Ban Chale Ram Raghurai

 
Mahua is gifted with a very strong and melodious voice which is perfectly suitable  for the Khayal and Thumri style of hindustani music. Her soulful rendition of Ragas has kept the audience mesmerised and has won her many appreciations and accolades. She is an artist of great calibre, having command on several genres like Khayal, Thumri, Kajri, Chaiti, etc. Systematic exposition of rag structure, brilliant phrasing, variety of Taan Patterns – these are a few of the remarkable qualities  of her singing. She belongs to Patiala Gharana ,and was blessed enough to get training in Hindustani classical under the guidance of  Pandit Ajoy Chakroborty, and in semi classical from late Smt. Shipra  Basu. 
					
Mahua performed in various prestigious concerts  including “Bharotio Nadonik Parishod” which is state government organization. 
Most notably, she is a regular performer  of ALL INDIA RADIO as well as an empanelled artist of “Indian Council  for Cultural Relations” (ICCR).
 She was awarded with “Sangeet Prabhakar” and “Sangeet  Visharad” , from Prachin  Kala Kendra. She was honoured by the King of Hyderabad Nizam Raja and was invited to perform in his palace. Her mellifluous and resonant voice made her successful in India as well as abroad.
Currently Mahua is holding a prestigious position in the music department of “The Life Beautiful”.



 Performances In India:


•	All India Radio, Hyderabad ( Sangeet Mahal, Thyag Raja Festival )
•	“Swaranjali Sur Sandhya”, Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi
•	“Sangeetika”, Shri Ram Centre, New Delhi
•	 “Neheru Children Museum” , Kolkata
•	 “NAINA DEVI  Festival”,  Nainital
•	 “All India Integration Camp” in Nainital & New Delhi
•	 “Youth Festival 2005” on behalf of Rabindra  Bharati University.
•	 Faisalbaba Darber, Nizam Palace, Sumandal at Hyderabad
•	  Jaipur Sangeet Festival
•	 “Akheel Sangeet Sammelan”,  Katni M.P
•	 “Sangeet Nritya Mahotsab”,  Udaipur
•	“Akhil Bharotio Sangeet Sanmelan”, Jodhpur
•	 “Sur Tal Mahotsab”,  Vrindavan
•	“Shastryia Sangeet Sandhya”, Balaji Temple, Salasar, Rajasthan
•	“Tansen Sangeet Sammelan”, Gwalior
•	“Malhar Utsav”, EPI Centre, New Delhi
•	“Purav ki Anga Holi ki rang”, Melody Foundation, New Delhi
•	“Sur Tal Mahotsav”, Agra


                                           



Performances abroad:


•	 “Festival Internazionale OSA la Danze” (“International Dance Festival”), Ascona, Switzerland. 
•	“Cenrtro Di Formazione Musicale”, Barasso, Italy. 
•	A tour organised by “Culturall”- an Indian cultural organisation, in the major cities of Switzerland, like Thun, Lausanne, Luzern, Winterthur, Basel, Kreuzlingen. 
•	“Centre Loisirs Et Culture”, Martingny, Germany. 
•	Comune di Sesto Calende, Provincia di Varese, Italy. 
•	Comune di Cassano Valcuvia, Varese, Italy. 
•	 “Offene Kirche Elisabethen”, Basel, Switzerland. 
•	 L’eglise Ste-Marie, Mulhouse, France. 
•	“Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft” (DIG), Mainz, Germany. 


         Experience:


•	Music Judge for “Horlicks Kids Widz” Competition, New Delhi. 
•	Joined with a new group called "Music of India", a fusion musical association
•	Joined  the “All India Integration Camp” as music teacher, in  Nainital. 
•	Worked as a music teacher at G.D Goenkan World School,Gurgaon
•	Touring in the major countries of Europe, holding concerts and music workshops in Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Luzern, Kreuzlingen, Basel, Bern, Liestl, Thun, Winterthoor), Italy (Milan, Rome, Varese), France (Mulhouse, Paris), Germany (Frankfurt, Martingny,Mainz), Belgium (Gaint, Bruxelles), Bangladesh (Dhaka, Faridpur)
•	Winner of “Best Teacher Award” from Panchseel Public School, New Delhi
•	Joined as a music director during the summer camp organised  “Sahitya Kala Parishad”, New Delhi
•	Composer and arranger of the “Garbha Sanskar”, a music therapy project for pregnant ladies, for “Johnson & Johnson”- www.babycare.com



Ban Chale Ram Raghurai

Mahua Mukherjee