13 Facts About Dwijen Mukhopadhyay

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was an Indian composer and singer whose musical career spanned six decades.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was a performer of Rabindrasangeet, Bengali basic songs, Bengali and Hindi film songs.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay recorded more than 1500 songs, of which about 800 are songs of Rabindranath Tagore.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay directed music in Bengali feature films and composed music for popular Bengali basic songs.

In 1944 Mukhopadhyay made his debut as a professional singer.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay received his training in music from singers of Bengal including Shri Sushanto Lahiri, Pankaj Mullick, Santidev Ghosh, Santosh Sengupta, Anadi Ghosh Dastidar and Niharbindu Sen.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was introduced to the folk music of Bengal and Hindi film music by the film-music composer Salil Chowdhury.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay sang before dignitaries such as Josip Broz Tito, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was invited to perform in the US, the UK, France, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Bangladesh.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was a member of the "Experts Committee" and the "Selections Committee" at Visva-Bharati Music Board in Kolkata, which was responsible for certifying the purity and authenticity of Tagore songs, sung by any artist anywhere in the world.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was a member of the 'Expert Committee' of All India Radio, New Delhi that held a national level audition of senior singers to promote them to 'Top grade Artists ' of India.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay was the 'External Examiner' of the Post Graduate Course in Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay celebrated the Birth Centenary of Rabindranath Tagore in 1961 and took active part in the celebration of the 150th Birth Anniversary held in 2011.