Mr.
Susanta Mukhopadhyay, is
a devoted singer of Rabindra Sangeet, inspired by his
parents. He was born on the Christmas Day 25th December
1949 and he is second son of Late Sri Lakshmi Narayan Mukherjee,
who was a military personnel. Although he did not have any formal
training in music, he enjoyed his childhood days within rich
musical surroundings, which ultimately helped him to achieve
an inner musical sense. Later on he received blessing from Late
Pt. Gokul Nag, a doyan of Bishnupur Gharana. He received certificates
from “Bangla Chalchitra Prasar Samity” and “Behala Sangeet Mela”.
Mr.
Susanta Mukhopadhyay can
be distinguished as one of the rare talents. Generally the artists
& singers are totally devoted towards music. Music is their
bread & butter, music is their passion. Unlikely in his
regards he is a senior central Govt. Officer (at present
Additional Commissioner of Income Tax). Apart from his job, he still
manages his time for songs specially Rabindra Sangeet. Like
his official duties, he is also a perfectionist in regards to
his song. Each & every notation in Rabindra Sangeet does
not escape his meticulous approach. He has attained acclaim
from every walk of life by his melodious voice and attractive
style of singing.
CRITICS :
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Mr.
Mukhopadhyay got
appreciations for his performances in singing regularly
by all the leading newspapers like The Statesman, The Telegraph,
Hindustan Times, The Times of India, Ananda Bazar Patrika,
Bartman, Saptahik Bartman, Sangbad Pratidin, Ganashakti
etc.
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Sushanta
Mukhopadhyay tries to interpret two streams of Tagore songs
in Ananda Sundar Bedona Sundar released by Raga. Here is
a singer who brings his own interpretation of the songs
and also renders them with great passion. It is pleasing
to hear old favorites like "Aji e Anandasandhyay"
in the first category and "Chitta Pipasita re"
on the other side. He has a flexible voice that enables
him to get into the spirit of both joy and pain making this
album a worthwhile Venture.
- Bani
from raga Music has ten songs by Sushanta Mukhopadhaya.
Here singer Swagatalaksmi Dasgupta takes the responsibility
of instrumental arrangements and plays the keyboard herself.
With only piano rhythm as background "Aji Jata tara"
is pleasing to hear. The sound recording is by Kaushik Som
- 01.10.04 - Statesman
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