Kavita Krishnamurthy

Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards (winning consecutively during 1995–1997), and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate (Honoris Causa) for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.

Srikanta Acharya

Srikanta Acharya primarily sings contemporary Bengali songs reflecting the ethos of his times as well steeped in the rich musical heritage of the past. Srikanta received formal training in Rabindra Sangeet for ten years from Dakshinee. Among his albums of Rabindrasangeet Jibon Chhobi (2004) received the Best Rabindrasangeet Alpha Music Award in 2004. Significantly Srikantas song in Rituparno Ghoshs film Titli fetched him the Best Male Playback BFJA award in 2003 and rendition of a Tagore song for Mrinal Sen's movie Amar Bhuban fetched him the Anandalok Award for the Best Male Playback Singer in 2004. Recently he played the role of Satyendranath in the movie Kadombori.

Manomay Bhattacharya

Manomay Bhattacharya is the fifth generation of JADUBHATTA having a sweet voice and he is no flash-in-the-pan. He has had solid training in music at the age of 4 under the vigilant guidance of father Sri Dhrubadas Bhattacharya, a disciple of Subinoy Roy, and mother Ila Bhattacharya, a disciple of Ratneswar Mukherjee. Manomay places himself under the tutelage of Benukumar Dobey, Bibhuti Bose and Jayanta Bose, who trained him a finer nuance of the Classical music.

He learned Tagore songs from father and various items of songs viz. Nazrul Geeti, Rajnikanter Gaan, Atulprasad, Dewijendra Geeti, Ragpradhan, Bhajan and Modern Bengali songs from illustrious teachers like Biman Mukhopadhyay, Sukumar Mitra, Dilip Roy, Anal Chattopadhyay, Sanjay Chakraborty, Jatileshwar Mukhopadhyay and still in close touch with Pandit Ajay Chakraborty with whom varied songs are learned.

Purbayan Chatterjee

Purbayan is considered as one of the finest Sitar players in Indian Classical music and has attained a very special place for himself among the musicians and music lovers around the world. Purbayan belongs to the famous Senia Maihar Gharana, the school established by musical genius Baba Allauddin Khan, the guru of such stars as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (He also studied with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan) on the sarod and sitar players Pandit Ravi Shankar and Pandit Nikhil Banerjee.

Purbayan is a multifaceted musician. Along with his concerts of North Indian raga music, he also performs with musicians from the South Indian raga tradition and participates in various fusion projects with jazz (His music has been appreciated by jazz greats, such as Chick Corea, Bella Fleck, and Pat Metheney). and world musicians all over the globe. Purbayan is also astounding vocalist and has lent his soulful voice to many mellifluous compositions.

Purbayan has designed the DWO, which is a Doppelganger of the Indian Sitar. Purbayan’s DWO celebrates the oneness of two. It creates sound where the acoustic and the digital, where the ancient and the modern, where the ethnic and the urban, where the esoteric and the virtuosic, all complement each other and become one.

Snehasish Mozumder

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. Coming from a musically oriented family, he started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grand father late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himangshu Mazumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Sri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarode player of the country. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb, the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Snehasish, has performed many major festivals in India like Sankat Mochan Utsav of Varanasi Swami Haridas Sangeet Sanmelan of Mumbai, Indian Habitat Centre of Delhi, Bhowanipur Sangeeet Sanmelan, GolPark Ramkrishna Mission of Kolkata and Saltlake Music Conference of Kolkata e.t.c., and also he has toured Europe, U.K., and USA and made a very good name amongst the music lovers. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards.

Anol Chatterjee

Anol Chatterjee is one of the most prominent young Indian Classical Vocalist of India. He is a senior disciple of Guru Padma Bhushan Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. He has also learnt from Late Shri Ajit Chakraborty, Smt. Chandana Chakraborty and Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharya. He is an A grade Artiste of All India Radio. He is the recipient of Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Puraskar and Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh Shrutinandan Puraskar. Anol Is an ex scholar of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, a national scholar and a senior faculty member of Shrutinandan. He has also worked with IIT Kharagpur in their scientific research project on Indian Music. He has performed extensively within India and in abroad like USA, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa and Bangladesh.

Deborshee Bhattacharya

A promising and versatile musician of this age, Deborshee was born in a musical family and was introduced to music at the age of 5 by his mother and first guru, Smt. Reena Bhattacharjee. Trained under the eminent Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty , his versatility reflects in not only his performance on different genres of music but in his music compositions as well. He has performed in several prestigious musical concerts across the globe amongst elite musicians. Deborshee has been blessed by stalwarts of Indian Music such as, Late Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Vidushi Lata Mangeshkar, Pt. Ravi Shankar, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and many more stalwarts. The diversity of his music reflects in his albums where he has performed in different genres of music like Ghazal, Sufi, Bhajan, Bengali songs etc. Currently a Musician, ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, Deborshee is an ‘A’ graded artist of All India Radio. He is a regular performer in television and an empaneled artist of ICCR, Government of India.

Brajeswar Mukherjee

Brajeswar Mukherjee is a notable classical vocalist from India. He was initiated into music by his parents and later continued to train under the guidance of Asit Roy of Bishnupur gharana. He is presently a disciple of Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. Mukherjee has toured in India and abroad. He is a recipient of Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, Gaanvardhan Award, Dhananjay Bhattacharya Award, and the Shrutinandan Puaraskar. Mukherjee is presently a teacher at ITC Sangeet Research Academy and Shrutinandan – a music institution established by Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.

Sayani Palit

Sayani's illustrious musical journey spans over two decades, marked by dedication, excellence and an unwavering passion for her art. Beginning her musical taleem at the tender age of four, her rigorous training includes 22 years of revered tutelage under Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty and later Padma Bhushan Girija Devi-ji as a scholar at the prestigious Sangeet Research Academy. This extensive mentorship has allowed Sayani to excel in her craft, captivating millions of listeners with her versatile and soulful singing. A gold medalist at both graduate and postgraduate levels, She has completed her Ph.D. in Thumri from University of Calcutta.

Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli

Dr. Kaustuv Kanti Ganguli is a professional vocalist, scientist, and musicologist trained in Hindustani music tradition. Hailing from the Patiala gharana, he is proficient in Khayal, Thumri-Dadra, Bhajan, and other allied musical forms. Initiated into music at an age of 4, he has continued his musical training with vocal maestro Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty as a scholar at ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. Kaustuv has been performing in various cities of India as well as abroad since the age of 12 in prestigious concerts such as the Dover Lane Music Conference (Kolkata), Arohee, Gharana GenNext, and Sur Sagar by Pancham Nishad, Suburban Music Circle (Mumbai), Art Music of India Festival (Barcelona, Spain), Swarmangesh, Serendipity Arts Festival (Goa), and recently a series of online concerts to name a few.

Saket Sahu

Saket Sahu is the violinist from Raipur. He is a musician Scholar at ITC SRA, Kolkata. Saket Sahu is the disciple of Pt. Radhakrishna Jha and Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.

Pratik Shrivastava

Pratik Shrivastava is a talented young sarod player, known for crystal clear taans (melodic elaborations) and superb layakari (rhythmic interplay). He was inducted into the instrument’s rituals by his family, first learning from his grandfather Pandit Rabi Chakraborty and then his uncle Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty, both artists of the Maihar gharana.

Pratik began touring the world as a teenager, winning several awards and appearing at the international children’s festival in Amman, Jordan. Today he receives advanced instruction from vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty as well as sarodia Pandit Tejendra Majumdar. He enjoys listening to jazz, flamenco, and psytrance as well as Indian classical of the North and South.

Ayan Sengupta

A Musician Scholar of ITC Sangeet Research Academy under Pt. Partha Chatterjee and Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty, Ayan started learning to play the Sitar at the age of six. Belonging to the Senia-Maihar gharana he has also learnt from Pt. Manilal Nag and then Pt. Kushal Das. A first class first in M.A in Instrumental Music from Rabindra Bharati University after obtaining a 1st class B.A (Hons) degree in Instrumental Music from the same university. Ayan has many awards and scholarships to his credit. A National Scholar under the Government of India’s CCRT scheme, he stood 1st in a competition held at the State Youth Festival in 2005. Ayan stood1st in the West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy competition in 2006. He also stood 1st in the All India Radio Music Competition in 2007. The Dover Lane Music Competition also bestowed him with the title of the winner in 2007. He was awarded with ‘A’ Grade by the All India Radio in 2011. He also received the National Scholarship (Senior) from the government of India the same year. An empanelled artist of the INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS (ICCR) in 2017.

Abir Hossain

Abir Hossain is a notable sarod artist from India. His father Gulam Emam was his first mentor in music. He later trained under Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta and Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty. Hossain has performed at shows in India and abroad. He was awarded with the National Scholarship of the Government of India, the gold medal at the ‘Sangeet Prabhakar’ examination, and the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Purskar. He is presently a teacher and performer at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.

Paramananda Roy

Paramananda was trained in playing the Flute by his father, Pandit Gopal Roy. He joined the ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a Scholar in 2016, under Pandit Partha Chatterjee. Paramananda later started receiving training under Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty.

Paramananda is an empaneled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. He has performed at prestigious platforms such as Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre Nalbari in 2019. He has also performed at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan Kolkata in 2016, 2017 and 2019. He is a regular performer on All India Radio and Doordarshan. He also serves as Tutor of Instrumental Music at The Academy of Folk Arts, IIT Kharagpur.

Anubhav Khamaru

Anubhav Khamaru was born and brought up in a musical family at chandandaha south 24 parganas. His grand mother smt archana khamaru and his father debasis khamaru had musical traning .So anubhab used to intently listen to songs and showed musical aptitude from his childhood. his father took him to shrutinandan kolkata in the year 2007 at the age of five only. There he got careful training under the tutelage of sri Sagnik Bhattachariya,smt Sujata Basu, Sri Anirban Chatterjee and Sri Brojeswar mukjerjee. Finaly Guru Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty took the charge of teaching Anubhab from 2013. In the year 2017 he joined I.T.C Sangeet Research Academy as a scholar of the academy under the much coveted guidance of gurujee Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty Anubhab received the prestigious SHRUTINANDAN ART AND MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP in the year 2013 and MS SUBHALAXMI AWARD AND FELLOWSHIP in 2019-2021 from Mumbai.

Sangborti Das

Sangborti Das started learning music at the age of three, from her parents and joined Shrutinandan, at the age of eight, where she learned for 14 years under Shri Bidhan Mitra , Shri Abhijit Mukherjee, Shri Kaushik Goswami and Shri Anol Chatterjee. In 2017, she joined the prestigious ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a Junior Scholar, and is currently training as a Senior Scholar under the tutelage of Padmabhushan Guru Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty and Junior Guru Sri Brajeswar Mukherjee.

Sangborti has received awards in quite a few competitions including the 1st prize in the Khayal and Thumri categories at the Murari Smriti All India Music Competition 2016. She is also the recipient of the prestigious National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India in the Hindustani Vocal Music, 2019.

Aritra Chakraborty

Aritra Chakraborty is an young and upcoming Hindustani classical vocalist who also takes equal interest in different other genres and instruments. He took his Taalim from Ustad Ghulam Akbar Khan (2000-2001) and Shrutinandan (2001-2015) under Smt. Sujata Basu, Shri Brajeswar Mukherjee, and Padmabhushan Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty. He was also engaged with ITC Sangeet Research Academy as a scholar under Shri Brajeswar Mukherjee and Padmabhushan Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty from 2017-2022, and as an instructor of Shrutinandan (from 2013 onwards). he conducted several workshops and classes throughout the country (online/offline). Some of his Awards/ Accolades are : Shrutinandan Talent Award (2013), Scholarship from Shrutinandan (2013-2015), Scholarship from ITC Sangeet Research Academy (2016). He has performer in television (Doordarshan, Ruposhi Bangla, Akash 8 etc) and frequently accompanied Guru Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty in various prestigious concerts all through the country. He has received Sangeet Shree from Bangiya Sangeet Kala Kendra (2017). He completed his teacher's training from Bansiya Sangeet Kala Kendra (2018).