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Rakhi Banerjee sang her first full song when she was a baby of 30
months. The music just came out of her as a pure natural phenomenon. You can
hear her singing any variety of song starting from a to heavy classical Malkauns-bandish
"Aaja more ghar--" to neo-classical and modern songs. She was born in Kolkata
[India] on October 10 1955. She did her MA [Hindustani Vocal Music] in
1986 from Khairagarh University. She was awarded Senior Fellowship
by the Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India for her research project on Hindustani neo-classical
vocal styles. She obtained training in Hindustani
Music [khyal] in traditional system under the guidance of Late
Sukhendu Goswami. She had the opportunity to learn Dhrupad under the guidance
of Pt. Abhay Narayan Mallick [Darbhanga school] and thumri from Pt. Govardhan
Mishra [Gaya] during her long Khairagarh stay. Smt. Purabi Dutta
affectionately trained her in Nazrulgeeti [a variety of Bengali
song] and her maternal aunt Jayanti Roy taught her Bengali Folk song. She
also delineates Rabindrasangeet and modern songs at ease because of
her exceptional natural aptitude. Currently she is staying in Kolkata and busy with different art activities. |
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She has started teaching Hindustani vocal music, Nazrulgeeti and
other varieties of Bengali songs directly on the Internet. For further
queries you may click here or click here to mail. |
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Some interesting
links on Indian Classical Music |
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