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B i o g r a p h y
Sujoy Basu when about ten began his art of Sitar playing from his illustrious uncle - Dr. Ananta Basu. He had undergone through trainings of different Gharanas like Pandit Manilal Nag of Bishnupur and also from late Sangeetacharya Ajay Sinha Roy of Maihar Gharana.
Shri Sujoy Basu plays the sitar in his own unique way, which is the blender of the renowned gharanas of his trainings and at the same time, which made to become his style as comprehensive one as well. The devotional passion with spontaneous overflow of feeling, that associates with his sitar recitals make his musical presentations bloom in many splendoured petals. The class pattern of music that he waves on the sitar is a great testimony to his novelty as an enlivener of the instrument.
The great Violin maestro Padmabhusan late Pandit V. G. Jog placed a high estimation of Shri Basu's art of sitar playing after several Violin-Sitar Duets that the legendary Violinist had with him.Sujoy got the honour to perform with Panditji on his last Musical Duet Concert in presence of Late Swami Lokeswarananda Maharaj at Ramkrishna Mission Golpark,Kolkata .
Sujoy has completed his Post Graduate Degree : winner of innumerable medals (including Gold ones) laurels, certificates, testimonials and credentials and has been recognized as "SURMANI" by Sur Singar Samsad from Mumbai ,"Raag Ranjani Shree" from Delhi, "Sitar Vadya Shree" by Sadguru Ganayogi Panchakshara Sangeet,Chennai , "Sangeet Bivakar" and "Sangeet Probar" by Bangiya Sangeet Parishad, Kolkata , affiliated with Rabindra Bharati University,Kolkata and empannelled Artist of ICCR (Indian Council For Cultural Relations) and EZCC (Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre).
Beside performing sitar recitals in AIR, Doordarshan and in many a conference of great esteem all over India. Shri Sujoy Basu is now absorbed in an enchanting melodious composition on Indian Classical Music, as has ever been presented, is on its way to emerge very recently classified as "Rainbow Melody".
He got the blessings of Renowned Artist Late Pt. Kishan Maharaj , Late Bidushi Purnima Chowdhuri , Late Pt. Kamal Mallick (peformed Sarod-Sitar Duets several times in prestigious Conferences) , Pt. Kumar Bose , Pt. Arun Bhaduri ,Pt. Shashanka Bakshi and so on .
Shri Sujoy Basu has also Impressed Western Audience abroad in concerts at Germany and Switzerland . And Looking forward for more to leave a memorable impact to his Listeners.
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