Press Conference of “SWARA SAMRAT FESIVAL”(SSF) was organised on 3rd Dec. at The Park Hotel.
The media briefing was done by Sarod Maestro Padmashri Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumder in presence of a bunch of stalwarts from music fraternity like Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Bikram Ghosh, Pt. Tanmay Bose, Srikanta Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Joy Sarkar, Tanushree Shankar, Indradeep Dasgupta and several other dignitaries.
The Swara Samrat Festival (SSF) 2025 in Kolkata is scheduled for December 12-14, 2025, at the Nazrul Mancha, featuring renowned Indian classical artists like Kavita Krishnamurti, Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar, Pt. Bickram Ghosh, and Pt. Taufiq Qureshi, with a focus on Hindustani and Carnatic music, celebrating Ustad Ali Akbar Khan’s legacy.
About SSF:- Swara Samrat Festival (also known as SSF) is a four-day Annual Festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance held during the winters in Kolkata, India. This Festival is the brainchild of Sarod Maestro Padmashri Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, his vocalist wife, Manasi Majumder and their Sarod player-son Indrayuddh Majumder.
Swara Samrat Festival is dedicated to Swara Samrat Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Indian Classical Music and Dance Legends such as Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Legendary tabla player of Banares Gharana Pandit Kumar Bose, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Aashish Khan, Dr. Girija Devi, Begum Parveen Sultana, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Guru Karaikudi Mani, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shankar Mahadevan, Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee, Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Pandit Sanjay Mukherjee, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Padmashri Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pandit Kushal Das, Pandit Rajendra Gangani, Guru Sujata Mohapatra, Pandit Subhankar Banerjee, Pandit Yogesh Samsi, Pandit Bickram Ghosh, Pandit Tanmoy Bose and Kaushiki Chakraborty are some of the artists who have previously performed in this festival.
