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Guest Artist Performs Music of India In Concert December 13

By Charity Johnson ‘99

 

 

 

Guest vocalist Sugata Chatterjee, joined by tabla player Mustan Singh, will perform a concert of classical vocal music of India in a free, public concert on Thursday, December 13, at 8:00P.M. in Warner Concert Hall. The concert is sponsored by the musicology division's James Hall Fund for Musicology.

Born in Calcutta, Chatterjee represented India in the Boston area International Cultural Festival in 1990, and has been a featured soloist at the 200th anniversary of the City of Cleveland, the North American Bengali Conference, and the North American Indians Millennium celebration. She has given performances at Kalamandir, Calcutta, and made multiple appearances on Calcutta television. Future engagements include performances at the Columbus India Association and New York India Association, and the Indo-German Society at Giessen, Germany.

Chatterjee has trained since her childhood, under the guidance of guru Satya Ranjan. Under his tutelage, she completed Sangeet Prabhakar, conferred by Alahabad Sangeet Parsad, in 1989. She furthered her training with Pundit Ajoy Chakraborti and Pundit Mohanlal Mishra. Her versatile repertoire now includes Hindustani Khyal, Bhajan, Thumri, Nazrulgeeti and Ragpradhun genres of singing.

 

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