Sanjukta Ghosh is an Indian vocalist in

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the Indian classical music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions. It may also be called North Indian classical music or ''Uttar Bhartiya shastriya sangeet''. The term ''shastriya sangeet'' ...

from the Patiala Gharana.

Early life

Initially, she was under the guidance of Prasun Banerjee and later, for almost two decades, from

Munawar Ali Khan Munawar Ali Khan (15 August 1930 – 13 October 1989) was an Indian people, Indian classical and light classical vocalist of Kasur Patiala Gharana. He was the younger son of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Early life and career Munawar Ali was born in ...

Career

She performed for most of the top Indian conferences, some of them being Tansen Sangeet Sammelan, Sadarang Music Conference, and the Haridas Sangeet Sammelan. She joined the

Ali Akbar College of Music The Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) is the name of three schools founded by Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan to teach Indian classical music. The first was founded in 1956 in Calcutta, India. The second was founded in 1967 in Berkeley, Californi ...

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, California in 1968. She worked with many artists including Pandit

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitar, sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of Hin ...

, who invited her to sing on his

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benefit EP, '' Joi Bangla''.

Personal life

She is married to tabla player

Shankar Ghosh Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian Tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. He has revolutionized both the art of Tabla solo playing as well as Tabla accompaniment. His ma ...

. Her son is

Bickram Ghosh Bickram Ghosh is an Indian classical tabla player. Early life Ghosh started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh. Career Ghosh has performed with Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ghosh's band, Rhythmscape, which perf ...

, percussionist.

References

Hindustani singers Living people Patiala gharana Singers from Kolkata Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-singer-stub