page_title: Swara Samrat festival
section_title: Season 4 (10 & 12 January 2016)
hierarchical_section_title: Swara Samrat festival / One Star Introduces Another Star on Stage / Season 4 (10 & 12 January 2016)
caption_attribution_description: English: Vidushi Girija Devi &amp; Pt. Birju Maharaj at SSF Season 4
context_page_description: Swara Samrat festival is a four-day annual mega festival of Indian classical music and dance held during the winters in Kolkata, India. This festival is the brainchild of Sarod maestro Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, his vocalist wife, Manasi Majumder and their son Indrayuddh Majumder, who is also a brilliant Sarod player. The festival is dedicated to Swara Samrat Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Indian Classical Music and Dance Legends such as Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Aashish Khan, Dr. Girija Devi, Begum Parveen Sultana, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Guru Karaikudi Mani, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Pandit Sanjay Mukherjee, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pandit Kushal Das, Pandit Rajendra Gangani, Guru Sujata Mohapatra, Pandit Subhankar Banerjee, Pandit Yogesh Samsi, Pandit Bickram Ghosh, Pandit Tanmoy Bose and Kaushiki Chakraborty are some of the artists who have previously performed in this festival.
context_section_description: Pt. Birju Maharaj  (Kathak) with Pt. Anindo Chatterjee (Tabla)
  Vidushi Girija Devi (Vocal) with Pt. Gopal Misra (Tabla), Hiranmay Mitra (Harmonium) and Sarwar Hussain (Sarangi)
  Kathak-Vocal Duet - Pt. Birju Maharaj  (Kathak) and Vidushi Girija Devi (Vocal) with Pt. Anindo Chatterjee (Tabla)
  Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty (Vocal) with Pt. Yogesh Samsi (Tabla) and Pt. Ajay Joglekar (Harmonium)
  Pt. Subhankar Banerjee & Pt. Yogesh Samsi with Pt. Ajay Joglekar (Harmonium)
  Pt. Basant Kabra (Sarod) with Pt. Arup Chatterjee (Tabla
caption: Vidushi Girija Devi & Pt. Birju Maharaj at SSF Season 4 in 2016
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