Amit Mukerjee – Vocals
Sanjib Kumar Pal – Tabla

Amit Mukerjee represents the famous tradition of the “Kirana Gharana” and the late Ustad Amir Khan’s individualistic school of Hindustani Classical Music. He was trained under Shri Shankar Mazumdar, a senior disciple of the Late Ustad. Amit grasped the essence of Amir Khan’s distinctive ‘gayaki’, which is immediately noticeable in his presentations. He has developed a style of singing which is abstract in expression and intellectually invigorating. He is a talented singer, gifted with a tuneful and sonorous voice. It is the grandeur of his voice coupled with its emotional depth that makes his music immediately attractive. Step by step unfolding of the structure of a ‘raga’ using the ‘Merukhand’ tradition, innovative phrases (upaj), a combination of ‘sargams’ and ‘taans’ with an innate virtuosity, is his forte. With his intellectual and personal approach to music he has mastered the technique and nuances of the late Ustad’s gayaki.

Shri Mukerjee has received rave reviews from all quarters of the national and international media. In 1993 the India International Center featured him as a representative of the ‘Indore Gharana’. The spontaneous response of this programme by the well-known music critic Shri Prakash Wadhera in ‘The Hindu’ was captioned as – “ Long Live the Amir Khan Dream”. It further went on to say “Amit Mukerjee reminds music lovers of the golden era”.

At present Shri Mukerjee is the Executive Director of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata.

Virtuos tabla artist Shri Sanjib Kumar Pal will accompany the vocalist on the well known Indian percussion instrument.