Kanika Banerjee

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Kanika Banerjee was a renowned Indian Rabindra Sangeet vocalist celebrated for her emotive interpretations of Rabindranath Tagore’s songs.

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Kanika Banerjee canonical 2
Kanika Bandyopadhyay 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian classical singer
Rabindra Sangeet vocalist
person
alsoKnownAs Kanika Banerjee
surface form: Kanika Bandyopadhyay

Mohar Di
artisticDiscipline vocal music
associatedWith Rabindrasangeet revival in the 20th century
Rabindra Sangeet
surface form: Santiniketan music tradition
awardReceived Padma Shri
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
countryOfCitizenship India
culturalHeritage Bengali cultural heritage
educatedAt Visva-Bharati University
employer Visva-Bharati University
ethnicGroup Bengali
fieldOfWork Bengali music
Rabindra Sangeet performance
genre Bengali modern songs
Rabindra Sangeet
hasInfluenced Subinoy Roy
Suchitra Mitra
later generations of Rabindra Sangeet singers
hasPartIn Bengali film music as a playback singer
influenced performance practice of Rabindra Sangeet in Bengal
influencedBy Rabindranath Tagore
knownFor clarity of diction in Bengali songs
deep emotional expression in Rabindra Sangeet
languageOfPerformance Bengali
movement Tagore music tradition
name Kanika Banerjee self-link
notableFor emotive interpretations of Rabindra Sangeet
notableWork recordings of Rabindranath Tagore’s songs
recordings of “Amaro porano jaha chay”
recordings of “Je rate mor duarguli”
recordings of “Tumi robe nirobe”
occupation music teacher
playback singer
singer
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
surface form: Bengal Presidency, British India
placeOfDeath India
recordLabel HMV Group
surface form: HMV

Hindusthan Records
style subtle and introspective interpretation of Tagore songs
taughtAt Sangeet Bhavana
surface form: Sangeet Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
voiceType mezzo-soprano
workLocation Santiniketan

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Kanika Banerjee name Kanika Banerjee self-link
Kanika Banerjee alsoKnownAs Kanika Banerjee
this entity surface form: Kanika Bandyopadhyay