Joydeep Mukherjee (musician)

Joydeep Mukherjee (born 24 August 1982) is an Indian Sarod, Sursingar, Mohan Veena, Seni rebab player, composer and music producer. He is the recipient of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2019 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in New Delhi.

Early life and career
Joydeep Mukherjee is a multi-instrumentalist and performer who is carrying forward the legacy of the Senia Shahjahanpur Gharana in all its fretless instruments after Radhika Mohan Maitra. He is a revivalist of extinct instruments and an avid composer and experimenter of Indian music.

Mukherjee has composed over 30 raga-based compositions of classical music in the last three years, adapting the characters of Rabindranath Tagore.

Achievements and awards
On 26 February 2023, in the 98th episode of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Joydeep Mukherjee and praised the tune played by him on 'Sursingar'

In 2023, Mukherjee performed different solo pieces, Sursingar and Radhika Mohan Maitra's Mohan Veena at the G20 Premiere ceremony during a dinner for the G20 heads of states and foreign dignitaries.

Awards
 * Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar