Alick Sengupta

GHARANA

Gwalior

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Alick Sengupta, born in 1991, is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He has trained since childhood under his father, the vocalist Pt. Ashes Sengupta, and under Padma Shri recipient Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (ITC SRA), Kolkata. Selected by the Academy in 2006 as one of its few students, he began his advanced training there under Pt. Kashalkar, from whom he continues to learn, and he is currently a top grade Musician Scholar at ITC SRA. A B High grade artiste of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan, Alick has performed at venues in India and abroad including the ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan in Kolkata, NCPA Mumbai, Art Base Brussels and AIR Gorakhpur. He completed his first concert tour of Europe in 2010 and has since toured Europe every year for concerts and workshops on Indian classical music, in countries including Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. In 2011 he received the National Scholarship for Young Artist, an award for excellence in vocal arts from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He holds a first-class master's degree in vocal music from Rabindra Bharati University, and in 2017 he was empanelled as a musician by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).