Vocal Concert - Piu Mukherjee

Vocal - Piu Mukherjee Tabla - Manav Khurana Harmonium - Anirban Chakrabarty Come Join us at the Chhandayan Center for an evening Vocal Concert performed by Piu Mukherjee, accompanied by Manav Khurana on Tabla and Anirban Chakrabarty on Harmonium. The performance will also be streamed live. Tickets/Streaming Access 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. Piu Mukherjee has been fortunate enough to share the stage with Smt. Girija Devi first in Benaras Utsav held in Mumbai which was later released in a VCD format. She has also released a CD of her live performance in Sangeet Piyasi, Kolkata released by Bihaan Music in 2005. Such was her dedication that she accompanied the great Maestro Smt. Girija Devi at noted stages like Gulap Bari, Dovar Lane Music Conference, Sawai Gandharv Sangeet Mahotsav, Sankat Mochan & in many music festivals all over India. Apart from that she has given outstanding solo performances in BPACON Music Festival, USA; Biswa Banga Sangeet Sanmelan; Sangeet Piyasi ; Pt. Ravi Kichlu Foundation ; Shankhri Begum Memorial Trust and in lot more prestigious concerts all over India and abroad. She has also participated in one of the leading musical reality shows “Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, 2015-16” and proved herself as a versatile performer in the field of Music. Adding flavour to her musical journey “Kashi Katha” a Classical-Semi Classical Music Album of Puravang style of...