Noted singer Silpi Paul from Kolkata soothed the audience with her stunning performance of classical music at the Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh in the capital on Saturday evening. Indira Gandhi Culture Centre organised the classical music evening for the local audience.

Taking the stage with raga based music Raag Emon Kalyan, Silpi Paul also presented Thumri- Mishra Desh, Dadra and Raag Megh.

At the entire programme, singer Silpi Paul was accompanied by Shubhrangshu Chakraborty on   Tabla, Md Shakoor on Harmonium and Debjani Das on Tanpura.

Born in a family of music lovers, Silpi Paul started learning vocal music from Sri Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, a disciple of Pandit Manas Chakraborty. Later she got trained under Pandit Nihar Ranjan Bandopadhyay of Bishnupur Gharana and finally Pandit Arun Bhaduri of Kirana Gharana.

She was awarded national scholarship in Hindustani Music from Government of India. Sur Singer Samsad, Mumbai, awarded her the prestigious titled ‘Surmani’. Silpi has received several awards and recognitions from organizations like Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India), Pandit Ravi Kichlu Foundation, Dover Lane Music Conference, West Bengal State Music Academy, Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.

At present, she is under the tutelage of the doyen of Hindustani classical music, Padmabhushan Smt. Girija Devi of Benaras Gharana. l