What is a Tanpura? Kaushiki Chakraborty Explains | Musical Wonders of India

#darbarfestival | Patiala singer Kaushiki Chakraborty discusses the role of the tanpura, ubiquitous as the rich sonic backdrop to Indian classical performances of the North and South. Watch more of Kaushiki’s performances below for FREE: - Amazing Puriya Kalyan | Kaushiki Chakraborty | Learn more about the music: Kaushiki Chakraborty’s astonishing vocal technique is the result of years of intense training. She spent much of her childhood living at the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, one of India’s premiere music institutions, while her father Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty worked there. Staff at the academy are said to recall how she would respond to melodic phrases at six months old, and how she was singing tarana and bhajan before the age of two. Quickly hailed as a prodigy, she entered the concert arena early to great acclaim, performing widely while also earning a Masters in Philosophy from Calcutta University. She hails from the Patiala gharana, kno