Saptarshi Chakraborty

A prominent disciple of legendary Padmavibhushan Pandit Jasraj ji  and an able torch bearer of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani Vocal music , Saptarshi Chakraborty was born to a musical family in the hill town of Shillong  and began his musical education in childhood under the inspiration of his grandfather  Shri Radhikaranjan Chakraborty, who was a distinguished student    at Visva-Bharati University Santiniketan during the lifetime of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

His grandmother Smt.Asha Chakraborty was a renowned singer at All India Radio Shillong.

After receiving 15 years of music education from his father, Acharya Sudip Chakraborty, Principal of Shillong Music College, Saptarshi had the great fortune to become a disciple of the legendary Indian classical musician, Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Maartand Pandit Jasraj Ji, from 2005 onwards.

Saptarshi holds Bachelor's and Master degrees in music from Rabindra Bharati University , Kolkata and is an empanelled artiste of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He has earned praise from audiences and connoisseurs through solo performances and performances with his Guru Pandit Jasraj ji at various prestigious music conferences in the country.

Saptarshi is equally proficient in Khayal, Bhajan, Haveli Sangeet, Sanskrit Stotras in the  Mewati Gharana tradition ,in addition to Rabindrasangeet.

Saptarshi has served as resource person at CCRT National Festival and also as examiner at National Scholarship examinations held by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India .

In 2020, Pandit Jasraj Ji himself blessed Saptarshi by honoring him with the title "Acharya Varishtha" from the Pandit Jasraj Institute of Music, New Jersey, USA, where he

is a senior faculty.

As the Principal of

 PANDIT JASRAJ SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Kolkata

and the Director of VOICE OF THE SEEKER, a cultural institute he has founded, he is dedicated to imparting Indian music education to students following the path shown by his Gurus.

          Saptarshi has to his  credit a solo album  ‘Reverence’,  which has been broadcast from World Space Satellite Radio , having received high acclaim for his performance.

            Apart from ‘Khayal’, ‘Bhajan’ and ‘Haveli Sangeet’, Saptarshi is equally adept at singing ‘Rabindrasangeet’ owing to a musically rich family tradition.

Notable Performances

• India International Centre , New Delhi
• Swaranjali Gharana Festival 2010, Epicentre , Gurgaon, Delhi
• Sargam Music Festival , organized by Chattisgarh Shastriya Sangeet Shrota Samiti , Raipur
• ICCR Horizon Series concert in association with Kala Prakash – Banaras
• Swar Amrit Mahotsav in Kumbh Mela Prangan – Haridwar
• Bharatiya Sanskriti Samsad – Kolkata
• Sur Shravan Music concert in association with Swami Chinmayanand Mission – Kolkata
• Dadar Matunga Youth Festival – Mumbai
• Rabindrabharati University Annual Classical Music Conference – Kolkata
• Nad Brahma Sangeet Sevashram Classical Music Festival – Kolkata
• Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram Memorial Music Festival – Hyderabad
• Ramkanai Adhikary Jhoolan Yatra Annual Classical Music Conference (140 years old) – Kolkata
• Sahmati Musical Meet – Pune
• Geetali ‘Bonding With Music ‘ Concert – Shillong
• Aurobindo Institute of Culture – Shillong

and many more concerts and musical soirees. In addition to these , Saptarshi has also performed for All India Radio , Doordarshan and other television channels, apart from giving  lecture-cum-demonstrations  on Indian Classical Music  and   having been invited as the Resource Person  in  C.C.R.T’s National Festival 2011.