With vocalist Silpi Paul, Mayukh Gangopadyay on Sarod and tabla player Prantar Karmakar

Indian Classical Music (Gandharva Veda) is a part of the Vedas and is called the Upa (subsidiary) Veda of Sama Veda and includes the treatise on music and the performing arts.
The Gandharva Veda is based on melodies called ragas. Each raga has its own structure, combining fixed elements with infinite variations. This allows the musician to express all the subtleties of the vibration prevailing at that particular time of day.

Silpi Paul is a Gandharva Veda Indian classical vocalist from Kolkata, trained in the Kirana and Benaras Senia Gharanas. A disciple of Pandit Arun Bhaduri and Padma Vibhushan Vidushi Girija Devi, she is an All India Radio graded artist and empanelled with Spic Macay and Doordarshan. She has performed at numerous prestigious concerts across India and abroad.

Born into a family of music lovers, Silpi began her training under Sri Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, followed by Pandit Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay of the Bishnupur Gharana. She is currently under the tutelage of the renowned Padma Bhushan Smt. Girija Devi of the Benaras Gharana.She graduated from Calcutta University, earned a Sangeet Bisharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, and obtained a First Class Master’s degree in Vocal Music (Khayal) from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

Silpi has received the National Scholarship in Hindustani Music from the Government of India and the title ‘Surmani’ from Sur Singer Samsad, Mumbai. She is a graded artiste of All India Radio and Kolkata Television in Khayal, Thumri, Dadra, and Bhajan. She has also been honoured by several reputed organisations including the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Pandit Ravi Kichlu Foundation, Dover Lane Music Conference, West Bengal State Music Academy, and the Association of Indian Universities.

Mayukh Gangopadhyay
a professional ‘sarod’ player and composer from India, has been performing at noted venues such as International Trade Fair, Kolkata; Peace Palace, The Hague on the occasion of the 150th Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi; MERU Concert, Seelisberg, Switzerland and many others.