Rajasree Mukherjee
A Harmonious Horoscope
Rajasree Mukherjee is an Honors graduate in Zoology from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. She is trained in Rabindra Sangeet under Padmasree Suchitra Mitra and ranked first class first in her Diploma examination in Rabindra Sangeet from Rabi Tirtha Institution Kolkata and second all India basis, in her Sangeet Prabhakar graduation examination at Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad. She is also a Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh.
Settled in East Africa since 1990, Rajasree Mukherjee is one of the most popular singers there and has given numerous stage performances in Kenya, Tanzania, USA & Canada. She performed for India's President Abdul Kalam during his African visit in 2004. Through her performances she has supported several charitable organizations in East Africa.
She has recorded a variety of music CDs including Bhajans, Patriotic Songs and Rabindra Sangeet.
Popular Performer
In addition to being a popular performer she is one of the most reputed trainers in Indian music in East Africa and her Ma Sharda School of Music in Nairobi is the only institution in East Africa to have received affiliation from Pracheen Kala Kendra Chandigarh.
She is a leading promoter of Music Therapy and has recorded several raga based meditation CDs. As an experienced Music Therapist she has used Indian Classical music to great effect in meditation techniques. She has conducted several workshops on music in Kenya widely covered by news media, Television and Radio. The Government of India has thrice honored her by awarding grants for promotion of Indian Culture abroad.
She writes Bengali lyrics and has written lyrics for over 120-film and non-film songs and recorded leading playback singers like Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod, Mohamed Aziz and Shailendra Singh.