ABOUT

Dr. Nabanita was introduced to vocal classical music during her childhood by her parents as they both had love for music.She started learning Hindusthani classical music from her mother Smt.Kalyani Sen.She was later admitted to the academy of the renowned vocalist of Kirana gharana, Pt. Samaresh Choudhury for further training.At present, she is under the able guidance of Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, the renowned slide guitarist. Although khayal is the primary genre in her music, she also loves to perform some other light classical forms like, Dadra, Thumri, Ghazal, Bhajan etc. She was nationally recognized when she obtained gold medal in the prestigious All India Radio music competition (1989) in Khayal category. Since then she has performed in numerous prestigious music concerts. She is also a graded artist of All India Radio Kolkata. She has been awarded a Ph.d degree in music as well.