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Debapriya is a National Award and President’s Award winner, A graded artiste of All India Radio. He is one of the finest vocalists of the country of the younger generation, with a silken voice and uncanny command over the octaves his style of singing is marked by both elegance and grandeur that transcends the audience to a rare height of emotional excellence. His perfection of thoughts, and understanding of voice to keep even intricate elements soothing to ears got him admirers from around the world. Born and brought up at Sindri in Jharkhand initially he got his music nurtured and nourished from his very childhood at the hands of his mother Smt. Anita Adhikary who was a disciple of Pt. Shivnath Jha popularly known as Taanraj. Seeing her child’s interest she took him to Pt. Samaresh Chawdhury of Senia Gharana where he learnt for long 13 years, after she groomed her son the rudiments of Classical music. Debapriya also got a change in his approach towards music with the very guidance of Pt. Kumar Prasad Mukherjee Agra Atrauli Gharana whom he got for a very little time and also learnt with Pt. Vijay Kichlu ji for a while. Both enriched his gayaki with both khayalang and dhrupadang. Finally his continued taalim since last 10 years with the legendary Padmavibhushan Girija Devi ji of Benaras Gharana as a Gandabandh disciple has helped him acquire master on thumri, tappa, dadra, kajri, jhula etc alongwith the subtleties of khayal he gets from her. With all these Debapriya has earned a name and fame in his land and abroad. He is a topper with Masters in Music from University of Calcutta and empanelled artiste with ICCR. He has been also performing duet of Vocal and Sitar with an excellent young sitarist maintaining the traditional way of Raag badhat with detailed alapchaari and other angas (phrases) of North Indian Classical music. He composed additional music and performed live with Samanwaya Sarkar, for an Australian film “The Sleeping Warrior” based on Indian and Aboriginal spirituality got released worldwide in 2012. He is the Director alongwith Samanwaya, of the documentary film Girija “A lifetime In Music” that received 65th National Award as the Best Documentary on Art and Culture by Govt of India and also got Awarded as the Best Documentary on Art and Culture Feature by Los Angeles Independent Music Festival. He is also one of the founder trustees of the non profit trust SUR that stands for “Sublime Urge to Rejoice”. (www.surindia.org) To name a few of his Prizes and awards; First Prizes: 1994 Inter District Music Competition for Hindustani Vocal Classical Music, Dhanbad. 2001 Akhil Bharatiya Sangeet Pratiyogita, organized by Prayag Sangeet Samiti Allahabad. 2001-02 Inter College Youth Festival sponsored by AIU, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt of India & organised by Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh. East Zonal Youth Festival sponsored by AIU, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt. of India and organized by ISM, Dhanbad. 2002 All India Radio Music Competition at the National Level. (An award on behalf of President of India) 2004 Golden Talent Contest 2004" organised by Pandit Ravi Kichlu Foundation. & Selected as one of the two best performer among different participants from all over India in a talent hunt by Acharya Viswa Nath Dev Sharma Art Foundation, to perform at Pt. Jasraj Auditorium, New York, USA organized by Vedic Heritage. 2006 Achieved top marks as a Masters in Music from University of Calcutta. Fellowship and Scholarships: 2015-2016: Selected as National Junior Fellow under Ministry Culture, Govt of India. 2003-2005 Rewarded National Scholarship by Ministry of Culture, Govt of India 2005-2010 Recipient of JNANA PRAVAHA Scholarship. Awards: 2003 ITC - SANGEET REASERCH ACADEMY Promising Artiste Award by ITC –SRA, Mumbai. Performances: Concerts in India: Belur Math, Belur Sangeet Piyasi, Kolkata. Kalidas Samaroh, Nagpur Ruturang Mahotsav, Aurangabad Sawai Gandharva Sangeet Mahotsav, Pune. Srimath Dagru Seth Halwai Ganpati Sangeet Mahotsav. Pune Ganavardhan, Pune. Pune Festival, Pune Mahamrityunjay Mahotsav , Varanasi West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Music Festival, Kolkata Sakhti Sardotsav, Shaktinagar UP. Swathi Tirunal Sangeetotsav, Trivandrum Gangamahotsav, Varanasi, Pt.Ram Sahai Foundation, Varanasi. Pt. Mallikarjun Music Festival DHWANI, Bangalore. Institute of Culture, Ramkrishna Mission, Kolkata Laxmi Devi Lalit Kala Academy, Kanpur. Sindri Officer’s Club. FCIL Sindri, Dhanbad. Samrat Sangeet Sammelan, Goa Chaturang Chaitrapallavi Sangeet Mahotsav by Chatugarang, Dombivalli. Chawlkowa Music College Sangeet Sammelan, Dibrugarh. National Centre Performing Arts, Mumbai, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. India International Centre, New Delhi. Shadaj, New Delhi Swargiya Vasantrao Chandorkar Smriti Pratisthan, Jalgaon. Acharya DevSarmaFoundation, Lonavla, Saptak, Nasik, Srjan( An institution founded by Guru Keluchran Mahapatra) Bhuvaneswar Kalaprakash, Varasnasi Jharkhand Sthapna Divas, Ranchi, Swar –Sudha & Kalasri Sangeet Sansthan, Jodhpur, Mehraangad Fort Trust, Jodhpur. Ras-Kalash Sanstha, Varanasi, Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. Navarang, Kolkata International Music Festivals Sitar Festival at St Petersburg Russia 2018 Mananan International Festival for Music and Arts, Isle of Man, British Isles. 2008 and 2017. Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba Australia 2017 Brunswick Music Festival, Melbourne Australia 2017 PARRAMASALA for South Asian Arts Australia, 2017 and 2015 WOMAD UK 2013 High Peace Festival Augsburg, Germany 2013 He was first ever with other2 Indian Musicians to be invited to National Theatre of Operas and Ballet, Tirana, Albania. 2010 to commemorate Mother Teresa’s Birth Centenary. Festival Les Orientales, Saint-Florent le Vieil, France, 2010 Festival Autres Rivages, Uzes, France, 2010 Festival in Evora, Portugal, 2010 Learnquest Music Festival, Boston, USA 2010 Voix d'été en Creuse, France, 2009 Deia International Festival of Music, Spain, 2009 Festival International de Musique d'Uzerche, France 2009 National Multicultural Festival of Australia. Australia 2008 Other Concerts abroad: Robert Browning and Associates, 2019 USA Elbphilharmonie – Hamburg, Germany, 2018 TKM - Kléber-Méleau Theater,Laussane Switzerland 2018 Royal Overseas League London, UK. 2017 Funhouse at Bega, Australia 2017 Migrant Heritage Charitable Trust, Auckland Newzealand 2017 Theatre De La Ville (Abbesses), Paris, France 2013 Le Rocher De Palmer, Cenon France,2013 Ragamala Calgary and Edmonton, Canada 2013 SIA of Victoria, UVIC, Canada 2013 Learnquest Music Festival, Boston USA,2012 Indian Music Society, Houston,USA. 2012 Swaradhana , Tampa, USA,2012 Hindu Temple of South Florida, Fort Myers, USA.2012 Holi Mahotsav, Bharaiya Vidya Bhavan Sydney, Australia.2011 Kulcha Arts Perth, Australia.2011 Nexus Multicultural Arts. Adeliade, Australia 2011 Boite, Melbourne, Australia.2011 Theo Notaras Multicultural Arts. Canberra, Australia.2011 HarmonyOm’s First Anniversary celebration, in collaboration with World Music Institute and WKCR. 89.9 FM. New York, USA.2010 Basant Bahar, San Jose, USA.2010 Ragamala, Calgary, Canada, 2010 Indian Music Society, Bloomington, 2010. Vedanta Society, Providence, USA. 2010 Vedanta Society, Chicago, USA.2010. Vedanta Society, Seattle, USA.2010. Jhankar, Cincinnati, USA. 2010. Basant Sandhya,New Jersey.2010. World of Sounds by CASC and ISAH, Connecticut, USA.2010. Palau Marche Summer Concert Series, Spain, 2009 Summer Concerts at Andratx Cultural Center, Spain. 2009 MilapFestival for South Asian Music and Art, London and Liverpool,UK.2009 Tara Arts, London, UK 2008 Indian Association of Manchester, UK 2008 Vedanta Society, Sydney, Australia. 2008 Bengali Cultural Society, Brisbane, Australia 2008 Bengali Association of Canberra, Australia.2008 World Peace Day at Sydney Olympic Park of New South Wales in Australia by Sokka Gokai International and Bharaiya Vidya Bhavan. Sydney, Australia.2009 South Indian Fine Arts Association in Australia, Canberra.2009 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sydney, Australia.2009 Seminar at Box Hill Institute of Melbourne. Australia2009 Indian High Commision , Canberra, Australia by the invitation of Her Excellency Mrs. Sujata Singh.2009 In Byron by Ku Promotions. 2009 Birmingham & Stourbridge, UK.2004 Lecture Demonstrations: In 2008 conducted workshops and lecture demonstrations at 10 schools under ACT Govt of Australia and at Australian National University in Canberra. In 2011 BOX HILL University in Melbourne. In 2017 Bega High School and Mumbulloa Primary School. Albums: RAGARANGA a reputed Record Company of USA released his album named “SILK”. Times Music released his album with Samanwaya Sarkar of Vocal and Sitar Duet named as SAMVAAD under the series of Unheard Jugalbandis. Contact: P-26/37, Nilachal Complex. Flat-302, Nivedita Apartment P.O Narendrapur.Kolkata -700103.West Bengal India. 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