Srikanto Acharya

Srikanto Acharya
Native name শ্রীকান্ত আচার্য
Origin Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres Adhunik Bengali Songs , Rabindra Sangeet
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments vocal
Years active 1996present
Labels Sagarika
Associated acts Singer, Songwriter
Website http://www.srikantoacharya.com/

Srikanto Acharya is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter and music director.

Early life

Srikanto was born in Kolkata, India and is the son of Rohini Nandan Acharya and Kana Acharya. He received formal training in Rabindrasangeet from Dakshinee. He also received training in tabla from Ustad Ali Ahmed Khan. He quit his job as a sales professional and then Utpal Chakravarty, proprietor of an old music store, convinced him to send his cassettes to Sagarika Music. He got a call from them within a week and they offered him a contract to sing for them.[1]

Music career

He is a qualitative songs-tan of Bengal music.

Awards

Discography

References

  1. Amrita Choudhary (26 October 2002). "Music on his mind". Pune Newsline. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

External links


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