| Event Name: | Music : Sarod Ranajit Sengupta |
| Description: | A child prodigy, Ranajit Sengupta trained under the Late Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Ustad Ashish Khan of Maihar Gharana. The youngest Indian to give lectures abroad, he is a first class postgraduate in Music from Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata. Enlisted as lecturer in Indian Universities by the Government of India, he also participated in many workshops conducted by the living legend Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has received the President’s Awar, the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture (1989), Nikhil Banerjee Memorial Award in 1991, the Best Talent of the Year Trophy from HMV and Alauddin Memorial Award (1993).
Ranajit has represented India in international Music Festivals in Paris, Hamburg, Moscow, Martinique, Tallinn, Zagreb, etc. He performed at the Banga Mela and Rabindra Mela in the US and has represented at the Banga Sanskriti Sammelan in the UK (2002-03). |
| Type of Event: | Music Events - Concerts - Bands - Gigs |
| Event Agenda: | Accompanists : Soumen Sarkar (tabla) and Shirin Sengupta (tanpura) |
| Event Location: | The Nehru Centre |
| Event City: | London |
| Type of Venue: | Embassy - High Commission |
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| Event Start Date | 23-Sep-10 |