Sanjeeb Sircar

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Sanjeeb Sircar is a professional sitar player based out of the capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata. Born into a family that lives and breathes music, Sanjeeb was taught music by his mother and encouraged to play musical instruments by his father. He actively participated in school music concerts, and picked up how to play the mouth organ, banjo, tabla, violin and drums. He also played with the school band during his school days. Sanjeeb developed an interest to know more about the sitar and started taking lessons for the same. Upon finishing school, he studied electrical engineering for a while but a more serious interest in music led him on a different path. After due consideration of elders he joined the Music Faculty of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. His teachers were Dr Raj Bhan Singh, at whose residence he initially stayed, and Dr KC Gangrade, Dean of the Music Faculty. He completed a diploma course there. Staying with renowned maestros of classical music has imbibed great skills in Sanjeeb. He can orchestrate melodious tunes that make the listeners feel the deep virtues of life.