Sanjukta Sen
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. A dedicated music teacher and has been teaching for more 30 years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA and in New York and New Jersey. She is a disciple of Padma Vidhushan 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 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. A dedicated music teacher and has been teaching for more 30 years at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA and in New York and New Jersey. She is a disciple of Padma Vidhushan 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.
We are here with a heavy heart to announce the passing of the legendary Hindustani classical vocalist Padma Vibhushan Girija Devi at the age of 88 on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Kolkata. It was a great loss to the Indian classical music world and marked an end of a musical era. Our music teacher, Sanjukta Sen, lost her mother like beloved Guru. Girija Deviji has performed for and has been closely associated with Bhavan USA for many years. Her music shall continue to stay alive and will be remembered forever.
