ABOUT

To sing soulfully in sur and in impeccable sense of laya and tala invoking the Divine Presence is the priceless quality Durba Bhattacharyya possesses. She is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist of high merit; and has given very successful concerts in India and across the world. Born in Kolkata on 18th August 1975 and imbibing music from her parents, Durba as a child was nurtured in the basics of Hindustani vocal music by her mother Tapati Banerjee. She had a brief stint of training with Mazhar Ali Khan, grandson of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, the celebrated genius of the Patiala Kasur style, subsequently took charge of her taalim and tutored her to perfection while she was a scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. Durba then obtained more guidance from Vidushi Meera Banerjee, the undisputed Empress of the Patiala Kasur style who was the gandabandh shagird of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Since her marriage in 1997, Durba has been taking taalim of the subtlest nuances of Raga music from the renowned classical vocalist of the country, Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya. She is a graded artist of All India Radio Kolkata in Hindustani Classical Music. Durba is also a Sangeet Bhaskar from the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, having stood First in the Khayal category. Durba Bhattacharyya has performed in Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Ambala, Patiala, Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Surat, Agartala, Mathura, Auroville and Pondicherry. She has regaled the audience in USA, Canada, France, England and Singapore, and has to her credit several CD albums.