Kushal  K.  Das 

  Profile

Kushal K. Das,  Sitar Player

Kushal Das, a north Indian solo sitarist was born to a highly enriched musical family of Calcutta. His grandfather Late Bimal Ch. Das was a renowned Esraj player while his father Shri Sailen Das and uncle Sri Santanu Das are sitarist-s of high repute.

Kushal started his talim from the age of seven. He received intensive and rigorous training in advanced sitar techniques and the art of music making under the affectionate guidance of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, the renowned sitar maestro and academician. He also had the proud privilege of having learnt from great musicians like, Pt. Manas Chakraborty, Pt. Ramkrishna Basu and Late Pt. Ajoy Sinha Roy.

With a profound knowledge of musical understanding and raga improvisation Kushal is now considered as one of the foremost torchbearers of the tradition of Indian classical Instrumental Music. The critics and connoisseurs have acknowledged him as a worthy successor of his idol, the legendary maestro Late Pandit Nikhil Bandyopadhyay.

His concerts are always marked for their aesthetic appeal and insight with a fine command of technical expertise. With maturity as his forte Kushal thus have the predominant virtues of Indian heritage and music. An "A" grade musician of All India Radio and Television, he is a recipient of Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra-of Chandigarh and Sur-Mani form Sur Singar Samsad of Mumbai.

Kushal has participated in most of the major music festivals in India. To name a few, Tansen Music Conference, Dover Lane Music Conference, ITC Sangeet Sammelan & Mini Sangeet Sammelans, State Music Academy Annual Conference, Saltlake Music Conference, All India Radio concerts are some of the important ones. His tours abroad covered Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Italy, while his recent tour to Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Bangladesh was marked with considerable success and appreciation.

Abhijit Banerjee (Tabla):

 Born in 1964, Abhijit Banerjee began learning Tabla at the age of four under the guidance of Shri Tushar Kanti Bose and later received guidance from Shri Manik Pal. He then became a disciple of one of the greatest Tabla teachers of this century, the late Pt. Ghyan Prakash Ghosh. Abhijit also received lessons in vocal music from Shri Ajoy Chakraborty and in violin from Smt. Annapurna Devi.Abhijit has continually participated in major music festivals in India and worldwide, both as soloist and as accompanist. He has accompanied artists like Amjad Ali Khan, The late Pt. Nikhil Banerjee chose him as an accompanist on his last tour to Europe in 1984.