Abhik Mukherjee: BRM Masterclass 3
This is an in-person event
Thu, 28 May 2020
08:00PM - 09:00PM (EDT)
Event past
Host
David Ellenbogen
Artistic Director
Neel Murgai
Director
Praveen Ramamurthy
Organizer
Brooklyn Raga Massive
The outstanding sitarist Abhik Mukherjee will bring viewers on a journey of listening to instrumental raga over 5 sessions, sharing stories, playing examples and referencing classic recordings.
Session 3: Light Classical
Abhik Mukherjee is a Kolkata-born sitar player of the Etawah-Imdadkhani gharana. He was initiated to sitar at the age of six by his father, Sri Tarit Mukherjee, and Sri Bimal Chatterjee, while simultaneously receiving vocal instruction from Sri Kaylan Bose. He has since taken talim from Pandit Arvind Parikh and Pandit Kashinath Mukherjee, themselves disciples of the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan. He is a gold medalist in musicology from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, and has also received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, India.
Abhik’s first public performance was at the age of nine at the Governor’s House, Kolkata. He has since performed in ten countries on four continents. Some memorable concerts include performances for the inauguration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial (Washington D.C.); at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City); at the Indian Habitat Center (Delhi); on Doordarshan (Kolkata); and a summer tour of Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Abhik currently lives in New York City and is a founding member of Brooklyn Raga Massive, an Indian classical music artists’ collective.