inaugurated through a cultural program featuring all local artists. In this concert we present some excerpts of 4-hours long program.

Admission Free

Some photos from the Inaugural Concert

Hansaveena - Barun Kumar Pal
Vocal - Sanghamitra Chatterjee
Tabla - Samir Chatterjee
Tabla - Dibyarka Chatterjee

This Chhandayan Baithak Concert, presented by the Kolkata chapter of Chhandayan, will feature the unique twilight Raga Purvi-Kalyan. It will feature Barun Kumar Pal on Hansaveena, a senior disciple of Ravi Shankar. Apart from the main performance, there will also be an introductory demonstration of the raga with a song based on it performed by Smt. Sanghamitra Chatterjee. Tabla accompaniments will be provided by Dibyarka and Samir Chatterjee.

Admission - Free

Pt. Barun Kumar Pal

Pandit Barun Kumar Pal is admired all over the globe as a solo player, composer, dedicated Guru and a musician who renders his music from his soul in a spiritual level.

“He is an outstanding Hansaveena artist of the north Indian classical music”
– Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pt. Barun Kumar Pal is one of the most reputed and prominent artists of India. He is one of the foremost disciples of Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar. Pt. Barun Kumar Pal is recognized as the pioneer in introducing the Hawaiian slide guitar to the world of Indian classical music. His distinctive playing style, many years of research in creating a powerful connection between the slide guitar and Indian Classical Music has led to the invention of a revolutionary sound which aesthetically incorporates the blend of the Veena, Sitar and Sarod.

Pt. Barun Pal shared a very special and spiritual bond with his revered guru Pt. Ravi Shankar for more than 35 yrs. Pt. Ravi Shankar cherished and recognized Barunji’s dedication and commitment towards his teachings and sentiments, following which Pt. Ravi Shankar entrusted the responsibility of the Ravi Shankar Institute of Music and Performing Arts (RIMPA), New Delhi, into the hands of Barunji, to carry forward the tradition of the Maihar gharana.

Since 1983, Pt. Barun Kumar Pal has been travelling extensively all over the world giving solo performances, music workshops, lecture demonstrations and Radio-TV interviews. Amongst the major concerts he has performed are WOMAD fest in London, Bath Festival, Pt. Ravi Shankar’s Parampara Festival in San Diego, SPIC Macay (StanFord, U.S.A.), I.I.T. Annual Fest,Ali Akbar Music College summer Festivals, Chhandayan whole night concert,Doverlane Music Festival, Haridas Sangeet Samaroha,Tansen Sangeet Sammelan, SIFAS Festival of Indian Music and Dance in Singapore. He has been awarded with several National Broadcasts of All India Radio -Doordarshan Sangeet Sammelans. He has released numerous cassettes, LP’s and CD’s worldwide. His concerts are preserved by the British National Archives. Barunji is the recipient of several honors and awards such as “Sangeet Prabhakar”, “Sangeet Ratna”, “Kal ke Kalakar”, “Allauddin Sangeet Ratna”, “Abhinav Kalakar”, “Vadya Ratan” to name a few.

Pt. Barun Kumar Pal’s contributions as a composer, music director and conductor in Indian classical music for A.I.R, Doordarshan, DD-7, and National Youth Festival are well known. He is also popularly known for having produced “Raga Symphony” and “Millennium Symphony”, and numerous choirs with young talents, with over 75 presentations including those of the Vienna Children’s Choir and the Choir of RIMPA.

Sanghamitra Chatterjee

Sanghamitra Chatterjee is one of the leading vocalists of India in the fields of light and light classical music. Gifted with a sweet and melodious voice Sanghamitra has chosen light music as her domain; this includes Adhunik (Bengali modern song), Rabindrasangeet(songs of Tagore), Nazrulgeet (songs of Nazrul), songs of Atul Prasad Sen, folk songs, Hindi Bhajans, film songs, Geet, Ghazals, etc..

She had her lessons in classical music from Pdt. Usharanjan Mukherjee and Sri Dashu Mukherjee. In light music her training has been under Sri Jatileshwar Mukherjee, Sri Ajoy Das,Sri Prasanta Chowdhury, Sri Nikhil Chatterjee and others. She is an upgraded artist of All India Radio and Indian Television. Her proficiency in Tagore songs has earned her a diploma, 'Sangit Sudhakar'.

Sanghamitra's singing is characterized by high aesthetic quality and technical brilliance. She does sensible scanning of the lyric with her original touches of embellishment to it. She adds a new dimension to the emotional contents of the songs through her highly sensitive presentation. Her voice is gifted with a quality that it touches you even before realize it. Much of her musical sensibilities have developed under the guidance of her illustrious husband, Samir Chatterjee, the famous Tabla maestro and musicologist.

Sanghamitra has performed as an individual as well as a group musician with Chhandayan, the Battery Dance Co. of NY, Kathak Ensemble of NY and at important venues like the Smithsonian Institute, Columbia University, American Museum of Natural History both in New York and Washington, Lotus Fine Arts Center, Kansas University,Poland, Bahamas, the whole of India and Sri Lanka. She also has featured in a CD with Jerry Garcia as the guest artist.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.

Samir began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
           
Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Manilal Nag, Ud. Ali Ahmed Hussain, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, U Srinivas, Ud. Naseeruddin Sami, Smt. Veena Sahashrabuddhe, Ud. Shujat Khan, Ud. Saheed Parvez, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Nishat Khan, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Smt. Arti Anklekar, Smt. Kaushiki Chakraborty, to name only a few.
           
Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Bell, Yoko Ono Lenon, David Liebman, Oliver Lake, Dave Douglas, Ned Rothenberg, Mark Dresser, Mark Feldman, Jerome Harris, Eric Friedlander, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Jin Hi Kim, Min Xiao-Fen, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is the composer and director of Indo-Flame – a blend of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble, RabiThakur – a ballet on the life of Tagore, Meghadootam – a feature program of music and dance on an ancient Indian poem, and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.
           
Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for the last 35 years and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled A Study of Tabla, a guide book to Indian music titled Music of India and Those Forty Days, a journal of an austere practice regimen. He is on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh and New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He also taught at the Yale University, Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University, among many other major institutions in the USA, Europe and India. He also contributes to several newspapers and periodicals. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two Master degrees, in English and History.

Dibyarka Chatterjee

Dibyarka Chatterjee is a young Tabla player from the Farrukhabad Gharana, and is the son and disciple of Pt. Samir Chatterjee. Having grown up in a musical environment, his natural inclination towards Tabla became apparent early in his childhood. At the age of five he was initiated by his father into the ancient system of pedagogy called the guru-shishya parampara (master-disciple tradition).

Dibyarka was born in Kolkata, where even in his childhood he was already performing in concerts as well as on Akaashbani Kolkata's Children's Section (National Radio - Kolkata Station). At the age of ten he moved to New York City with his family; since then he has continued to perform regularly with both Indian and Western music. Dibyarka has had the honor and privilege of performing with renowned musicians like Pandit Jasraj, Pdt. Budhhadev DasGupta, Pta. Lakshmi Shankar, Utd. Shujaat Khan, Pta. Joya Biswas, Utd. Mashkoor Ali Khan, Pdt. Ramesh Mishra, Pta. Shubhra Guha, Pta. Tripti Mukherjee, Pdt. Suman Ghosh to name only a few.

He has collaborated in world music projects with groups like the Dance Theater of Harlem (in 'South African Suite'), the Battery Dance Co. (in “Songs of Tagore”), and with fusion musician/composers like Salman Ahmad (Junoon), Douglas Cuomo, John McDowell (on the award-winning documentary “A Son’s Sacrifice”), Gary Lucas & Najma Akhtar (on their collaborative album "Rishte") etc. He has composed music for, and performed in, two off-Broadway theatrical productions (Nuraldeen's Lifetime & Lee/gendary). He has also performed in many prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, the United Nations General Assembly, Lincoln Center & Asia Society in NYC, Place des Arts (Montreal), the Google Amphitheater (Palo Alto), Salt Lake Music Conference (Kolkata, India), Pratishruti Festival (Bhopal, India) etc. He has also appeared on numerous radio shows such as The Leonard Lopate Show and New Sounds on NPR, Raag Aur Taal on WKCR etc.

Dibyarka has a Masters in Fine Arts from Goddard College (VT). His academic pursuits are mainly focused on the history, theory, and philosophy of Indian Music. As a guest lecturer, Dibyarka has conducted classes and lecture demonstrations at numerous institutions such as Columbia University, Dartmouth College, New York University, Manhattan School of Music etc. He also teaches Tabla classes regularly at various institutions and locations in NY & NJ.

Sitar - Vidushi Joya Biswas

Tabla - Samir Chatterjee

Vocal - Chhandayan Vocal Ensemble
            directed by Vidushi Rajyasree Ghosh

Program

Part 1 - Chhandayan Vocal Ensemble

Part 2 - Felicitation of Vidushi Joya Biswas

Part 3 - Sitar recital by Vidushi Joya Biswas

Admission - Free

Vidushi Joya Biswas

Joya Biswas is one of the best and most acclaimed Sitar players of India. She has been performing for over four decades widely acknowledged for her brilliance as a musician. She has represented India in many prestigious occasions within the country and abroad. She is popularly known as ‘The First Lady of Sitar’. This is because the instrument she plays is mostly represented by men. And as one of the very few women in the field she has created her own niche through her outstanding caliber placing her on the same or even higher level than many of India’s greatest musicians.    

She hails from a very cultural family of Calcutta. She completed her academic pursuit in History, Journalism and Economics. Joya was married to an Indian nuclear scientist of high repute and she is also mother of a son of equally talented.
      
Joya’s formation as a Sitar player occurred under the guidance of the legendary maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, with whom she studied for several years. This way she represents the famous Maihar gharana initiated by Baba Alauddin Khan.
      
Joya. Biswas has performed in many countries of the world over the continents of Asia, Europe and North America. She is well-known in India for her television and radio performances. She has received awards of recognition from outstanding personalities like the ex-prime minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, Duke Ellington of the Jazz world and the Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa commented “Joya is a brilliant sitarist of India, Joya’s music touches her listeners with sweetness and technical brilliance.”
      
As an A-Top grade artiste of the National Radio of India Joya Biswas has held positions in the advisory committee of many high level Indian cultural institutions and organizations. Her lectures on different aspects of Indian music have been very well-received at many universities and colleges. Joya has also held the position of a Chairperson and Head of Faculty at the Indian Music School in Calcutta for several years. She has been a member of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO. She is also an Executive Member of the West Bengal State Academy of Music in India.  
      
The beauty of Joya. Biswas’ music lies in the aesthetic presentation of the authentic. With her deep and profound understanding of the ragas and tala systems she has developed a style of her own, sweet and melodious concealing her extraordinary skill. She devotes herself to bring out the Rasa and Bhava (emotion and mood) of each presentation with all sincerity, and that is what has taken her music to such a height.

Rajyasree Ghosh

Rajyasree Ghosh is a very talented vocalist of her generation in the field of Indian Classical Music. She is equally proficient in both classical and semi-classical music, which includes Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Tappa and Puratani songs etc.. Born in 1962, Rajyasree started her training at a very early age. Since then her career in music has been glorious journey. She emerged as a gold medalist both in her B.A and M.A exams in classical music (Khayal) from the Rabindra Bharati University. She also received National Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources Development of Govt. of India in 1986 to study under Pandit Amiya Ranjan Banerjee. She was a Scholar at the Sangeet Research Academy, where she studied music under the guidance of Smt. Girija Devi and Pandit Arun Bhaduri and Pandit K.G. Ginde. She took her talim in Nazrulgeeti from Smt. Suprava Sarkar and she is still learning Bengali Tappa, Puratani etc from Shri Ramkumar Chatterjee.

Rajyasree Ghosh has performed and won laurels in several prestigious music conferences in India. She was placed first place for three consecutive years (1984-1986) in the Dover Lane Music Competition in Khayal, Ragpradhan and Bhajan. She features regularly on the national radio and television of India and is holds the position of lecturer at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

In the year 2000, she went to Muscat, Oman at the invitation of Bangiya Parishad and performed several music programs. She has been regularly visiting the USA and performing in several cities like Kansas City, San Francisco, Columbus, Dayton, Boston, Houston and Cincinnati which were highly appreciated by the Indian and non-Indian alike.

Gifted with a powerful and melodious voice, Rajyasree has developed a style characterized by riveting Bandishes, reposeful Alaps and rigorous bol-taans. Her music has a special romantic flavor emerging out of her powerful yet tender approach. Her creativity makes her music a sheer listening pleasure.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.    

Chatterjee began his studies early with Pt. Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
          
Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television of India. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt . Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, Ud. Nasiruddin Saami, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Nishat Khan, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar, Pta. Veena Sahashrabuddhe, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, to name only a few.
          
Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Bell, Dave Douglas, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Ben Verdery, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He is member of jazz trio SYNC with Ned Rothenberg. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is the composer and director of Indo-Flame – a blend of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble, RabiThakur – a ballet on the life of Tagore, Meghadootam – a feature program of music and dance on an ancient Indian poem, and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.
          
Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for four decades and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founding President Chhandayan, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled ‘A Study of Tabla’, a guidebook to Indian music titled ‘Music of India’ and ‘Those Forty Days’, a journal of an austere practice regimen he undertook during the summer of 2016. He is on the faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh and New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two master degrees, in English and History.

Since June, 2008 Samir has been working relentlessly towards the musical revival of Afghanistan. He has made several trips to the country working with different levels of the society and administration and within a very short period of time he has been able to make a remarkable difference in the cultural life of the country. He is the recipient of several awards such as the Sunshine Award, Jadu Bhatta Award and Acharya Varistha Award.
 

First Half
Vocal - Sohini Chakraborty
Tabla - Sudip Chakraborty
Harmonium - Arko Majumdar

Second Half
Sitar - Deepsankar Bhattacharjee
Tabla - Arunava Mukherjee

Admission - Free

Sohini Chakraborty

Sohini was born and raised in Kolkata India. She was introduced to vocal music at the age of two under the guidance of her mother. At the age of nine she expanded her studies to include learn the instrumental music on the sitar in the tradition of the Imdadkhani Gharana (Itawah Gharana). For the next ten years she was tutored in vocal music by her mother Smt. Tripti Chakraborty, a disciple of Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Banerjee, and on sitar by the late Pt. Debkumar Bhowmik, a disciple of Ustaad Vilayat Kkhan sahab, and her father Mr. Anjan Kanti Chakraborty.

Presently she is under guidance of Sangeetacharya Amiya Ranjan Banerjee, the
 senior-most vocal artist of Bishnupur Gharana and Ustad Shujaat Hussain
Khan, son and disciple of Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan. Sohini’s entire taalim in
music for over 21 years is in the Guru Sishya parampara style in the lineage of
both Bishnupur Gharana (vocal) and Imdadkhani Gharana (sitar).

Sohini performed in the major cities of India including Kolkata, Varanasi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Delhi. Her first International debut was at DHAKA and RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH in the year 2016.

Sohini received the first position in the Rajya Sangeet Academy Competition, first prize in the
Murari Smriti All India Music Competition, and 2nd prize in the Sangeetmilon Classical Voice of Kolkata in KHAYAL in 2016. She received the 1st place in Doverlane ALL India Music Competition in both thumri and bhajan and was the top scorer of the year 2017.

Awards
Ratu Sen Smriti Puraskar 2017
Harihar Shukla Memorial Award 2017
Kamal Gupta Smriti Puraskar 2017
Kala Vithika Apurva Pratibha Best Performer of the Year 2017

Sudip Chakraborty

Sudip Chakraborty studied tabla with Pt. Shankar Ghosh. Presently he is a member of Bikram Ghosh ensemble

Arko Majumdar

Arko Majumdar is a talented young harmonium player who presently enrolled in the Bachelor program at the Rabindra Bharati University.

Deepsankar Bhattacharjee

“Sur-Moni” Deepsankar, a young sitarist born in the year 1986, is the fourth generation sitarist of an enlightened musical family. He embarked on his musical journey at a tender age under the tutelage of his father, Pandit Hara Shankar Bhattacharya.He also trained under the watchful guidance of his dadaguru, Padmabhusahan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Saheb . He is the torch bearer of the JAFFERKHANI BAAJ, a unique style of sitar playing invented and perfected by Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan saheb.

Deepsankar has performed at various places in India and abroad. His performances in New York and in various cities of Austria, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Luxembourg, CzechRepublic,

Netherlands, France, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Spain,Sweden have been highly appreciated by the cognoscenti and the commoners alike. Deepsankar has been awarded by several Gold medals and titles from various organizations all over in the world.

Among his many accomplishments are
Gold Medal from Sarbobharatio Sangeeto-o-Parisad
Scholarship from CCRT Awarded by Pt.Ravi Kichlu Foundation
Earned the title of “Sur-Moni”
Awarded with Ravi Kopikar Memorial Award from International Foundation for Fine Arts
Won the AIR Music Competition awarded by Arobindo Institute of Culture
National Scholarship by Ministry of Culture
Won the classical competition organised by Vedic Heritage in New York
Gold Medal From Harballav Compitition.
Honoured as "Malhar Manishi" by Malhar Mahostsav, Ajmeer
Awarded Brahm Dhyanam Purashkar from Sangeet Vidyapeeth Parisad

His performances include
Performed at Baba Harballav Music Festival,
All Bengal Music Festival,
Ramakrishna Mission Institute, Golpark,
Salt Lake Music Festival,
NCPA,Mumbai,
German Film Festival,
Naad Niket Sangeet Sammelan,
tribute concert of USTAD RAHMAN KHAN, Delhi Habitat Center,
“Indian Classical Music talents", “Kal-ke-kalakar”, Haridas Sangeet Sammelan in Mumbai, 
Indian Consulate, New York, Berlin, Paris, DenHaag

Arunava Mukherjee

Arunava Mukherjee was initially trained in tabla by his parents. They are his first
inspiration. At the age of 5, he started leaning tabla from Tulsi Narayan Kar and was under his guidance up to age of 17. After that he went to Pt. Kumar
Bose to continue with his studies. He is belongs to the Benaras Gharana style of tabla playing. He considers himself lucky to have him as his guru. Under his guidance he has received national scholarship in 2011, which was held in Bhupal. In 2014 he was the 1st prize winner of Dover Lane Music Competition. In this same year he was
also a 1st prize winner of Chetla Murari Smriti Sangeet Sammilani in Kolkata. After that he received the 3rd prize in Saptak (Pt. Nandan Mehta Shastriya Taal-Vadya Spardha) at Ahmadabad in 2016.

He also did some special performances. In 2012 he played solo at Birla Savagar alongside with Pt. Kumar Bose. Again in 2015 he performed solo at Nadam. In 2016 he accompanied Anusthup Bhattachaiya at Dover Lane Music Conference. In 2017
he accompanied Pt. Haroshankar bhattachariya & Dipshankar Bhattachariya
at Jalsaghar Smarananjoli in Golpark Ramkrishna Mission. He also played at Oikotan Hall, UGCC, Kolkata with Avirup Pal and Prangshu Moheswari. He is now B-high grade artiste of All India Radio.

Vocal - Aniruddha Bhattacharya
Tabla - Debabrata Gupta
Harmonium - Pradip Palit

Vocal - Abhinandita Chatterjee
Tabla - Puranjoy Ghosh

Admission - Free

Pt. Aniruddha Bhattacharya
"A Vocalist With A Golden Voice" - The Hindu

Pt. Aniruddha Bhattacharya is one of the most accomplished vocalists of the Kirana Gharana of Hindustani Classical music. He has been performing extensively across India and overseas including touring in the USA, the UK, and France where he featured among the stalwarts of classical music.  Born in 1971, a young Aniruddha loved music enough to start listening, appreciating, and learning from a very early age under the able guidance of his mother Smt. Gouri Bhattacharya - one of the earliest disciples of Pt. A. Kanan and an outstanding vocalist herself.

In 1989, Shri Bhattacharya's formal training started at the feet of veteran gurus Pt. A. Kanan and Smt. Malavika Kanan.  In 1990 he entered the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a scholar.

He had an outstanding academic record, and was an Honours Graduate in Zoology from the University of Calcutta.  However, he decided to pursue a career in music and was recognized as a musician and resident tutor by the ITC SRA a few years later.

The Sur Singar Sansad of Mumbai awarded him the coveted "Surmani" title in June 1998.  Accolades have continued to pour in whenever and wherever he performed.  He is an "A" grade artiste with All India Radio and has done multiple national programs for them.  He is an empaneled musician with Doordarshan and ICCR as well.  He has performed in numerous music festivals all over the world.

He is currently the Head of the Department, Guru, member of the expert committee, and a scholarship examiner at the Shakri Begum Memorial Trust in Kolkata, an institute run by Ust. Rashid Khan.  He has also been judging Indian classical music competitions throughout India.

He is also an adept poet and composer in both the Indian and Western classical traditions.  He has two Bengali poetry books to his credit which were released at the prestigious Kolkata International Book Fair.

While not performing or traveling, his days are spent in research around the finer nuances and emotianal expressions of ragas, new compositions, and literary creations.

Debabrata Gupta

Debabrata Gupta is an eminent name in the field of tabla.
Born into a musical family, he began his training at the age of four.  His gurus include Sri Subhash Thakur of the Delhi Gharana, Sri Alok Saha of the Punjab Gharana, and Sri Subrata Gupta of the Farroukabad Gharana. Debarata was fortunate to receive advanced training from Pt. Shankar Ghosh for 15 years and specialized training in taallaya from Pt. Bickram Ghosh. Debabrata’s diverse training even includes South Indian percussion under Guru N. Shankar and Sarode under Sri Amitava Mazumdar.

Debarata was awarded the "Kala Ratnam" award by the T.T. forum in 2016.

He has thrilled audiences as a solo performer and as an accompanist in major festivals and concerts.

Pradip Palit

In the domain of Indian Classical Music, Mr. has established himself as one of the most talented harmonium players of his generation. He was blessed with the “Sangeet marg darshan” from musical guru Late Pandit A Kanan.

He started learning as a child from his mother Smt. Chhanda Palit from childhood.  He later learned from  Sri Mongalmoy Bhattacharya and then from  Sri Saroj Ghosh a disciple of the Late Pandit Prasun Banerjee.  He also had training in Indian classical music expression in Harmonium from Pandit Deboprasad Dey.  He is now undergoing a special training in Harmonium wizard from Pandit Jyoti Goho in ITC-Sangeet  Research Academy.

Sarode - Indrayudh Majumdar
Tabla - Samir Chatterjee

Vocal - Sujata Varma (from Nepal)
Tabla - Jagannath Dhaugoda (from Nepal)
Harmonium - Parag Chakraborty (from Bangladesh)

Tabla solo - Pratik Dhibar
Tabla solo - Rajdeep Deb
Sarangi - Vijay Mishra

Please join us for an evening of Indian Music by established and upcoming artists.

Indrayudh Majumdar

Indrayuddh Majumder has been learning Sarode from his father, the world-renowned Sarode Maestro Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, since he was five years old. He has also been receiving guidance from his mother Vidushi Dr. Manasi Majumder, who is a renowned Indian Classical vocalist. Initially, he had also received basic taalim from his grandfather Late Ranjan Majumder.

Indrayuddh had developed keen interest in every genre of music right from his childhood. He has taken up Sarode as his primary choice because of his sheer love for the instrument and Indian Classical Music. He concentrates on maintaining the purity of Indian Classical Music coupled with his smart presentation in his concerts.

He had the privilege to perform in front of Dr. Manmohan Singh (the former PM of India), Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (the former Chief Minister of West Bengal), Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Shri M.K. Narayanan (the former Governors of West Bengal) among many.

Indrayuddh is also a passionate music composer. He has composed music for a few projects, and has also assisted his father in the background score of a Bengali Feature Film on Byomkesh, 'Sajarur Kaata'.

An MBA in Marketing, Indrayuddh is also the Co-Founder and CEO of an Indian tech-startup, ShowVelvet, which serves as an online interactive platform for Artists and Audience all over the world.

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.    

    Chatterjee began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
          
    Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt . Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, to name only a few.
          
    Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Douglas, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Ben Verdery, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He is member of jazz trio SYNC with Ned Rothenberg and Jerome Harris and quintet Inner Diaspora together with Mark Feldman and Eric Friedlander. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is also the composer and director of Indo-Flame and Nacho Nacho - both blends of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.
          
    Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for the last 35 years and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled ‘A Study of Tabla’ and a guide book to Indian music titled ‘Music of India’. He is on the faculty at Yale University, Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and University of Bridgeport in CT. He also contributes to several newspapers and periodicals. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two master degrees, in English and History.

      Since June, 2008 Samir has been working relentlessly towards the musical revival of Afghanistan. He has made several trips to the country working with different levels of the society and administration and within a very short period of time he has been able to make a remarkable difference in the cultural life of the country.

5 pm - Classical Vocal Ensemble
            Featuring Doyel Ghosh, Aakhi Roy, Anhiti Naskar, Srijita Guha, Piyali Chatterjee, 
            DebadritaMukherjee and Hemantika Mukherjee  
            Directed by Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh
            Debjit Patitundi - Tabla
6 pm - Sitar recital
            Shubho Chakraborty - sitar
            Debjit Patitundi -Tabla
7 pm - Vocal recital
           Brajeshwar Mukherjee - vocal           
           Samir Chatterjee - Tabla
           Anirban Chakraborty - Harmonium

Subho Chakraborty

Sitarist Subho Chakraborty belongs to the Maihar-Seniya Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music. He has been enchanting music lovers and connoisseurs with the magical felicity of his recitals throughout years. The unique mellow tone, Gayaki Ang (closely following the Khayal style of vocal music), cogent and contemplation improvisation of the Ragas have earned him a lot appreciation from distinguished audiences across India as well as abroad. Aside from his career as a classical musician, Subho is quite well known as a composer and accompanist in film and popular music.

Born with the musical legacy of his mother, Smt. Anju Chakraborty, a noted Dhrupad singer, and brought up in the enriched versatile musical milieu of his family, Subho started learning sitar at a very tender age under the tutelage of Shree Prafulla Kumar Parbat, a disciple of several maestros of instrumental music from a variety of gharanas. Later he continued his taalim under the sagacious guidance of the eminent sitar maestro, Shree Debiprasad Chatterjee, and still later has been blessed with the efficacious tutoring of the doyen, Shree Partha Chatterjee, thus both his teachers being prodigies of the Maihar-Seniya Gharana and disciples of the stalwart, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee.

Subho received the first prize in the senior Group of the Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata, in 1989. Besides his impressive renditions in Chhandayan Music Circle (Kolkata), Youth Guild & Cultural Department of the USSR Consulate General (Kolkata), Kal-Ke-Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan (Mumbai), Dover Lane Music Conference [Periodical], Jhankar Music Circle, West Bengal State Music Academy (Young Talent), Subho has been highly applauded for his notable performances at the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (Kolkata & Pune), India Habitat Centre (New Delhi), Bhowanipur Sangeet Sammilani for a number of times. He has conquered the hearts of numerous listeners and music critics in many concerts in cities like Bengaluru, Guwahati, Kanpur, Agra, Ranchi, Gurgaon and so on.  He has represented Indian Classical Music in Japan through a series of solo concerts and lecture-demonstrations. Subho has toured Bangladesh also for a series of performances and recordings with eminent music directors.
 
Subho is an empaneled artist of the ICCR, New Delhi. He performs regularly on the All India Radio and Doordarshan, Kolkata. His recitals are broadcast regularly in London too. His accolades include the Suramani Award conferred on him by the Sur Sangeet Samsad, Mumbai and Sangeet Shiromoni Award received at the International Dance & Music Festival, 2014. His audio albums on Raga Bhairav and Bhairavi and Yaman and Mishra Kafi are available in USA and India, respectively. Subho has documented his concept and review on the background music of the renowned film director Ritwik Ghatak. He has participated in discourses at numerous music conferences, such as the Dover Lane Music Conference, West Bengal State Music Academy, Indo-Japanese Meet Festival, Russian Festival for Young Talents.  He is attached with reputed training colleges and music institutions in Kolkata. He is also an examiner of the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and the Vishwa Bharati University, Shantiniketan.

Brajeswar Mukherjee

Brajeswar Mukherjee is a well known Hindustani Classical vocalist from Kolkata, India. A disciple of the eminent vocalist Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty since an early age, Brajeswar has earned popularity with lovers of Indian classical music all over the world through his radio programs, live performances and published albums.

Brajeswar Mukherjee is a recipient of many awards and honours, including ‘Dhananjay Smriti Puraskar’ from Calcutta University, Shrutinandan Puraskar from Shrutinandan Institute and ‘Gaan Vardhan’ from Pune. Currently a Musician Tutor and Junior Guru at ITC SRA, Kolkata, Brajeswar is a B-High Grade regular artist of All India Radio, Kolkata.

Brajeswar was born in the small village of Borsul in the Burdwan district of West Bengal, India. Fortunate to have born in a musical family, he started training in Indian classical music from the tender age of four from his father Shri Bankim Mukherjee, a noted ‘Jatra Pala’ singer. For the next few years, he honed his musical skills learning from Shri Asit Roy and Shri Hara Kumar Chatterjee of his hometown. The greatest moment in his music education arrived when Brajeswar, all of ten years of age, was accepted by the celebrated vocalist Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty as his disciple in the true Gurukul tradition.

As an inmate in Gurujee’s (as Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty is called by his student with loving respect) house, Brajeswar trained in the scientific ‘Shrutinandan’ system of learning, devised by Pt. Chakraborty himself. After a few years of hard training, Brajeswar started guiding the young disciples at Shrutinandan, even while fine tuning his own musical expertise. Another milestone in his musical journey came in 2010, when was selected in the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (SRA) as a grade A scholar. He currently a musician tutor at ITC SRA, where he continues to train under Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty.

Brajeswar has given solo performances at popular events such as ITC SRA Mangaldeep Sammelan, Legends of India, Kolkata,  Sankar Darabar at Nanded,  Nadam - organised by Tabla maestro Pt. Kumar Bose at Kolkata and the Dharwad Music Festival. He has performed at prestigious institutes such as NCPA Mumbai, India Habitat Center and Rajya Sangeet Academy.

Brajeswar also gave solo performances in USA, UK, Greece and Bangladesh.  Since 2003, Brajeswar Mukerjee has been accompanying his guru Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty on harmonium or as vocal support in concerts all over the world. He has sung with legendary artists such as Dr. Balmuralikrishnan. Brajeswar is also a popular artist with overseas audiences, having given many enthralling performance in cities like USA, UK, Greece and Bangladesh, London, New Orleans and Charlotte. He is a B-High grade artist of All India Radio and has many radio renditions to his name.

Brajeswar Mukerjee has been the recipient of many awards and accolades for his mastery of Hindustani Classical Vocal. He has been awarded the ‘Dhananjay Smriti Puraskar’ from Calcutta University, ‘Shrutinandan Puraskar’ from Pt. Ajay Chakraborty’s Shrutinandan Institute, ‘Gaan Vardhan’ from Pune and has secured National Scholarship from Govt. of India

Samir Chatterjee

Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction.    

Samir began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
          
Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ud. Vilayat Khan, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Nikhil Banerjee, Pt. V.G. Jog, Pt . Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, Ud. Amjad Ali Khan, Ud. Salamat Ali Khan, Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Ud. Aashis Khan, Dr. L. Subramanium, Ud. Shujat Khan, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Ud. Rashid Khan, Pt. Tejendra N. Mazumdar, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, to name only a few.
          
Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He performs with Pauline Oliveros, William Parker, Branford Marsalis, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Douglas, Steve Gorn, Glen Velez, Boby Sanabria, Ben Verdery, Dance Theater of Harlem, Boston Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Ethos Percussion group, Da Capo Chamber Orchestra, Boston Musica Viva and other jazz, classical and avant guard musicians and ensembles. He is member of jazz trio SYNC with Ned Rothenberg and Jerome Harris and quintet Inner Diaspora together with Mark Feldman and Eric Friedlander. He also collaborates with Sufi-Rock singer Salman Ahmad of Junoon from Pakistan. He is also the composer and director of Indo-Flame and Nacho Nacho - both blends of Indian and Flamenco dance and music, Chhand-Anand - a world percussion ensemble and Dawn to Dusk and Beyond – on the effect of music on humans and nature. He performs with Sanjay Mishra on his CD "Blue Incantation" featuring Jerry Garcia as guest artist.
          
Samir Chatterjee has been teaching for the last 35 years and many of his students are established performers. He is the Founder-Director of CHHANDAYAN, an organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. He has authored a comprehensive 654-page book entitled ‘A Study of Tabla’ and a guide book to Indian music titled ‘Music of India’. He is on the faculty at Yale University, Manhattan School of Music, University of Pittsburgh, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and University of Bridgeport in CT. He also contributes to several newspapers and periodicals. He won gold medal for his proficiency in a musical examination and has two master degrees, in English and History.

 Since June, 2008 Samir has been working relentlessly towards the musical revival of Afghanistan. He has made several trips to the country working with different levels of the society and administration and within a very short period of time he has been able to make a remarkable difference in the cultural life of the country.
 

Debjit Patitundi

Debjit Patitudi started learning tabla at the age of three from his father Shri Amal Patitundi, a senior disciple of Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Debjit continued to nurture his passion diligently under the guidance of Pandit Sankha Chatterjee for several years and thereafter he is continuing his lessons from the Tabla Maestro Pandit Subhankar Banerjee.

In 2015 Debjit performed in Spain as part of a tour conducted by The Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India (I.C.C.R.). He also performed in the Prestigious Tirupati Festival, Music concert organized by Sangeet Research Academy, I.T.C. Mumbai in 2005 and 2010. He is a regular artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has earned his reputation both as a soloist and an accompanist.

Debjit is the recipient of The President Gold Medal Award from the Government of India for securing First position in the category of tabla in the All India Radio Competition in 2009. He was awarded by the State Academy Award by the Government of West Bengal in 2003. He also received Pandit Nikhil Ghosh Award from I.T.C Mumbai in 2010 and Pandit Prasun Banerjee Award, Kolkata.

Anirban Chakrabarty

Anirban Chakrabarty hails from a family of Musicians. His father, Amal Chakrabarty is a dedicated vocalist. From his very childhood Anirban was initiated to Hindustani Classical Music by his father. He is a post graduate in music with first class from the Rabindra Bharati University. Although he is a good vocalist, his keen interest in playing Harmonium have driven him under the tutelage of Pandit Manas Chakraborty, the doyen of Kotali Gharana to master himself in the gayaki of Kotali style. He has also keen interest in composing music in lighter forms. The guidance of the Master Musician has already shaped him in well organized Harmonium player, and hoping him to be a musician of high repute in future.

Anirban has to his credit a number of brilliant performances as a harmonium accompanist throughout the country with both upcoming and reputed musicians. Anirban has accompanied musicians of repute like Pandit Manas Chakraborty, Pandit Dinanath Mishra, Pandit Arun Bhaduri, Smt. Kankana Banerjee, Gaan Saraswati Shreela Bandopadhyay, Pandit Madhup Mudgal, Sri. Sarathi Chatterjee, Smt. Ruchira Panda, Sri. Subhasish Mukherjee, Smt. Raka Mukherjee, Sri. Ratan Mohan Sharma and many more.

He is also a regular artist of several television channels. Besides, he is equally adept in playing table, keyboard, guitar and also worked as an arranger for several light music album. Recently popular commercial artists like Indrani Sen, Manomay Bhattacharya, Shampa Kundu, Shubhankar Bhaskar, Sahaj Ma have jointly made album of Modern Bengali Songs and devotional Songs composed and arranged by Anirban.  Recently an album of Poetry and songs of TAGORE of Sri Tarun Chakrabarty has been released, arranged by Anirban. Now Anirban is also working as the Lecturer of Music in ‘Vivekananda Teachers Training Institute’ and also as the General Secretary of ‘Sur Sanchayan Sangeet Vidyalaya’, an institute to uphold the diploma courses of various forms of Indian music. Anirban to his credit has accompanied on harmonium with both upcoming and veteran musicians in all major music festivals of our country. He has also visited UK and USA as a harmonium accompanist with Ruchira Panda and earned accolades both from music lovers and connoisseurs.

Vocal Ensemble:

Doyel Ghosh recently graduated from the Rabindra Bharati University with excellent score in Rabindra Sangeet. She has been studying classical music and several types of Bengali song from the renowned preceptor Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh. Doyel has performed in Bangladesh and also performed at Rabindra Sadan in 'Kobi Pokhkho' organized by West Bengal State Music Academy. She received the Sri Sri Kanak Maa Memorial Scholarship. She is grateful to be a part of Chhandayan.

Aakhi Roy is in the Master of Arts program in Rabindra Sangeet department at the Rabindra Bharati university. She recently passed the National Eligibility Test examinationand got the Junior Research fellowship award. She is a student of Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh.

Anhiti Naskar began her training in classical singing and raga-based Bengali songs from Prof. Rajyashree Ghosh in 2008. During this journey she has significantly developed her musical skills. She has also won the first prize at Nikhil Banga Bhajan Competition held by Amibodh Society. She is also awarded a two years scholarship from the same organisation. Presently she is doing her graduation in music from Bengal Music College under the University of Calcutta.

Srijita Guha is an Electronics and Communication Engineering student. She has been undergoing extensive training in classical singing under the guidance from Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh for the past ten years. Shestarted her Musical training at the age of four under the guidance of her father Sri Avijit Guha.

Since childhood she stood first in various Musical Competitions. She was a regular performer in various children's programs conducted by All India Radio, Kolkata. She has also performed in different cultural programs. She aspires to excel in the field of music.

Piyali Chatterjee started learning classical singing in her childhood under guidance of Shri Shubhomoy Bhattacharya. Now she is taking advance training from Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh. She stood 3rd in Khayal competition at the West Bengal State Music Academy. She passed M.Ain music from the Rabindra Bharati University.

Debadrita Mukherjee is twenty years old. She has under graduate degree, specialised in chemistry. She is learning singing from Smt Rajyasree Ghosh.

Hemantika Mukherjee is a student of 10th grade and is learning classical singing for 10 years under the guidance of Smt. Rajyasree Ghosh. She has already won a few awards at different school events. She has also won the 4th position at a competition arranged by Kajalrekha music foundation.

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Shantanu Bhattacharyya

Possessing the rare feat of winning top positions simultaneously in Khayal and Thumri at the age of 20 in the All India Radio Music Competition and also receiving the Top Grade (the highest title of “Pandit”) from Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India at only 44 years of age, Shantanu Bhattacharyya’s singing has been described by the greatest maestros of the country including his Guruma, the immortal Vidushi Meera Banerjee, as a true psychic reflection of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

Initiated into music by his mother Srimati Ira Bhattacharyya, he received further training from Sri Amalendu Pal, Sri Bhishmadeb Bhattacharyya, Sri Sukhendu Goswami and Sri Sudhir Banerjee. And then Shantanu got expansive and invaluable taalim from worshipped names of the Patiala-Kasur style, Pandit Prasun Banerjee and Vidushi Meera Banerjee. Later he studied with Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty as a scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy Kolkata.

An Honours Graduate in Economics from the University of Calcutta and simultaneously a winner of all state and national level competitions in Khayal and Thumri, Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya has performed at the Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan Jalandhar, Ustad Allauddin Khan Smriti Samaroh Maihar, Sangeet Natak Akademi Festival Delhi & Bhopal, ITC Sangeet Sammelan Kolkata & Delhi, Gururao Deshpande Sangeet Samaroh Bengaluru, West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Conference Kolkata, Bharatiya Sangeet Vidyalaya Dharwad, VSK Baithak Delhi, Sangeetalok Conference Ambala, Spirit of Unity Concerts Shirdi, ICCR Kolkata, Gurukul Pune, Thumri Festival Jaipur, India Habitat Centre Delhi, Swami Haridas Sangeet Samaroh Chennai, India International Centre Delhi, Ballygunge Maitreyee Music Conference Kolkata, Amir Khusro Music Akademi Concert Chennai, K.C.Das Anniversary Celebrations Bengaluru and the All India Radio National Programme.

His performances have been highly applauded and best rated at the University of California Los Angeles, ICMC Dallas Texas, Chhandayan New York & Toronto, Sangeetaanjali San Francisco, Ragamala Toronto, as well as numerous other venues in the USA, Canada, England, France, Italy, Finland, Germany, Australia and Singapore.

Accompanied by Sudhir Ghorai on tabla