Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, North America

Eastern Echoes – A concert by Indrani Mukherjee

 Sunday, 31 March 2024, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

  Banga Bhavan, 1148 N Main St, Glendale Heights, IL 60139

Artist

Indrani Mukherjee, Apurba Mukherjee (Tabla), Praneet Marathe (Harmonium)

Indrani Mukherjee

Indrani Mukherjee, an internationally famed Hindustani Classical Vocalist, is a Khayal and Thumri exponent of India. Her area of interest covers Khayal in Kirana – Rampur style and Thumri in Purab Ang. Since the age of 14, when Indrani turned her passion for Classical music into her profession, she has been a talent to reckon with – leaving each of her audiences in absolute awe of her singing, presentation, and style. The critics were not far behind – Indrani’s mellifluous and charismatic voice has swayed the critics in her favour, and made her the face of quite a few internationally acclaimed interviews, and newspaper reports! She is also an Indian Council for Cultural Relations empanelled artist and holds the position of an ‘Outstanding Artist’ at the Festival of India Ministry of Culture (Government of India). Indrani is a Spic Macay-enlisted artist, as well as an ‘A Grade’ artist for Khyal and Thumri on the All India Radio.

Giving Shape to her Talent :

Indrani’s journey of honing her talent began at her home with initially her mother, then her aunt, and then her maternal grandfather Shri Sanjib Banerjee, training her since she was just a child of 3 years. Later in 1996, Indrani became a scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy under the mentorship of Pandit Arun Bhaduri. She is also known to have taken taalim from celebrated artists like the Late Vidushi Purnima Choudhury Ji, and the Late Pandit Ramashray Jha Ji. Since 2012, Indrani has been a dedicated learner of her craft from the prodigal Vidhushi Manju Sundaram Ji.

Apurba Mukherjee

Apurba is a bright and talented Tabla player in the world of Indian Classical Music. As a disciple of the legendary Pandit Shankar Ghosh, he has performed widely in India and abroad, accompanying well known musicians of the country as well as composing and performing experimental music projects with musicians overseas.

Besides playing important concerts in India he has also performed in important Festivals and concerts in various Countries of USA, Canada, Europe, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Azerbaijan, to name a few –

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg ,Learn Quest Music Conference (Boston, USA),Indian Fine Arts Academy (San Diego, USA), Raga Mala ,Calgary & Edmonton (Canada), MIT (Boston),Ali Akbar College of Music (Basel),Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Berlin), Musse Guimet (National Museum for Oriental Art and Culture, Paris),Les Orientales Festival (France), Oslo Opera (Norway), and others.

Apurba has collaborated for the “Benares Project”- released from EMI Blue Note, with one of the famous Trumpetist, Erik Truffz and performed at the London Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Paris Blue Note Jazz Festival, Paleo Festival and others.

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