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Samarjt Roy

A versatile vocalist, composer par excellence, Samarjit Roy is a name to reckon with when it comes to Indian classical music.

Samarjit has been fortunate to receive his training from renowned vocalists viz. Padmashri Pt. Madhup Mudgal at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi & Padmashri Pt. Ajoy Chakravarty at Shrutinandan part 2 in

New Delhi. He received a scholarship from the ICCR during this training period.

He also had the privilege of attending workshops conducted by great Gurus such as Pt. Yashwantbua Joshi, Late Pt. Dinkar Kaikini and Smt.Purnima Choudhury etc at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.

Samarjit topped in the final examination of ‘Sangeet Visharad’(B Music) from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai and was awarded with the coveted Pandit D.V. Paluskar Award, Hari Om Trust Award, Vasudev Chintaman Waghmare Award, Sangeeta Vasant Bendre Award, Nalini Pratap Kanvinde Award, Sushila Award, Sukhvarsha Roy Memorial Scholarship and many others.

He also received Sangeet Visharad Degree in classical vocal music and tabla from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh.

With a strong foundation in classical music, Samarjit is equally adept in semi-classical forms as well as Light Music including popular Hindi and Bengali songs.

Samarjit has sung for a Maithili feature film and has performed at various Music and Dance Festivals in India, Bangladesh,Germany and Belgium including Ananya Dance Festival, Gandhi Hindustani Sahitya Sabha and Doordarshan to name a few.

During his twelve years of teaching tenure at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Samarjit trained hundreds of students many of which have secured outstanding position in the music industry of India.

Samarjit Roy has worked as judge in some music talent shows in India and Bangladesh including MH1, India.

Samarjit Roy has got the opportunity of releasing a duet album of  contemporary Bengali songs “Achena Ekta Din” with Shri Anup Jalota, the songs of which are original compositions of Samarjit Roy.

He was nominated for GIMA (GLOBAL INDIAN MUSIC AWARDS) 2011 in the category of "Best Popular Music" for his first Hindi album "Tera Tasavvur" released from India's renowned music company "Mystica Music".

A solo album of Bangla modern songs "ek chiltey rod" by Samarjit Roy was released in Bangladesh.

"Fikr-ek ehsaas", another hindi album of him was released in 2015 which was launched by Smt Usha Uthup.

Not only with classical and  semi-classical music, Samarjit continued experimenting with different categories of music. His duet album of Rabindra Sangeet "Rabi Ranjani" was released in India.

In his another album of Rabindra Sangeet "Jyotsnarate" Samarjit has done a great combination of Rabindrasangeet, classical and Western music.

As a part of his continuous experiment, Samarjit Roy worked on a Hindi devotional album 'Pratidhwani' which was launched by Shri Anup Jalota.

Samarjit has been fortunate enough to get the opportunity of singing some original songs written and composed by three legends Pulak Bondopadhya, Mrinal Chakravarty and Ajay Das in his album "Godhulibela".

Samarjit Roy also had the great  opportunity of releasing a duet Bangla modern song "Tumi bhorer pakhir moto" composed by him with Smt. Haimanti Shukla in 2019 from Bangladesh.

He also worked with some contemporary famous artistes of India and Bangladesh including Anwesha Dutta Gupta, Ruprekha Banerjee and Sanchita.

Samarjit received "Lux Rtv Star Award 2015 '' as "Best Male Singer" in Bangladesh.

All of Samarjit Roy's works has been highly appreciated by a cross-section of music listeners and connoisseurs.

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