Adrija Basu

GHARANA

Gwalior

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Adrija Basu is a Hindustani classical vocalist from a musical family of Kolkata. She began learning at a very early age under her grandfather, Sangeet Acharya Ramkrishna Basu, a disciple of Ustad Amir Khan. After his death she continued her talim under her mother, Smt. Pratima Basu, a disciple of Pt. A.T. Kanan and Pt. Ramkrishna Basu, and her father, Shri Mrityunjoy Basu. Since 2009 she has trained in the Binkar gharana under Acharya Jayanta Bose. She is also learning the Jaipur-Gwalior gayaki from Shri Alick Sengupta, with special guidance from Padma Shri recipient Ulhas Kashalkar, and has received guidance and blessings from Vid. Subhra Guha and Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty. She completed both her graduation and post-graduation in Hindustani classical vocal music at Rabindra Bharati University with a first class. Adrija has ranked at the top in several competitions across India, including the ABTA Competition, Murari Sangeet Smriti Sammelani, Bharat Sankskriti Utsab, Classical Voice of India and Kalakrita Yuva Festival, Mumbai. She received the "Best Female Classical Vocalist" award at the Bharat Sankskriti Utsab, organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, as well as the "Yuva Ratna Puraskar" and the "Ganwardhan Puraskar" from Pune, Maharashtra. She is a graded artiste of All India Radio (AIR), Kolkata, and performs regularly across India.