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Indian Classical Vocalist, Kolkata : Sohini Roy Chowdhury

Born in a family of music lovers, Sohini Roy Chowdhury is a young vocalist who started learning Classical Vocal at the age of six from her grandmother, Smt Bokul Sen Gupta and later on Ustad Sagiruddin Khan, great exponent of Indian classical music. Later on she joined the prestigious Sangeet Research Academy, an ITC Trust, Kolkata and took lessons from Pt. A.T. Kanan, the exponent in Kirana Gharana & a legendary name in the field of Hindustani Classical music .After the demise of the maestro, she is under the training of Ustad Maskoor Ali Khan in Kheyal & Smt Dalia Rahut, great exponent of Thumri & Dadra.

Gifted with artistic instinct and creative imagination, Sohini now is one of the successful performers of Indian Music She has a powerful & melodious voice, known for divine expressions, aesthetical movements. She adapted her voice to render, fluent KHEYALS and soulful BHAJANS, THUMRI, DADRA , SHYAMASANGEET, Raag Pradhan

Musical Performances

She is a regular artiste of All India Radio in Kheyal and Bhajan.
Her performance at Tara Music in Jalsaghar, Raag Ranjani and Bhajan were appreciated She has lent her melodious voice for various Telefilms & soaps on ETV bangla, namely Raj Laxmi-Srikanto.

Recently she had participated in the popular T.V. show on ZEE TV - 'Hero Honda Sa re ga ma pa' & was praised by the great music director, late NAUSHAD & SHAAN for her rendition of THUMRI. She has recently been invited as guest artiste in ZEE TV, MUMBAI. She received a call from the famous MUSIC DIRECTORS, KALYANJI & ANANDJI to sing in their films.

In October 2004, she was selected by the ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, USA to represent INDIA & NEPAL, as CULTURAL AMBASSADOR in various parts of UNITED KINGDOM. It’s not only the performance and discourse of musical soiree but to interact with the august audience and enrich them with Indian music as well as have an in-depth knowledge of the music of the host countries. She performed Indian music in as many as 27 places in a months time which was highly appreciated by the audience.

She has performed throughout the length and breadth of the country in Classical Vocal specially in New Delhi & Mumbai.

In Calcutta to name a few she performed at :

1.Sangeet Research Academy, ITC, Kolkata
2.Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata,
3.Salt Lake Cultural Association
4.Sutanati Music Circle
5.Sabrang Music Circle,
6.Bahadur khan Music Circle

7.Gaan Mela, kolkata
8.Geeta Bithika School of Dance and Music
9.Rotary Club of Calcutta, Calcutta Rowing Club
10.Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi
11.Bhawanipore Sangeet Sammelan

Recently performed in Jatashankar Utsav and other places in Varanasi and in Bangladesh, Dhaka.

She has participated in the prestigeous North American Banga Sanskriti Sammelan (NABC 2008) at Toronto, Canada as well as Banga Mela 2008 at Columbus Ohio, USA in July 2008.

She also has various press releases on performance all over India namely The Times of India, Ananda Bazaar, The Telegraph & The Statesman, Bartamaan and Aajkaal

Sohini runs Geeta Bithika School of Music & Dance, which was started by her grandma. She is also Sangeet Prabhakar from Prayag Sangit Samity, Allahabad & Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh with distinction in Vocal music. She is the Practical examiner of Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh. She is also in the faculty of Shakhri Begum Memorial Trust founded by Ustad Rasid Khan.

Academically she is an honours graduate in commerce as well as a Chartered Accountant.

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Email Address: roychowdhury.sohini@gmail.com

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