Artists:

One of India’s foremost Hindustani classical vocalists, Kaushiki Chakraborty carries the luminous legacy of the Patiala gharana as the daughter and disciple of Padma Bhushan Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Trained at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy under the guidance of her father and the late Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh, she commands a voice of extraordinary range, spanning three-and-a-half octaves, delivered with effortless taans and deep emotional resonance. Her vast repertoire moves fluidly across khayal, thumri, dadra, and Carnatic forms, reflecting a musicianship both rooted and wide-ranging. At just 25, she received the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music, hailed as “one of the brightest emerging artists in Indian vocal music.” She has since earned the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar and performed at Carnegie Hall, the Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, and premier stages worldwide. She is widely celebrated as the torchbearer of the Patiala tradition.