singer kaushiki chakraborty draws from different gharanas to craft her unique styleif the city of pune boasts of a huge festival of music like sawai gandharva mahotsav which draws an audience of over 10000 people our city too can take pride in the hridayesh festival of classical music which is held every year at vile parlethe festival has been attracting over 5000 classical music fans and has been held for the past 20 years without a breakthe festival will feature renowned musicians like the mewati gharana maestro jasraj flautist hariprasad chaurasia santoor wizard shivkumar sharma and the numero uno singer of the present generation rashid khan we have decided to give equal prominence to talented youngsters from this yeartherefore the audience will hear musicians like vinata gangoli sarodist aman ali khan singers sanjeev abhyankar and rahul deshpande kaushiki chakraborty who is described as the latest singing sensation will perform for the first time at the festivalkaushiki chakraborty is the daughter and pupil of the eminent singer ajoy chakraborty like her father she has learnt at sangeet research academy of calcutta music for me is a mode of life earlier i had thought that i could pursue music only as a hobby slowly i got drawn into it and it has become an overpowering passionthe world of music has become an extended family says kaushiki though rooted in the patiala gharana she has consitently broadened her horizons by incorporating different styles a singerteacher like mashkoor ali khan sang a beautiful bandish and i requested him to teach me the same he was only too glad now i sing my own rendition of it says kaushikitoday a gharana does not become a confining wall but a solid pillar which acts as a foundation for ones music even if you stick to one gharana you have to have your own interpretation in patiala the music of bade ghulam ali khan is different from that of the earlier maestros she points outkaushiki has also learned carnatic music from maestro dr m balamuralikrishna we call ourselves exponents of indian musiccan you do justice to this when you are completely ignorant of the carnatic system i dont claim to be an exponent of the carnatic music but i am learning it in order to have a better understanding i think my training has influenced my handling of the taal in my hindustani music says kaushikifollow us on twitter for more stories