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| home_town = Kolkata
| television = Raag Rang, National Doordarshan
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[[Pandit]] ''Falguni Mitra'' is a reputed and erudite [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani Classical]] Vocalist who is known as a foremost [[Dhrupad]] exponent of India <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|title=Into the world of banis|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2016-03-03|newspaper=[[The Hindu (newspaper)|The Hindu]]|access-date=2020-01-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108065958/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|archive-date=2020-01-08|publisher=The Hindu Group|publication-place=Chennai|url-access=limited||df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/reviving-tradition/article3257754.ece|title=Reviving tradition|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2012-03-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-09|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>. Pandit Mitra belongs to the Bettiah [[Benares gharana|Benaras Gharana]].
Pandit '''Falguni Mitra''' is an Indian [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist who is known as a [[Dhrupad]] exponent of India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|title=Into the world of banis|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2016-03-03|newspaper=[[The Hindu (newspaper)|The Hindu]]|access-date=2020-01-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108065958/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|archive-date=2020-01-08|publisher=The Hindu Group|location=Chennai|url-access=limited|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/reviving-tradition/article3257754.ece|title=Reviving tradition|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2012-03-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-09|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Mitra belongs to the [[Bettiah]] gharana.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?GharanaId=37&Type=B|title=Betia Gharana}}</ref>

Mitra combines the Dagar style of “Alaapchari” with the Betia style of [[Dhrupad]] and [[Dhamar (music)]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Pandit Falguni Mitra was initiated into music by his father, Sangeetacharya Shib Mitra, at the age of five.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitra |first1=Falguni |last2=Ranganathan |first2=Sumitra |title=Betia |url=https://www.itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?SubId=25&GharanaId=37&Type=B |website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref>
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Pandit Mitra was initiated early into music through his father, Sangeetacharya Late Shib Mitra who at the age of five, who was himself trained under the tutelage of Late Pandit [https://www.itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?SubId=25&GharanaId=37&Type=B Bholanath Pathak] of [[Varanasi]].


==Education and management==
==Education and work==
Falguni Mitra completed his Intermediate from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xaviers College]], Kolkata; Bachelor's Degree from Vivekananda College, [[University of Madras]] and then earned a master's degree in [[Philosophy]] from the University of Madras.
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Pandit Mitra earned a Masters degree from St. Xaviers College Kolkata. He had a career in management with a multinational,{{Specify|reason=Which multinational?|date=January 2020}} following in the footsteps of his father. He also pursued music to an extent to be soon recognized as a pathfinder in his own style of Dhrupad rendition,{{By whom|date=January 2020}} across Indian and other subcontinents.


Mitra had a career in management with a multinational, [[Cookson Group plc|Cookson Group PLC]].{{Specify|reason=Which multinational?|date=January 2020}} Along with his professional career, he also pursued music and took it to an extent which was to be soon recognized as his own rendition of Dhrupad,{{By whom|date=January 2020}} in India and across the world.
==Singing career==
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Initially trained in the Dagar alaap style, Mitra is a performer in the Indian Music University circuit. Known for his mastery in the Dhrupad style of the Betia Banaras Gharana,{{By whom|date=January 2020}} also known as the most authentic form of Hindustani classical music,{{By whom|date=January 2020}} he has been critically acclaimed over the last 50 years. His several accolades, bestowed titles and honors reflect his work as a vocalist where he brings to the fore the work with an exemplary sense of proportion and a unique sense of innovation.{{Peacock term|date=January 2020}}


Pandit Falguni Mitra was the [[Guru]] and Prefect of [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/|title=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref> Kolkata from 1999 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/Panelists-2006|title=Guru and Prefect|website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref>
==Notable Works==
* Artist at Prakriti Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prakritifoundation.com/artiseprofile/pandit-falguni-mitra/|title=Pandit Falguni Mitra}}</ref>


Mitra has conducted lecture-demonstrations and written articles in journals in India and also abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pratimachandrafoundation.org/pratima-chandra-memorial-award-2016/|title=Pratima Chandra Foundation}}</ref>
==Honors==

* Honored by the South Madras Cultural Association on 3 March 1996.{{Specify|reason=For what?|date=January 2020}}
==Music career==
*[[File:Dhrupad Ratna at Kalakendra.jpg|thumb|Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kalakendra, Indore.]]Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kala Kendra on 28th March 1998.
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*Sangeet Bharati by Sri Satyananda Mahapith, Jadavpur on 26th February 2016.
Pandit Falguni Mitra is a performer in the Indian music circuit. He is known for his mastery in the Dhrupad style of the Betia Banaras Gharana along with the [[Dagar vani|Dagar]] alap style{{By whom|date=January 2020}}.<ref name=":0" /> {{By whom|date=January 2020}} He sings alap, nomtom and [[Dhrupad]] compositions in all the four [[Banis]], namely, Gaurhar, Dagur, Nauhar and Khandar. He avoids splitting the words during upaj{{which lang|date=June 2020}} and thereby preserves the poetic integrity of those compositions. He is also known to sing many rare [[ragas]] in the [[Dhrupad]] style.
*Ballava Gandharva

*
== Some memorable performances ==
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* ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, [[Kolkata]], 1956
* ‘Sangeet Rasika Sabha', [[New Delhi]] Kali Bari, 1957
* ‘Sadarang Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963
* ‘Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963, 1965
* ‘Bhawanipore Sangeet Sammilani’, Kolkata, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
* ‘Sursringar Sammelan‘, [[Mumbai]], 1976
* ‘Sursagar Society Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1975, 1977, 1979. 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000
* ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhrupad Sammelan’, [[Varanasi]], 1976, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011
* ‘Tansen Sangeet Samaroah‘, [[Raipur]], 1978
* ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhmpad Sammelan‘, [[Nathdwara]], Rajasthan, 1981
* ‘Kalakshetra Art Festival’, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1984
* ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, Chennai, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
* ‘Ustad Chand Khan Memorial Conference’, New Delhi 1995
* ‘West Bengal State Music Academy Conference, Kolkata, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010
* ‘Dover Lane Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000, 2002
* ‘Sangeet Research Academy Music Circle’, Kolkata, 2000
* ‘Salt Lake Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000
* ‘Bangiya Sangeet Parishad Music Conference’, Kolkata, 2002
*lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Raipur, Kanpur, 2004
*Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata, 2007
*lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Mumbai, 2008
*Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, [[Bangalore]], 2009
*Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, [[Vrindavan|Brindavan]], 2010
*Prakriti Foundation Gharana Festival, Chennai, 2010
*Kala Prakash music festival, Varanasi, 2010
*Tansen Sangeet Samaroah, [[Gwalior]], 2010
*Eastern Zone Cultural Center, Kolkata, 2011
*Classical Music programme organised by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad and Rotary Club (Kolkata) on 15th October 2012 at Parishad Sabhaghar
*Aesthetics of Music organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Kolkata in April 2022.
*32nd Annual Musical Festival of Sangeet Piyasi, December 2023

==Notable works==
* Program in collaboration with Smt. [[S. Sowmya]] on original Hindustani and Carnatic songs followed by Rabindranath Tagore's compositions on the same, Music Academy, Chennai. 1996 {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
*Pandit Mitra composed music for Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, dance ballet ''Meera of Mewar'' at Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/Tracing-Mira%E2%80%99s-story-musically/article15414460.ece|title=The Hindu Review of Mira Dasi|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 October 2016|last1=Krishnan|first1=Lalithaa}}</ref>

*Artist at Prakriti Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prakritifoundation.com/artiseprofile/pandit-falguni-mitra/|title=Pandit Falguni Mitra}}</ref>

== Honors ==
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* Honoured and Felicitated by Behala Sanskritik Sammelani at Behala Music Conference on 11th January 2024
* Honoured by Sangeet Piyasi on their 32nd Anniversary Programme on 2nd December 2023
* Honoured by Dakshin Srijani (Vidushi Dipali Nag Foundation) on 3rd March 2023
* Honoured with "Girija Shankar Award" by West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy for his contribution in Hindustani Classical Music in 2022
* Honoured "Sangeet Bharati" by Sri Satyananda Mahapith, Jadavpur, Kolkata on 26 February 2016
* Felicitated by Baba Allauddin Khan Memorial Foundation, Kolkata on September 2015
* Honoured "Sangeet Ratna Alankaran" by Sree Kashi Sangeet Samaj, Varanasi on 19 February 2012

* Honoured by the South Madras Cultural Association, Chennai on 3rd March 1996.{{Specify|reason=For his contribution in Dhrupad, Hindustani Classical Music|date=January 2020}}

[[File:Dhrupad Ratna at Kalakendra.jpg|thumb|Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kalakendra, Indore.]]

* Honoured Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kala Kendra, [[Indore]] on 28th March 1998.
*Ballava Gandharva

== External links ==
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/confluence-of-ragas-at-behala-classical-festival-photogallery/cid/1994445

https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/behala-classical-festival-was-held-in-grand-style-with-classical-musicians-dgtl/cid/1489446

[https://itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?SubId=25&GharanaId=37&Type=B Bettiah gharana]


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://prakritifoundation.com/artiseprofile/pandit-falguni-mitra/ Official profile]


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Latest revision as of 02:29, 29 December 2024

Pandit
Falguni Mitra
Born (1942-03-01) 1 March 1942 (age 82)
Chittagong
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
EducationMaster of Arts, Philosophy, Psychology
Alma materSt. Xaviers College, Kolkata
OccupationHindustani classical vocalist
Known forDhrupad, Dhamar
StyleAlaap, Dhrupad and Dhamar
TelevisionRaag Rang, National Doordarshan
TitlePandit
SpousePratima Mitra
Children1
HonoursDhrupad Ratna, Ballava Gandharva, Sangeet Ratna

Pandit Falguni Mitra is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist who is known as a Dhrupad exponent of India.[1][2] Mitra belongs to the Bettiah gharana.[3]

Mitra combines the Dagar style of “Alaapchari” with the Betia style of Dhrupad and Dhamar (music).

Early life

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Pandit Falguni Mitra was initiated into music by his father, Sangeetacharya Shib Mitra, at the age of five.[4]

Education and work

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Falguni Mitra completed his Intermediate from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata; Bachelor's Degree from Vivekananda College, University of Madras and then earned a master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Madras.

Mitra had a career in management with a multinational, Cookson Group PLC.[specify] Along with his professional career, he also pursued music and took it to an extent which was to be soon recognized as his own rendition of Dhrupad,[by whom?] in India and across the world.

Pandit Falguni Mitra was the Guru and Prefect of ITC Sangeet Research Academy,[5] Kolkata from 1999 to 2010.[6]

Mitra has conducted lecture-demonstrations and written articles in journals in India and also abroad.[7]

Music career

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Pandit Falguni Mitra is a performer in the Indian music circuit. He is known for his mastery in the Dhrupad style of the Betia Banaras Gharana along with the Dagar alap style[by whom?].[3] [by whom?] He sings alap, nomtom and Dhrupad compositions in all the four Banis, namely, Gaurhar, Dagur, Nauhar and Khandar. He avoids splitting the words during upaj[what language is this?] and thereby preserves the poetic integrity of those compositions. He is also known to sing many rare ragas in the Dhrupad style.

Some memorable performances

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  • ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, Kolkata, 1956
  • ‘Sangeet Rasika Sabha', New Delhi Kali Bari, 1957
  • ‘Sadarang Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963
  • ‘Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963, 1965
  • ‘Bhawanipore Sangeet Sammilani’, Kolkata, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • ‘Sursringar Sammelan‘, Mumbai, 1976
  • ‘Sursagar Society Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1975, 1977, 1979. 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000
  • ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhrupad Sammelan’, Varanasi, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011
  • ‘Tansen Sangeet Samaroah‘, Raipur, 1978
  • ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhmpad Sammelan‘, Nathdwara, Rajasthan, 1981
  • ‘Kalakshetra Art Festival’, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1984
  • ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, Chennai, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
  • ‘Ustad Chand Khan Memorial Conference’, New Delhi 1995
  • ‘West Bengal State Music Academy Conference, Kolkata, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010
  • ‘Dover Lane Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000, 2002
  • ‘Sangeet Research Academy Music Circle’, Kolkata, 2000
  • ‘Salt Lake Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000
  • ‘Bangiya Sangeet Parishad Music Conference’, Kolkata, 2002
  • lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Raipur, Kanpur, 2004
  • Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata, 2007
  • lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Mumbai, 2008
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, Bangalore, 2009
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, Brindavan, 2010
  • Prakriti Foundation Gharana Festival, Chennai, 2010
  • Kala Prakash music festival, Varanasi, 2010
  • Tansen Sangeet Samaroah, Gwalior, 2010
  • Eastern Zone Cultural Center, Kolkata, 2011
  • Classical Music programme organised by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad and Rotary Club (Kolkata) on 15th October 2012 at Parishad Sabhaghar
  • Aesthetics of Music organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Kolkata in April 2022.
  • 32nd Annual Musical Festival of Sangeet Piyasi, December 2023

Notable works

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  • Program in collaboration with Smt. S. Sowmya on original Hindustani and Carnatic songs followed by Rabindranath Tagore's compositions on the same, Music Academy, Chennai. 1996 [citation needed]
  • Pandit Mitra composed music for Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, dance ballet Meera of Mewar at Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1985.[8]
  • Artist at Prakriti Foundation[9]

Honors

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  • Honoured and Felicitated by Behala Sanskritik Sammelani at Behala Music Conference on 11th January 2024
  • Honoured by Sangeet Piyasi on their 32nd Anniversary Programme on 2nd December 2023
  • Honoured by Dakshin Srijani (Vidushi Dipali Nag Foundation) on 3rd March 2023
  • Honoured with "Girija Shankar Award" by West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy for his contribution in Hindustani Classical Music in 2022
  • Honoured "Sangeet Bharati" by Sri Satyananda Mahapith, Jadavpur, Kolkata on 26 February 2016
  • Felicitated by Baba Allauddin Khan Memorial Foundation, Kolkata on September 2015
  • Honoured "Sangeet Ratna Alankaran" by Sree Kashi Sangeet Samaj, Varanasi on 19 February 2012
  • Honoured by the South Madras Cultural Association, Chennai on 3rd March 1996.[specify]
Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kalakendra, Indore.
  • Honoured Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kala Kendra, Indore on 28th March 1998.
  • Ballava Gandharva
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https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/confluence-of-ragas-at-behala-classical-festival-photogallery/cid/1994445

https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/behala-classical-festival-was-held-in-grand-style-with-classical-musicians-dgtl/cid/1489446

Bettiah gharana

References

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  1. ^ Banerjee, Meena (3 March 2016). "Into the world of banis". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu Group. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ Banerjee, Meena (29 March 2012). "Reviving tradition". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Betia Gharana".
  4. ^ Mitra, Falguni; Ranganathan, Sumitra. "Betia". ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
  5. ^ "ITC Sangeet Research Academy".
  6. ^ "Guru and Prefect". ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
  7. ^ "Pratima Chandra Foundation".
  8. ^ Krishnan, Lalithaa (6 October 2016). "The Hindu Review of Mira Dasi". The Hindu.
  9. ^ "Pandit Falguni Mitra".
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