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"Kaushiki Chakrabarty is one of the very few classical vocalists who will make a mark in the 21st century...." This was the assessment made by Bhimsen Joshi, one of India's greatest classical vocalists of the modern era. Born in 1980 in the campus of Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, Kaushiki Chakrabarty is now a scholar of this great centre of lndian Cultural learning. Kaushiki has already proved herself as a versatile artist. One of the central tenets of Kaushiki's music is voice culture. She doesn't like to be typecast into groves like classical or light musician, her flexible voice means that...

Ajoy Chakrabarty (b. 1953) is a classical vocalist of Patiala Gharana. He took early musical lessons from his father Ajit Chakrabarty, followed by Pannalal Samanta, Kanai Das Bairagi, and Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. In 1969, he became a disciple of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, a son of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. His daughter Kaushiki Chakrabarty is also a classical vocalist. .