About
Memoirs Of
Prabuddha Raha
Prabuddha remains one of the most acknowledged Singer and has been increasingly appreciated by discerning audience both in India and abroad.
His rendering originates from his soul, helping the audience to see and feel the visual imagery which is so very unique to songs of Tagore’s and other Bengali composers.
An Alumnus of the DAKSHINI, in late seventies and through the eighties, Prabuddha continued his advanced training in Rabindra Sangeet from Acharya Sailajaranjan Majumdar and trained himself in classical music under tutelage of Prof. Debiranjan Bandyopadhyay. Prabuddha has graduated from Presidency College with Hons. in Geology and thereafter pursuing his career in leading Foreign and Indian Publishing Companies.
FIRST DISC RELEASED – 1984
A long and eventful journey as a professional singer was launched in 1984 with the release of his first disc.
CREATIVE COLLABORATION
He continues his singing career till date with the same élan and have on several occasions ventured into creative collaborations with leading names of Bengal’s art and cultural circuit.
CD – HRIDAY JAMUNA
Released by RHYME RECORDS, USA with Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Jayashree Dasgupta and Script by Rituporno Ghosh. APARNA SEN’S “PAROMITAR EKDIN” Aparna Sen chose him to playback for the movie Paromitar Ekdin.Prabuddha left an indelible mark with his rendition of ‘Bipulo Tarango Re’ in the movie. Solo Tagore Album released in December, 2003 with narration by Goutam Ghosh, Film Director.
NIRA AT 72
In the cerebrally conceptualized and executed musical programme celebrating Sunil Gangopadhyay’s muse NIRA, Prabuddha was chosen tosing on the same platform shared by two thespians of the world of literature and art Sunil Gangopadhyaya and Soumitra Chatterjee. Prabuddha was appointed as the external examiner of Visva Bharati University in 2008 & Calcutta Univ in 2012 and RabindraBharati in 2013 and also invited as the Guest Lecturer on Music for their Orientation courses for College Teachers…
MEDIA
A regular in prime-time slots of Doordarshan, Tara, Akash, 24 Ghanta,Channel 10 and all other leading private channels. Prabuddha has recorded several albums through the years including two directed by KANIKA BANDOPADHYAY.
PROGRAMMES ABROAD
First Trip abroad was in October 2002, for 7 programmes in Boston, Cleaveland, NY,NJ ..USA. On invitation by Govt of India, Prabuddha visited Singapore and Malaysia for 3 programmes ( 2 in Singapore and 1 in Malaysia ) in May 2010, to celebrateTagore’s 150th Birthday in those countries. Visited Bangladesh in Ocober 2010, for a couple of programmes including one organized by Indian High Commission,Dhaka Visited Chittagong, Dhaka, Bangladesh in March/April,2012 for several Concerts also in 2013 for a no of concerts. Visited LA, Boston, Columbus, Houston, NJ, Medford, Virginia, Pittsburgh for 11 progs and a VOA interview in Washington in Oct- Nov, 2013
He again visited in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and visited USA, Cherry HiIl(South Jersy), Virginia, Cleveland, Marlboro(NJ), Springfield(Missourie), Los Altos, San Francisco and Seattle.
SINGER/MUSIC DIRECTION IN TELEFILMS/FEATURE FILM
He did first 2 professional recordings under guidance of Kanika Bandyopadhyay and acclaimed with his playback in Aparna Sen's Paramitar Ekdin. He sang & composed Music for a large number of telefilms & documentaries… He scored music for my 1st ever Feature film Tagore’s "Chaar Oddhyay", directed by Nitish Mukherjee... He recorded several albums through the years including two directed by KANIKA BANDOPADHYAY.
RECENT MAJOR AWARDS
Received prestigious " Vivek Vikas Samman " award in 2012 on 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami-ji.. Received " Gauri Mitra Smriti Puroskar " from Dakshinee for contribution as a singer and trainer in the field of Rabindrasangeet..