One of the highly promising and talented Sitar players of India, Murchana belongs to the Senia gharana of Sitar playing. Murchana's performance, as a result of years of learning, reflects a very dignified, graceful, virtuosic and an aesthetic presentation, with a unique musical repertoire.

 

Murchana Adhikary BarthakurGroomed in a musical ambience, Murchana was fortunate enough to have her ears accustomed to the divine fragrance of Indian Classical Music from her very childhood. Father Dr Dilip Ranjan Barthakur, an eminent Tabla player and a Musicologist, was a disciple of Pandit Khogen Das of Banaras gharana and Ustad Munne Khan of Farukhabad gharana. Initially, Murchana had the fortune of receiving intense talim in Sitar from her mother and guru, Nilima Barthakur, an eminent Sitarist of Assam and a disciple of Ustad Illayas Khan of Shahjahanpur gharana and Pandit Debu Choudhuri of Senia gharana. Presently Murchana is having the great fortune to receive extensive talim from Padmabhushan Pandit Debu Choudhuri. She also had the fortune to receive lessons in Sitar from Late Pandit Deepak Choudhury of Kolkata.

 

In the year 2004, Murchana graduated from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata with Honours in the subject of Instrumental Music in First class. And in 2006, she has completed her Master’s degree (M.A.) in Music with First class and Distinction from the same university. Presently, Murchana is doing her Ph.D in Music from Indira Kala Sangeet Viswavidyalaya, Khairagarh.