Joydeep Mukherjee (musician)
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Joydeep Mukherjee | |
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| Birth name | Joydeep Mukherjee |
| Born | 24 August 1982 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician and Performer |
| Instrument(s) | Seni Rebab, Sarod |
Joydeep Mukherjee (born 24 August 1982)[1] is an Indian Sarod, Sursingar, Mohan Veena, Seni rebab player, composer and music producer.[2][3][4] He is the recipient of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2019 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi.[5][6][7][8]
Early life and career[edit]
Joydeep Mukherjee is a multi-instrumentalist and performer who is carrying forward the legacy of the Senia Shahjahanpur Gharana in all its fretless instruments after Radhika Mohan Maitra.[9][10] He is a revivalist of extinct instruments and an avid composer and experimenter of Indian music.[11][12]
Mukherjee has composed over 30 raga-based compositions of classical music in the last three years, adapting the characters of Rabindranath Tagore.[13]
Achievements and awards[edit]
On 26 February 2023, in the 98th episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Joydeep Mukherjee and praised the tune played by him on 'Sursingar'[14][15]
In 2023, Mukherjee performed different solo pieces, Sursingar and Radhika Mohan Maitra's Mohan Veena at the G20 Premiere ceremony during a dinner for the G20 heads of states and foreign dignitaries.[16]
Awards
References[edit]
- ^ Dainik Bhaskar (25 June 2024). "पंडित जोयदीप मुखर्जी की सामंजस्यपूर्ण यात्रा". Uttar Pradesh News. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via UP Dainikbhaskar.
- ^ Kirpal, Neha (5 June 2024). "Meet musician Joydeep Mukherjee, who has revived some ancient musical instruments". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "সুরশৃঙ্গারে ঝঙ্কার তুলছেন, বিলুপ্তপ্রায় মোহনবীণার পুনর্জীবনের 'কারিগর' কলকাতার জয়দীপ Kolkata musician Joydeep Mukherjee redesigns-two-age-old-instruments". TheWall (in Bengali). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ IANS (3 April 2023). "Festival of Indian instrumental music". The Statesman. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Sebatian, Sangeet (28 May 2023). "'My life has changed since PM Modi called my name on Mann Ki Baat': Joydeep Mukherjee". Money Control.
- ^ "In conversation with Joydeep Mukherjee winner of Sangeet Natak Academi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Purashkar". Loudest. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Admin (21 June 2024). "Tanseni Rabab of the Akbar times revived along with Sur Rabab". FridayWall. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "সুরশৃঙ্গারে সুরের ঝঙ্কার! পর্ব ১". Eisamay (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Every day I wake up and think how I can improve my music: Joydeep Mukherjee". TheDailyGuardian. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Kirpal, Neha (13 April 2023). "Joydeep Mukherjee's Quest To Revive The Sursingar". India Currents. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ globalbihari (28 May 2024). "A renaissance of extinct instruments". Global Bihari News. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Musician helps revive strings of sursingar & Radhika mohanveena". The Times of India. 23 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Kirpal, Neha (6 February 2021). "Stringing together a legacy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Modi, Narendra (26 February 2023). "'Man Ki Baat' has become a wonderful medium for expression of public participation: PM Modi". www.narendramodi.in.
- ^ "Sursingar, Karakattam, and others: Arts and artists Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned in Mann ki Baat". The Indian Express. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Takam, Sharma (10 September 2023). "Joydeep Mukherjee enthrals G20 delegates with classical music pieces". The Sunday Guardian.