Prasun Banerjee (singer)
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Pandit Prasun Banerjee (
Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) ( – 22 March 1997) was a
Hindustani classical Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
vocalist from the
Patiala Gharana The Patiala ''gharana'' (, ) is one of the vocal (tradition, school, or style of music) of Hindustani classical music, named after the city of Patiala in Punjab, India where it was established. The ''gharana'' was founded in the mid to late 19th ...
. He left college at age twenty and undertook music training, first from Jamini Ganguly and later from Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He was an A grade artist at
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. In 1957 he married Meera Chatterjee and later both of them became disciples of
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (2 April 1902 – 23 April 1968) was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana.1926 births 1997 deaths Hindustani singers Patiala gharana Musicians from Patna 20th-century Indian male classical singers Singers from Bihar People from Patna district 20th-century Khyal singers Musicians from West Bengal {{India-singer-stub