DWIJEN MUKHERJEE Born in 1927 in Calcutta, Shri Dwijen
Mukherjee received his training in music from eminent singers of Bengal
including Shri Sushanto Lahiri, Pankaj Mullick, Santidev Ghosh, Santosh
Sengupta, Anadi Ghosh Dastidar and Niharbindu Sen. He was introduced
to the folk music of Bengal, and Hindi film music, by Shri Dwijen Mukherjee is today the foremost exponent
of Rabindrasangeet, with a career in music that goes back to the 1940s.
Gifted with a resonant voice, he has applied himself to interpreting
Rabindranath's songs with single-minded devotion, drawing listeners
to this music within and outside Bengal. The Shri Mukherjee has also been a leading singer in the Bengali adhunik genre, and has a place in popular music by virtue of his songs in films. His renderings of Rabindrasangeet in cinema have also been a popular success. Besides Bengali, he has sung songs in a few Hindi films. For his outstanding work in Rabindrasangeet and modern
Bengali music, Shri Dwijen Mukherjee has been honoured with national
and international awards. These include the Indira Gandhi Award (1991),
the Rajiv Gandhi Award (1992), the Mother Teresa Millennium Award (2006),
the S.D. Burman Award (2007), Shri Dwijen Mukherjee receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Rabindrasangeet. |
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