Sanjukta has a rich voice and eloquent style of music rendering and carries with her a diverse treasure of Hindustani classical and light classical music forms. Composer, performer and teacher, Sanjukta has performed in India as well as in the USA. She is a disciple of Padma Bhushan Girija Devi of Benaras Gharana and continuing the music tradition of her illustrious guru in the dominant classical genre of Khayal as well as Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, Hori, Chaiti and Kajri. Sanjukta obtained her Bachelors and higher degrees in Hindustani classical vocal music from the University of Rajasthan and the University of Delhi, and then pursued her musical training in Kolkata from late Jog Maya Banerjee of Kirana Gharana.
Sanjukta is a dedicated music teacher and has been teaching for more than twenty years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA. She also teaches at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, New York, as well as at New York and New Jersey.
Sanjukta released her latest album Rishi Vani, Celestial Vedic Hymns & Verses, which is the musical offering of the selected hymns from the ancient Vedic scriptures.
Sanjukta has performed in India as well as in USA, appeared in several TV and radio programs in the USA
Year | Description |
July 8, 2012 | Performed in the festival "Bandish" along with her Guru Padma Bhushan Dr. Girija Devi at National Center for Performing Art, Mumbai, India |
April 7, 2012 | Songs from Benaras - Thumri performance accompanied by renowned sarangi player Pandit Ramesh Misra |
March 2012 | Holi Festival Songs - ITV / Vision of Asia, New York |
Dec 2011 | 150th birthday celebration of Noble Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore at Romanti Auditorium, New York |
June 1009 | Performance and release of CD Vedic Chants Rishi Vani at the International Gita Conference. FIT auditorium, Manhattan, NY |
Feb 2009 | Tamarind Art Gallery, Manhattan |
May 2008 | Vocal Performance at Scranton, PA |
May 2008 | Indian classical vocal performance at Washington DC |
March 2007 | Vocal performance at the Indian Music Festival and Sivaratrii, Sivananda Ashram, Bahamas |
August 2007 | Vocal performance at two day music and dance festival organized by Anila Foundation at Chicago, IL |
Sep. 2007 | Vocal Performance at Middletown Temple auditorium, CT |
July 2006 | Vocal performance of Thumri, Karji ,Dadra at Kolkata, India |
Oct 2005 | Vocal performance accompanied by world renowned table maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri and Pandit Ramesh Misra |
June 2005 | Performance and music workshop at Sivanand Ashram Yoga Ranch, Woodbourne, NY |
April 2004 | Hartford, CT |
Sep 2004 | Performed along with her Guru Padma Bhushan Dr. Girija Devi at Hindu Temple Auditorium, New York |
Sep 2002 | Vocal performance at HAFT AUDITORIUM, Fashion Institute of Technology New York in the event of Homage to the legacy Of Swami Vivekananda on his 100th demise year |
Jan 2001 | Vocal Performance at Nazrul Manch, Kolkata, India |
June 1999 | Performed at Lincoln Center in 3 day Indian classical music festival along with her Guru Padma Bhushan Dr. Girija Devi. |
Jan 30 1998 | erformed at United Nation to give tribute to two great non-violence leaders for 50th Martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi and 30th Martyrdom day of Martin Luther King Junior. |
March 2007 | Silver Jubilee Celebration of LaGuardia College at main stage - Vocal performance accompanied by world renowned table maestro Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri and Pandit Ramesh Misra. |
15 Aug 1997 | Performance at the Indian Consulate for the Golden Jubilee Celebration of India's Independence. |
1995 | Performance and lecture demonstration comparing Indian classical music and Jazz music at Natural History Museum, New York. |
Performing on every 2nd October celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's birthday at Union Square and paying tribute on Martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi (30th January) at Indian Consulate for more than 20 years. |