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Kaushiki Chakraborty

Classical Vocalist

Kaushiki Chakraborty has been hailed as the brightest young female vocalist of her generation. She has performed at the greatest venues around the world including the Carnegie hall in New York, Metropolitan Museum in New York, Queen Elizabeth hall in London, Theatre de la ville and Cite de la Music in Paris and many others.  Although her prowess as a khayal singer is well known, she is adept at singing other ‘light classical’ genres like Thumri, Dadra, Kajri, Chaiti and Bhajans. Some of her notable works in films is with music director A. R. Rahman in the film ‘Water’ and has also shared album space with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Smt. Lata Mangeshkar in Jana Gana Mana. Kaushiki has recorded many albums and has received several prestigious awards. Her first venture as a composer will be her next album “Karvaan” which is coming out by the end of this year, which will bring out a very refreshing facet of Kaushiki as a singer and composer

PAST COURSES

Raag Rageshree with

KAUSHIKI CHAKRABORTY

Deep dive into the world of Raag and Taal with Kaushiki Chakraborty in this intense 3 day workshop. Selection for the course will be based on your experience and level.*This course was a part of the initiative supported by the High Commission of India, Singapore as a part of the 'Azaadi ka Mahotsav' celebrations for India @75.  

October, 2021

DETAILS

Session 1:

Duration :  (90 min)

  • Deep breathing.Sapaat (ascending, descending and practice of range)
  • Concept of taal and some basic taals with Bol and tali khali.
  • Random note practice (creativity and spontaneous combination of notes)
  • Palta

Session 2:

Duration :  (90 min)

  • Recapitulation of Day 1
  • Introduction to Raag and learning of Bandish (song) (slides with song lyrics, meaning and notation in reference to taal will be given)
  • Some practices of the Raga (sangam, taan) for homework.

Session 3: 

Duration :  (90 min)

  • Recapitulation of Day 2.
  • Checking Bandish and Sangam taan.

  • Arrangement of performance of particular Raga. (Structuring of performance from Alaap, Bandish, Vistaar, Sangam - Taal).