Career Highlights

• Born in Kolkata on 18th August 1975 and imbibing music from her parents, Durba as a
child was nurtured in the basics of Hindustani vocal music by her mother Tapati Banerjee.

• She had a brief stint of training with Mazhar Ali Khan, grandson of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

• Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, the celebrated genius of the Patiala Kasur style, subsequently took charge of her taalim and tutored her to perfection while she was a scholar at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata.

• Durba then obtained more guidance from Vidushi Meera Banerjee, the undisputed Empress of the Patiala Kasur style who was the gandabandh shagird of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

• Since her marriage in 1997, Durba has been taking taalim of the subtlest nuances of Raga
music from the renowned classical vocalist, Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya

Durba Bhattacharyya has performed in Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Ambala,
Patiala, Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Surat, Agartala, Mathura, Auroville and Pondicherry. She is an artist of All India Radio Kolkata.

She has regaled the audience in USA, Canada, France, England and Singapore, and has to her credit several CDs.