Banani Ghosh

rdf:langString Banani Ghosh

rdf:langString Banani Ghosh

rdf:langString Banani Ghosh

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rdf:langString বনানী ঘোষ

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rdf:langString Banani Ghosh, is a Bengali (Indian) musician,primary known as an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, but also specializingin the music of Atulprasad Sen, Rajanikanta Sen and others. She was born in Mymensingh in present-day Bangladesh, her fatherPrafulla Krishna Ghose was also a musician and poet, and editor of achildren's magazine. Banani was trained in Hindustani classical musicand at Shantiniketan with the noted Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kanika Banerjee. Her voice was so similar to her gurus that to some she is knownas nakal mohar (the second "mohar", after the Kanika's popular moniker). With a formal degree in music from Rabindra Bharati University, she alsotrained with Dilip Kumar Roy of Pondicherry. Bursting into theRabindrasangeet scene in the 1970s, she quickly rose to become an eminent Rabindra Sangeet artist on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Subsequently, she has lived in Switzerland and in the United States, whereshe runs Antara, a Rabindrasangeet organization which has trainedthousands of pupils across the USA over the years. She has also organized theTagore festival Rabindra Mela, which attempts to familiarize the works ofTagore to an international audience. She has also staged a number of dancedramas, Shapmochan (1962), and Bhanushingher Padavali (Rochester, 1983)being particularly notable.