About me

Soumitra Thakur, the young & mighty sitar prodigy was born   on 16th October 1993 at the beautiful city of Rachi. Was a student in Kairala.

MUSICAL BACKGROUND: 

HAILS FROM THE RICH AND GLORIOUS HERITAGE OF BISHNUPUR GHARANA , HE STARTED LEARNING SITAR AT THE TENDER AGE OF FOUR FROM HIS GURU CUM UNCLE SHRI PRASHANTA THAKUR WHO IN TURN TOOK TALIM FROM THE ROYALS OF BISNUPUR GHARANA LIKE SANGEET NAYAK SHRI GOPESHWAR BANDOPADHYA(GRANDFATHER) PANDIT SATYA KINKAR BANDOPADHYA AND MANY MORE.  AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS OF TRAINING IN THE BASICS OF SITAR AND CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM SHRE THAKUR, HE IS NOW UNDER THE TUETELAGE OF SITAR MAESTRO PT. KUSHAL DAS OF KOLKATA.(MAIHAR GHARANA). HE IS ENOUGH FORTUNATE TO HAVE RECEIVED ENOUGH WARMTH AND BLESSINGS OF USTAD RASHID KHAN AND MRS. JOYITA BASU KHAN, PT. MANINAL NAG ETC….

HIS BAAJ REFLECTS THE GHARANAS VISHNUPUR AND IMDADKHANI ETWAH GHRANA(THE GHRANA OF USTAD VILAYAT HAN, USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ AND OTHER MAESTROS) 

ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF MUSIC.
 

WON FIRST PRIZE IN INSTRUMENTAL CATEGORY @”DOVERLANE MUSIC CONFERENCE”IN THE AGE GROUP OF 16 TO 25 2011...

“BALSHREE AWARD” FOR CREATIVE PERFORMANCE SITAR ...

RECIPIENT  OF GOLD MEDAL IN A STATE LEVEL SITAR COMPETITION BY SARASWATI SANGEET SADHNA KENDRA JHARKHAND. 

RECIPIENT OF NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FROM HUMAN RESOURCE MINSITRY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR SITAR.(CCRT) IN THE YEAR 2007-2008.. 

GAVE RECITAL AT “MALHAR UTSAV”ORGANISED BY S.B.M.T(SHAKHRI BEGUM MEMORIAL TRUST) KOLKATA.(AN ORGANISATION PIONEERED BY USTAD RASHID KHAN) 

PLAYED IN THE ANNUAL CONCERT OF GHAROWA, AN ORGANISATION OF INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC IN JHARKHAND 2007-2008.. 

PERFORMED IN A.I.R RANCHI AT THE AGE OF SEVEN( BAL KALAKA KAR KARYAKRAM.)  

 IN CONCERTS ORGANISED BY IICM(INDIAN INSTITUTE OF COAL MANAGEMENT), RAMKRISHNA MISION(RANCHI), CHINMAYA ASHRAM(JHARKHAND), SANSKAR BHARTI ETC..
 

ALSO PERFORMED CONCERTS IN PUNE , LUNAVALA ,DELHI,KOLKATA,HYEDERABAD,PUNE etc..   

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