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GiMA Award winning rock percussionist Guru Pt. Prodyut Mukherjee received the prestigious Pt Manmohan Bhatt Memorial Award presented by the Sangeet Kala Kendra recently at Jaipur for his outstanding contribution in the field of Indian Classical and Fusion Music. Sangeet Kala Niketan was founded seventy years back and this year they presented the prestigious award to sixteen personalities from various genres of our society in presence of Grammy awardee Padma Bhusan musician Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. It is named after Pt Vishwamohan Bhatt’s father. Prodyut Mukherjeestated, “
I am truly humbled and honored. I am extremely grateful to the connoisseurs of the pink city Jaipur and the iconic Sangeet Kala Niketan for honoring me. I am also thankful to his worthy grandson Pt. Salil Bhatt Ji besides to the one and only maestro of Mohan Veena, Padma Bhushan Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Ji for the same. I salute the musical lineage of this great family.”
Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt and Pt ProdyutMukherjee share a long musical association. They have worked on the GIMA award winning musical venture like Rhythm Express ( Moods ). Then they teamed up for Rhythm Express- music for dance in which Odisi exponent Dona Ganguly lent her voice for a few bol taans.
Prodyut is one of the most brilliant composers among the present generation of Indian musicians. He has been a global ambassador of Indian music through his sterling Rhythm Express Fusion performances at awe inspiring international venues with celebrated performers the world. RHYTHMEXPRESS isProdyut Mukherjee’s contribution towards a new form of fusion with depth and soul. Some of the famed compositions of RHYTHMEXPRESS are Journey, Indian Blues, Divine Romance, Express and more. RHYTHMEXPRESS has earned accolades from its audiences across the country in its performances on stage Pdt ProdyutMukherjee recently performed in UK, China, Canada and USA with his Rhythm Express band.
