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{{short description|Indian classical vocalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
| image = Ajoy Chakrabarty - Kolkata 2015-12-4 2128.JPG
| caption = Ajoy Chakrabarty at Kolkata
| birth_name = Ajoy Chakrabarty
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|12|25}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = [[Shyamnagar, West Bengal]], [[India]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| years_active = 1977–present
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| occupation = [[Vocalist]]
| children = [[Kaushiki Chakraborty]], [[Ananjan Chakraborty]]
}}

'''Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty''' (born 25 December 1952) is an Indian [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] [[Singing|vocalist]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Jyotirmaya |date=19 March 2005 |title=Ahoy Ajoy! |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/19/stories/2005031901280300.htm |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=11 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050506120503/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/03/19/stories/2005031901280300.htm |archive-date=6 May 2005 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> composer, lyricist and Gurudev. He is considered to be one of the proverbial figures of Indian classical music. He has also dominated for other major classical genres of India especially - Indore, Delhi, Jaipur, Gwalior, Agra, Kirana, Rampur and even Carnatic music in South India. He was given [[Padma Bhushan]] Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/padma-honours-for-ajoy-chakraborty-manilal-nag/articleshow/73621920.cms | title=Padma honours for Ajoy Chakraborty, Manilal Nag | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 January 2020 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-ministers-arun-jaitley-sushma-swaraj-and-george-fernandes-given-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/73617205.cms | title=Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=26 January 2020 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2020AwardeesList.pdf |website=padmaawards.gov.in |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>

==Early life ==
Ajoy Chakrabarty was born in Kolkata, [[West Bengal]]. His father moved to India from his homeland, [[Mymensingh]] of [[Bangladesh]] during the [[partition of India|partition]] and raised two sons in [[Shyamnagar, West Bengal|Shyamnagar]]. His younger brother, Sanjay Chakraborty, is a lyricist and composer.

He graduated top of his class in music, both in B.A and M.A. from the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] in Kolkata and joined the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]] in 1978 as its first scholar. Today he is one of the youngest gurus of this academy.

His father was his first Guru. He then studied with Pannalal Samanta, Kanaidas Baigari and [[Jnan Prakash Ghosh]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Jyotirmaya |date=28 April 2006 |title=In honour of Bade Khansaheb |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/04/28/stories/2006042801520300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104045003/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/04/28/stories/2006042801520300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref>

Besides that, he had learnt from Latafat Hussain Khan, Nibruttibua Sarnaik, Hirabai Barodekar and in Carnatic styles from [[M. Balamuralikrishna]], that kept enriching his musical expression and repertoire{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}. Despite having such pure classical "taleem" in the [[Khyal]] genre, he also renders lighter forms such as [[Thumri]], [[Tappa]], [[Bhajan]], [[Kirtan]], [[Indian folk music|Folk]], Film/Non-Film and modern songs, in several different languages.

He has received several prestigious awards including the Padma Shri (2011), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Delhi, 1999–2000), Kumar Gandharva National Award (1993) and the Best Male Playback Singer Award (Bengali Film "Chhandaneer" 1990) ("For bringing the rare depth of emotion, adorned by his command on the classical idiom") and [[Tansen Samaroh|National Tansen Samman]] 2015 - by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soulsteer.com/Gwalior/hindustani-classical-vocalist-pandit-ajoy-chakrabarty-awarded-201415-national-tansen-samman/|title=Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty|date=2015-12-25|publisher=SouLSteer|access-date=2015-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225184432/http://soulsteer.com/Gwalior/hindustani-classical-vocalist-pandit-ajoy-chakrabarty-awarded-201415-national-tansen-samman/|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He has also received felicitations from both the former and present Chief Ministers of his own State, West Bengal. In 2012, Chief Minister of West Bengal, [[Mamata Banerjee]] conferred him the Maha Sangeet Samman and the [[Banga Bibhushan]], two of the State’s highest awards. In 2015 he has received Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh Lifetime Achievement Award.

He also was awarded honorary citizenship in New Orleans, after performing with jazz musicians at Preservation Hall, the birthplace of jazz music.

==Singing career==

He is a recipient of the [[Padma Shri]] ([[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–19)|2011]]) and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (Delhi, 1999-2000) and the [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] in 1989- in Bengali Film "Chhandaneer" 1989.<ref name="37thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|title=37th National Film Awards|access-date=29 January 2012|archive-date=2 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002235001/http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was the first Indian classical vocalist to be invited by [[Pakistan]] and [[China]] and by BBC for their Golden Jubilee Celebration of India’s Independence.

He has performed in some of the most prestigious venues around the world such as [[Carnegie Hall]], [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|The Kennedy Center]], New Orleans Jazz Preservation Hall in the US, the [[Royal Albert Hall|Royal Albert hall]] and Queen Elizabeth Hall in the UK and [[Théâtre de la Ville|Theatre de la Ville]] in France. In addition to that, Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty performed at the [[Aga Khan Museum]] in Toronto, Canada in 2018 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vocal Recital By Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty: Sept 8, 2018|url=http://agakhanmuseum.org/programs/vocal-recital-by-pandit-ajoy-chakrabarty|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Aga Khan Museum|language=en}}</ref>

Inspired by the ideals of his Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Chakrabarty founded [[Shrutinandan]], a school of music.

==Personal life==
Chakrabarty is married to Chandana Chakraborty. Their daughter, [[Kaushiki Chakraborty]], is also a vocalist of [[Hindustani classical music]]. Their son, Ananjan Chakraborty, is a sound engineer.

==Movies==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Song !! Film !! Co-Singer !! Composer !! Lyricist
|-
|rowspan="2" |1985|| Bela Jay Shyamrai || ''Baidurjya Rahasya'' || None || [[Tapan Sinha]] || [[Tapan Sinha]]
|-
| Nain Mein Nandalal || ''Baidurjya Rahasya'' || None || [[Tapan Sinha]] || [[Tapan Sinha]]
|-
|rowspan="1" |1999|| Ore Jaat Jaat koris kano || ''Niyoti'' || None || [[Manoranjan Saha]] || [[Bablu Samaddar]]
|-
|rowspan="2" |2000|| Isaiyil Thodanguthamma || ''[[Hey Ram]]'' || None || [[Ilayaraja]] || [[Ilayaraja]]
|-
| Har Koi Samjhe || ''[[Hey Ram]]'' || None || [[Ilayaraja]] || [[Ilayaraja]]
|-
|rowspan="1" |2001|| Aan Milo Sajna || ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' || [[Parveen Sultana]] || [[Uttam Singh]] || [[Anand Bakshi]]
|-
|rowspan="2" |2005|| Yeh Kaun Mujhe Yaad Aaya || ''[[Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story]]'' || None || [[Naushad Ali]] || [[Naqsh Lyallpuri]]
|-
| Vaishnava Jan To || ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]'' || [[Kaushiki Desikan]] || [[A. R. Rahman]],(originally composed by [[Narsinh Mehta]]) || [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
|-
|rowspan="1" |2011|| Bhorer Alo || ''[[Bhorer Alo]]'' || None || [[Jeet Gannguli]] || Priyo Chattopadhyay
|-
|rowspan="1" |2013|| Rabso Neha Laage ([[Bilaval]] [[Bandish]]) || ''[[Shunyo Awnko]]'' || [[Kaushiki Desikan]] || [[Gautam Ghose]] || [[Gautam Ghose]]
|-
|rowspan="1" |2020|| Garaj Garaj || ''[[Bandish Bandits]]'' || None || [[Shankar Ehsaan Loy]] || Sameer Samant
|}

==Awards==
*[[National Film Awards|National Award]] – 1989
*[[Kumar Gandharva Award]] – 1993
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] – 2000
*[[Padma Shri|Padmashree]] – 2011<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Banga Bibhushan]] – 2012
* Alva's Virasat Award – 2012<ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2012 |title=Alva's Virasat off to a flying start |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article2779899.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=6 January 2012}}</ref>
*Pandit Omkarnath Thakur Shastriya Sangeet Award - 2014 - 2015
*[[Padma Bhushan]] 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ajoychakrabarty.com/ Ajoy Chakrabarty Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725015311/http://www.asavari.org/Ajoy_Chakrabarty.html Ajoy Chakraborty in Asavari]
*[http://www.asianclassicalmp3.org/ajoy.htm Ajoy Chakraborty: Live on BBC]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070321170230/http://www.shatatantri.com/artists/Ajoy_Chakrabarty/ Ajoy Chakrabarty Biography and discussion forum]

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{{National Film Award Best Male Playback Singer}}
{{Bengal Film Journalists' Association Best Male Playback Award}}
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