Friday Cultural Program

Guest Performance by Ujjaini Mukherjee Live (UML)

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Ujjaini Mukherjee – Lead Vocalist

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Ujjaini started her musical training at an early age. She learnt Hindustani Classical from Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty & Pt. Biresh Roy, Ghazal from Balu Dutta, and Opera/Western Vocal Techniques from Celia Lobo. She has sung in multiple Indian languages as playback singer in films, advertisement jingles and indie projects.

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Ujjaini won “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Ek Main Aur Ek Tu” in 2006, the only International Finale held in Dubai. She has performed at the London Wembley Arena with renowned Indian music composer Himesh Reshammiya. She recently performed at the Vande Bharatam Nritya Utsav (Republic Day Parade 2022) with Pt. Bickram Ghosh. The even was attended by many eminent dignitaries, including the PM of India, Narendra Modi.

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Ujjaini has won multiple nominations and awards, including Mirchi Music Award, Filmfare East Award, Kalakar Award, Kolkata Ratna Award, Bengal Youth Icon amongst others.

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Ujjaini will be accompanied by four talented musicians.

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Rahul Sarkar will accompany in Keyboard. He is a self-taught percussionist and harmonium player.

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Sudipto Sarkar has been performing professionally for the past 16 years and will be accompanying in Bass Guitar.

 

Swagato Banerjee has been performing professionally since 2002 and is a full-time employee at 92.7 FM. He will be accompanying in Lead Guitar.

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Kushal Ghosh has been performing professionally for almost 25 years. An accomplished and multifaceted percussionist, he will be accompanying in Drums.