My passion for experimentation, study, and appreciation of non-Indian music and love of intercultural musical collaboration make me a strong representative of a new generation of Indian musicians. I have worked with Japanese music, Jazz music, and western classical music successfully in different cross-culture projects.
1.Tell us more about your background and journey.
I started my music studies in 1985 under the guidance of Guru Professor Dhyanesh Khan. In 1991, I found a new haven when I met and started to learn the art of Sarode playing under the affectionate guidance of Guru Ustad Aashish Khan. I have studied music from another finest Gurus of Indian Classical Music Mrs. Ameena Perera for over a decade. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to study with the legendary Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan in some occasions. Learning the music from these greatest masters from the Maihar Senia Gharana of Baba Allauddin Khan for over three decades, I have developed a very strong musical base, yet he continues my music study with Ustad Aashish khan in regular intervals.
2. When did you first decide you wanted to pursue music and how did you start?
I began my music study in 1985 under the guidance of Guru Professor Dhyanesh Khan. I have given numbers of solo performances all over India and also abroad since 2006 including successful participation in different National and International. My passion for experimentation, study, and appreciation of non-Indian music and love of intercultural musical collaboration make me a strong representative of a new generation of Indian musicians. I have worked with Japanese music, Jazz music, and western classical music successfully in different cross-culture projects.
3. Who is your favourite artist and why?
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. His music is beyond art.
4. Is format training required or can one train themselves purely on the basis of talent?
Talent is the ingredient. Practice and hard work are the fire. Formal training is the cooking process. All these are needed to make a good dish.
5. What piece of advice would you like to give to future and aspiring artists?
Indian Classical music is divine. It is lifelong worship with a pure heart. If you want to make money and be a superstar, don't come to this field. True music is far from all these.
6. Which is your favourite book and why?
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. It teaches the purpose of human life.
- Atish Mukhopadhyay ( Musician)
Atish Mukhopadhyay is one of the very few “SARODE" virtuosos from the present generation of 'North Indian Classical Instrumental musicians' - an avid scholar of traditional music and the direct representative and torchbearer of 'Maihar Seniya Gharana of Baba Allauddin Khan'. Atish has performed to high critical acclaim throughout India and abroad and holds several recognitions and Titles for his Musical excellence. Atish is empanelled with ICCR- Ministry of external affairs as a musician and also as a music teacher. Atish has been working as a visiting faculty of North Indian classical music since 2015 at "The world music culture center" of Moscow P.I Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory and also a faculty and founder member of "Aashish Khan School of World Music, Kolkata".
- Interviewed By Pratibha Sahani
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