Kalyanjit Das
Kalyanjit Das
Sitar
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PLAYS
Sitar
GHARANA
Maihar
AWARDS
All India Radio Music Competition, first place2013
Ravi Koppikar Memorial Award, International Foundation for Fine Arts
Jnana Pravaha Scholarship2012
National (Senior) Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India2014
Kalyanjit Das is a sitarist from Kolkata whose music primarily represents the 'Senia Maihar Gharana' style of playing. Born into a musical family, he began giving solo concerts at a young age and has also performed duet sitar recitals with his father, Pt. Kushal Das, in India and abroad. He has performed with tabla players including Pt. Swapan Choudhury, Pt. Kumar Bose, Pt. Arup Chatterjee, Pt. Subhankar Banerjee, Pt. Parimal Chakraborty and Pt. Abhijit Banerjee, and has a private album, "Ethnic... A Tribute to Pt. Ravi Shankar", with Kumar Bose. Kalyanjit stood first in the All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition in 2013, was invited to perform at the NCPA, Mumbai, and was honoured with the "Ravi Koppikar Memorial Award" by The International Foundation for Fine Arts. He received the Jnana Pravaha Scholarship in 2012 and, in 2014, the National (Senior) Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. He is a "B-High" artiste of AIR and Doordarshan, and has toured in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.