Satyaki Banerjee

Satyaki Banerjee (Bengali: সাত্যকি ব্যানার্জি) is an Indian Bengali composer. He is a part of an Anglo-Bengali band with members in Kolkata and London. He plays instruments like the dotara and the sarod, and his performances incorporate both the classical and the folk idioms. He studied the sarod with the late Pandit Dipak Chowdhury and now trains under Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar. He picked up the dotara in the company of practising folk musicians, in akhras and melas and in him the classical and folk meld to evolve into a unique style of playing. He is also a self-taught oud and rebab player, besides being a magnificent singer of mostly Bengali mystical poetry, in the baul and kirtan traditions.

Satyaki Banerjee
সাত্যকি ব্যানার্জি
Satyaki Banerjee's Performance at Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi in Meetings in Music - Moushumi Bhowmik, Satyaki Banerjee and Rosalind Acton in Concert on 13 May 2012
Background information
Birth nameSatyaki Banerjee
OriginIndia
GenresBengali folk music
InstrumentsSarod, Dotara
Years active2005 – present

Personal life

Satyaki is a historian by training and takes serious academic interest in the music he practices. He studied from Julien Day School, Kolkata, Elgin Road branch.

Music life

Satyaki has been part of Parapar since 2005, but he has also performed independently with Mousumi Bhowmik in concerts at home and abroad, including in New York, London, Leeds, Dhaka and Chittagong.[1][2] He is also a member of the experimental band Borno Anonyo.

References
  1. Dastidar, Sreyashi. "BARD SONGS IN MANY VOICES". March 15, 2008. The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. Correspondent, Cultural (1 April 2011). "Moushumi Bhowmik performs in Gana Sangeet fest". Holiday Arts and culture. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
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