Music Maestro

Violin occupied the major part of Maestro Debajyoti Mishra’s musical journey which spans over four decades. But it all started with Sarod through one of his close acquaintances of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan at a very tender age. However, he learnt to play Violin first from his father Jahnabi Ranjan Mishra and then from Stanley Gomes, his father also introduced a young Debajyoti to both Indian and Western forms of Classical music. Debajyoti’s started working with the legendary Music composer Salil Chowdhury at the young age of seventeen. In Debajyoti’s words, “He noticed me playing violin in a choir group…