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 Kaushiki
Chakrabarty at the age of 23, has scaled new heights in
the world of music—She has bagged the BBC award of wold
music 2005 for Asia – Pacific. Her natural charismatic
voice with long years of training under her father has
won for her this prestigious award. Let us see more about
Kaushiki.
A prodigious daughter of Ajoy chakrabarty, a renowned vocalist , is making waves in the world of music. She is none other than Kaushiki
Chakrabarty, a worthy daughter of a worthy Dad. Her mother
is a singer too and Kaushiki could reproduce any musical note at the age of two.
Kaushikis formal training in music stared at the age of 7 under the legendry Jnan Prakash Hhosh. Later her music was fine-tuned by her father Ajoy chkakrabarty. She comes from a family of musicians, where the children learn the swaras before they learn the alphabets.
Shruti Nandan is a music school set up by Ajoy Chakrabarty in Calcutta and the place is eternally filled up with sweet sounds of sitar. How can Kaushiki be other than a classical singer?
Kaushiki's popularity is raising rapidly with the release of her powerful and meditative musical album ‘Pure'. Pure is a genre music that can be enjoyed both by laymen and specialists in music equally. It only requires an ear for music.
Kaushiki is a winner in the Asia-Pacific category of the radio 3 awards for World music. The much respected classical musicians like Bhimsen Joshi are lavish in their praise for Kaushiki. They vouchsafe that “She is one of the very few classical vocalists who will make a mark in the 21 st century.”
Other famous musicians like Amjad Alikhan, Alla Rakha remark that she has an amazing talent with a scientific training, perfected by her father Ajoy.
Her father is naturally proud of his daughter and says, “It is unusual to have such a ability at such an age in Indian music”, but cautiously adds that is not unheard of..
Success has not gone to Kaushiki's head and she is extremely level headed and unassuming. She spends six hours daily practicing music. She is now studying eastern and western philosophy for her M.A.
She
has studied one of the oldest classical music Dhurupad,
and her forte is Khayal the famous Hindustani style. She
is at ease with Thumris, a very popular form, favourite
of all music lovers. She is a fan of Asha Bhosle.
Her commitment
to music is incomparable and sure many more laurels are
lined up for her, which will make her parents and the
nation proud.
Picture courtesy: telegraph.co.uk
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