Prasun Banerjee | |
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| Born | 15 August 1926 Kadam Kuan, Patna, British India |
| Died | 22 March 1997 Kolkata/Calcutta, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Years active | ? – 1994 |
Pandit Prasun Banerjee (Bengali: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) (c. 15 August 1926 – 22 March 1997) was a Hindustani classical vocalist from the Patiala Gharana.
He left college at age twenty and undertook music training, first from Jamini Ganguly and later from Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He was an A grade artist at All India Radio. In 1957 he married Meera Chatterjee and later both of them became disciples of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. He taught classical music at the Calcutta School of Music and received the ITC award (1994) and the Bhuwalka award (1995).
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