Sitarist
Indrajit Banerjee is one of the leading exponents of the Maihar
Gharana. He was born in a musical family, unique due to the large
number of accomplished artists in Hindustani Classical Music. Some
of these family members include his guru, Pandit Kartick Kumar
(Sitar), Pandit Barun Kumar Pal (Hamsa Veena), Niladri Kumar
(Sitar), Partho Das (Sitar), Aparna Roy (Surbahar). He got
inspiration from his sitarist mother, Manju Banerjee, who was a
disciple of late Nikhil Banerjee, and afterwards, Santosh Banerjee.
Indrajit's training began with his maternal grandfather, Bankim
Kumar Pal, who was the disciple of Inayat Khan, and Birendra Kishore
Roy Chowdhuri (Kochi Babu). He then took training under Pandit
Manilal Nag of Bishnupur Gharana. Later on, he took intensive
training from his uncle, Pandit Kartick Kumar, who is a senior
disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. All of this training developed a
strong foundation for Indrajit's music, and creative individuality.
Indrajit has a special touch on Sitar combined with technical
virtuosity and sensitivity.
AWARDS
Indrajit is an
A-grade artist of All India Radio and television and
also an approved artist of I.C.C.R (Govt. of India). He
was awarded the Gokul Nag Memorial Medal in 1987 by
Bangia Sangeet Parishad, (W. Bengal), "Sur Mani"in 1990
by Sur Sringal Samsad Bombay, Avinav Kala Samman in 1997
by Avinav Kala Parishad (Bhopal). Parangotsava-2007 (a
festival held in Mysore, Karnataka) recognised him as
Veteran (Pandit). He is a graduate of Arts from Calcutta
University and 'Sangeet Bibhakar' . He has performed in
numerous music festivals in India and abroad (Europe,
U.S.A, Carribean , Canada, Alaska, Hawai, Brazil, Middle
East, etc.).
Indrajit takes a special
interest in teaching, he has some outstanding students
and a following across the world in this regard.
Presently he teaches in Rhythm and Raag (an Institute
for Indian Performing Arts) in Chicago (www.rhythmandraag.org)
for the spring and fall semesters and summer in Samhati
(France) and in Kolkata India. His highly acclaimed
instructional DVD's are distributed worldwide.
Sitarist
Indrajit Banerjee is one of the leading exponents of the Maihar
Gharana. He was born in a musical family, unique due to the large
number of accomplished artists in Hindustani Classical Music. Some
of these family members include his guru, Pandit Kartick Kumar
(Sitar), Pandit Barun Kumar Pal (Hamsa Veena), Niladri Kumar
(Sitar), Partho Das (Sitar), Aparna Roy (Surbahar). He got
inspiration from his sitarist mother, Manju Banerjee, who was a
disciple of late Nikhil Banerjee, and afterwards, Santosh Banerjee.
Indrajit's training began with his maternal grandfather, Bankim
Kumar Pal, who was the disciple of Inayat Khan, and Birendra Kishore
Roy Chowdhuri (Kochi Babu). He then took training under Pandit
Manilal Nag of Bishnupur Gharana. Later on, he took intensive
training from his uncle, Pandit Kartick Kumar, who is a senior
disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. All of this training developed a
strong foundation for Indrajit's music, and creative individuality.
Indrajit has a special touch on Sitar combined with technical
virtuosity and sensitivity. 
