Hues

Sunondo an young promising  sarod  player  was  iniated to the august instrument by his father Sri Sunil Mukherjee at a very early age . But  his  love  for the instrument as well as music really blossomed When  he came under the tutelage of sarod maestro Padmavibhusan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Saheb , from whom he is receiving regular talim.

   His sincerity has been well rewarded. He won the first position in Dover Lane Music Competition , West Bengal State Music Competition , Ganguly College of Music Competition , Maya Mitra Memorial  Instrumental Music Competition. He is the first recipient of Pt. Nikhil Banerjee Memorial Trophy in Dover Lane Music Competition. He was awarded National Scholarship by H.R.D Dept. of Culture , Govt of India . He is the winner of “Surmani” title . He is a B –Hi grade artist of All India Radio . He is the empanelled artist of  I.C.C.R . He has participated in orchestra of Padmavibhusan Ustad  Amjad Ali Khan Saheb in ‘ Gangotsab’ (Kolkata,1993).

   He has performed in many music concerts  in  Switzerland and Germany . He has participated in Asian Cultural Wind -2005 in Japan . He has participated in a series of concert in South Africa and Scheyssels organized  by I.C.C.R  in 2008 . He has performed extensively in India . A few of them are : Bhubaneswar Music circle , Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya  (Bhubaneswar), Orissa Sangeet Natak Academy (Bhubaneswar) , SRIJAN (Bhubaneswar), Raja Rani Music Festival (Bhubaneswar), Kalkikalakar Music Festival(Mumbai), Haridas Sangeet Sammelan( Mumbai) , I.I.C (New Delhi) , Hiralal  Smriti Sangeet Samaroha (New Delhi) , Shastriyo  Sangeet  sandhya (Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy,Alwar),Kalaprakash (Benaras), Benaras Hindu University , Maha Mritunjoy Mahotsab (Benaras), Akhil  Bharatiya Dhrupad Mela (Benaras) ,Salt Lake Music Festival (Kolkata) , Bhowanipur Sangeet Sammilani(kolkata). Sunondo  is  also  a music  composer and music arranger .

Appreciation:-

        "He is very talented and hard working young musician. I am very happy to teach him and accept him as my disciple."                                                       - Ustad  Amjad  Ali  Khan

       " Sunondo  Mukherjee  is  one  of  the  most  promising Sarod Players  of  our  country . Nurtured  and groomed  by the great  maestro Ustad  Amjad  Ali  Khan, Sunondo  has  achieved the  rare  musician qualities  and intricacies of his gharana."                                                                  - Dr Jnan Prakash Ghosh.

-               " I  played  with  him  and  enjoyed the laya,tala , Sur. He is very knowledgeable theoretically and pracrically  also. He is one of the senior disciple of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan  and a very good performer. The future is very bright. "                                  - Ustad Sabir Khan

Contact  Address:

7 , Brinadaban Pal Lane ,

Bagbazar, Kolkata-700003

Tel – 9103325439660

Mobile – 09433233562, 09163350230

E-mail – sunandosarod@hotmail.com