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Ivy Banerjee

Ivy Banerjee is an eminent Hindustani classical vocalist of Bishnupur gharana( school of music) and Kirana gharana. She is mostly popular for her clasdical( khayal) and semiclassical (thumri, dadra,chaiti,hori,jhula,ghazal) rendition.

Banerjee born on december 25th 1986 at belgharia, kolkata. She is the 1st child of Mr. and Miss.Banerjee. From childhood she had a keen interest in music as she had a musical environment around her. Her mother Tapati Banerjee is also an vocalist and her maternal side had a background of dhrupad tradition of music. At first she bagan her training from her mother. Then she took taalim frm shri Amal mukherjee ( deciple of A.T.Kanan). After that she got two master artists of Bengal Shri Amalendu Bikash KarChowdhury and Shreemati Bharati KarChowdhury as her guru. Beside these she got classical training from Pandit Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyaya of Bishnupur gharana and later Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan of Kirana gharana. She also got trained in semiclassical form from Vidushi Shipra Basu, Vidushi Purnima chowdhury of Benaras gharana.

Ivy Banerjee have performed in many prestigious mucal occasions of India including Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, Basantotsav etc to name a few. She is a regular perfomer of All India Radio, Doordarsan and other entertainment channels like Akash aat, Tara music, Z 24 ghanta etc. She also done play back singing in various bengali films and won Mirchi bangla award for her song in the film Pendulum.

Awards and achievements

(1) She was awarded First prize by West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy in

Khyal (Junior) in 2001

(2) She received a gold medal in All India Radio Music Competition in Thumri & Dadra in 2001

(3) She received a gold medal in All India Radio Music Competition in Khyal in 2003

(4) She was awarded a National Scholarship by Govt. of India in Thumri in 2003

(5) She received First prize at Dover Lane Music Competition, Calcutta in Thumri and Dadra in 2003

(6) She was awarded a gold medal in Khyal by Eastern Zonal Cultural Center, Department of Culture, Govt. of India, in 2004

(7) She received First prize from West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy in Khyal (Senior) in 2005

(8) She was awarded the best singer (“TARAR SERA”) in a talent hunt show named “ETO NOY SUDHU GAN”, which was organized by TARA MUZIK, Calcutta in 2004. TARA MUZIK channel produced her music CD in which she sang songs, which were composed by Srikanta Acharya and Rupankar Bagchi

(9) She performed in Bangamela 2008, sponsored by Mid American Bengali Association and hosted by COBCA at Columbus, Ohio on July 18,19, and

20, 2008