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Miss Gauri Banerjee's family background starts from her Grandfather Pt. Manik Lal Banerjee who was a reputed musician and a worthy desciple of Ustad Karamatulla Khan Sahab of Calcutta. Gouri Banerjee comes from a musical family which is having a history of three generations musician. She is the third generation musician and the third female sarangi player of India who is giving solo performance of sarangi on the stage all over the country. She started learning sarangi under the tutiladge of Pt. Kashi Mishra of Benaras. She then received sarangi lessons from her mother Mrs. Tandra Banerjee a Gold Medalist in Sitar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad (B.Mus.). She has taken her training of taal and laykari alongwith calculations of tehais from her illustrious father Pt. Kishore Banerjee, a reputed international musician. Currently she is taking her advanced lessons of sarangi from sarangi samrat Ustad Sabri Khan Sahab of Delhi. She is in regular practice with her elder brother Mr. Shiv Shankar Banerjee, who is a Masters Degree Holder in Tabla from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad, where in had ranked second position in the country. Shiv Shankar is also an A.I.R & TV Artist of Delhi. Gouri Banerjee is not only an A.I.R. artist of Radio & TV but also an empanelled artist from I.C.C.R. (Indian Council for Cultural Relations).



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Miss Gouri Banerjee's Guru, Sarangi Samrat Ustad Sabri Khan Sahab of New Delhi

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Miss Gouri Banerjee taking lessons from Sarangi Samrat Ustad Sabri Khan Sahab of New Delhi

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Miss Gouri Banerjee taking lessons from Sarangi Samrat Ustad Sabri Khan Sahab of New Delhi

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Miss Gouri Banerjee with her Guru Ustad Sabri Khan and mother Mrs. Tandra Banerjee

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Mrs. Tandra Banerjee Gouri's First Guru of Sarangi

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Pt. Kashi Mishra of Benaras
Gouri Banerjee's Second Guru of Sarangi

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Pt. Kishore Banerjee on the Harmonium and Vocal Music, being Gouri's Fourth Guru of Sarangi

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Pt. Kishore Banerjee on the Tabla being the Fourth Guru of Miss Gouri Banerjee

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Mrs. Tandra Banerjee, a Gold Medalist (B.Mus.) in Sitar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad, being Gouri's First Guru of Sarangi

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Miss Gouri Banerjee with her first Sarangi Teacher Pt. Kashi Mishra of Benaras

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Miss Gouri Banerjee's Grandfather Pt. Manik Lal Banerjee a worthy desciple of Ustad Karamatulla Khan Sahab

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Miss Gouri Banerjee's Grandmother Mrs. Uma Banerjee, desciple of Nand Lal Bose

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Miss Gouri Banerjee's Grandfather, Grandmother, Father and Pt. Nandlal Banerjee being the elder brother of Pt. Kishore Banerjee

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Mr. Shiv Shankar Banerjee, M.Mus, B.Com(H), a Radio & TV Artist of Delhi, being the Elder brother of Miss Gouri Banerjee

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Gouri Banerjee giving performance of sarangi solo at the age of 10

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Miss Gouri Banerjee with her Father, Mother an Brother

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Pt Nand Lal Banerjee Elder Brother of Gouri's Father

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Miss Gouri Banerjee in her practising mood
     

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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