Ragini Chakravarty has been conferred with the Maharashtra state level Kala-Shree Puraskar in a dignified ceremony held on Thursday, the 21st of August, 2014 in Sangli, Western Maharashtra.The award was formally presented to Ragini by the Chief Guest of the ceremony, Dr. Ved Prakash Mishra, Chairman of Medical Council of India.
RAGINI CHAKRAVARTY is a new generation
Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the Kirana Gharana - a prominent disciple of
Padmabhushan Dr. Prabha Atre. Gifted with a mellifluous voice and enriched with
a refreshingly feminine style of singing, Ragini has adapted perfectly to the
Kirana gayaki which puts emphasis on melody and sweet intonation of words. Her
singing takes one slowly and steadily into the beautiful inner world of a
particular raga with elaborate meditative alaap and sargams and then climaxing
with intricate taans and fast compositions.
Ragini
has been doing stage performances all over India eliciting tremendous response
from the rasikas. She has also been doing concerts on Doordarshan and All India
Radio in different forms of vocal music. Thanks to the adaptability of her
voice Ragini has excelled in the lighter forms of vocal music too including
modern songs and jingles.
Trained
in the Gurukul tradition, Ragini always finds time to carry on the tradition by
imparting music lessons to the young talented disciples. She is
the Director of Shrutinaad Music Classes,
Mumbai. Shrutinaad
a musical organization based in Assam that has been organizing various programs of workshops, cultural shows and music
competitions since 2003. Shrutinaad, aims at promoting music
and culture of Assam
on a larger scale,
Shrutinaad has been focusing on preservation and propagation of the
immortal songs (over 200) of Bauli Kavi Kamalananda Bhattacharyya (1894-1951),
a poet-composer-author-playwright-actor-freedom fighter of Assam, and the
musical contribution of Sangeet Jyoti Bibekananda Bhattacharyya
(1930-2007), renowned tabla player and composer-music director-vocalist of the
North East. Since 2008 Shrutinaad has been organizing annual classical music show (May
28) ‘Prashanti’ in fond memory of Sangeet Jyoti
Bibekananda Bhattacharyya and an All Assam Kamalananda Songs Competition annually
(June 2) since 2009 in Guwahati. They have collaborated in concerts organized by
musical agencies in Mumbai too. Due to growing demand for the songs we have
also been holding musical workshops as and when possible since 2006. Shrutinaad had
released two audio albums of selected Kamalananda songs—in 2003
and in 2010 respectively—with no producers or sponsors or marketers.