1. Kaushiki Chakraborty's repertoire covers pure classical, Khyals, Dadras, Thumris, Bhajans and several other forms of Indian music.
25 Facts About Kaushiki Chakraborty
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Kaushiki Chakraborty is the recipient of 2005 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in the Asia-Pacific category.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty is the daughter of noted Hindustani classical vocalist, Ajoy Chakraborty.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty is the daughter of Chandana Chakraborty and the Padma Bhushan recipient Indian classical singer, Ajoy Chakraborty.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty had an interest in music from the age of two.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty accompanied her father on world tours of music performances since the late 1980s.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty sang her first song in public, a tarana, at age 7, at the Calcutta Rowing Club.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty has not only specialized in rendering of Khyals and Thumri but she has learned Carnatic music from Vidwan Balamurali Krishna from 2002.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty completed her schooling at Patha Bhavan School, Kolkata.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty obtained a master's degree in philosophy from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty performed at the Dover Lane Music Conference from the age of 20 and continued participating for the next 5 years.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty's father had accompanied her on harmonium on this occasion.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty performed at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan in India, the Spring Festival of Music, Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Sangeet Mahotsav and Parampara Program.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty has been acclaimed as "torchbearer of the Patiala tradition" for her musical performances.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty was the vocalist and the other members of this group were Shaoni Talwalkar on the tabla, Mahima Upadhyay on the pakhwaj, Debopriya Chatterjee on the flute, Nandini Shankar on the violin while the Kathak dance performance was by Bhakti Deshpande.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty presented this musical ensemble with her group at the Carnegie Hall in October 2015; the programme was of 90 minutes duration.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty received the Jadu Bhatta award in 1995, favourably mentioned and appreciated after her opening song at the 27th annual ITC Sangeet Sammelan in New Delhi in 1998, and received Outstanding Young Person in 2000.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty received the BBC Award for outstanding achievement in music when she was 25 years old.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty has received Sangeet Natak Academy's Ustad Bismillah Khan Puraskar 2010 for Hindustani Vocal Music, and the 2013 Aditya Birla Kalakiran Puraskar.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty married Parthasarathi Desikan, a Hindustani classical vocalist, in 2004 and they have a son, Rishith Desikan.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty's discography includes "Footsteps," a solo debut in 1998, and "A Journey Begins".
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Kaushiki Chakraborty's album "Pure" in 2004 was a record of her performance in London on 30 August 2003.
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Rituparno Ghosh had asked her father to permit Kaushiki Chakraborty to act in his films but he refused saying that it would interfere with her musical career.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty has sung songs for movies, such as her first song for the film Chaplin, Teen Kanya, a Hindi song Rahoon tere peechhey for Paanch Adhyay, Gulaab Gang.
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Kaushiki Chakraborty curated and presented the event- Remembering the Divas- at- The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre- on March 31,2024, along with other Indian Classical Singers, including Aruna Sairam.