Ruchira, an outstanding vocalist
groomed in the Kotali gharana has earned an enviable distinction amongst the
younger musicians in the realm of Hindustani Classical Music. The competent
upholder of this rich heritage was born in high traditional family of
educationalists, arts and music. She had the privilege of being initiated to
this parampara and went under the protégée of the great maestro musician Pandit Manas Chakraborty, her one and only Guru. The master mind of her guru
noted the quality of her gifted and rare voice and creative capabilities. Being
a perfectionist and trend setter his strict and vigilant guidance moulded her
musical genius into a unique blend of highest order. Her gayaki speaks
out for her keen interest in aesthetics, spiritual awareness and serenity which
is seldom found in modern days. She carefully keeps up with the purity and
nuances of the Kotali gharana aligning with the multifarious gayaki
of her Guru and his predecessors. The flawless manner in which she brings out
the texture of the ragas and taans shows that a rigorous
training, hard, and sincere labour has gone into her making as a vocalist and
culminated her craftsmanship to what it is- perfect and finished to every
detail. Her cognition and remarkable ability to execute intricate combinations
of notes in rare ragas, specially her delineation of innovative sargams
and taans confirm her eagerness to reach out to wider and wider
dimensions. Her voice, the crest of a class can execute a total feast of melody
and classicism in khayal, thumri and other semi classical
forms. Her music is not only perfect craftsmanship but a rare blend of
immaculate precision and emotive imagination, which takes the listeners into a
peaceful journey through the unseen and unheard marvels of a new world. She
craves for perfection and attains it with ease, the more she attains bigger
becomes her reach, richer she becomes newer becomes her dimension. To her,
Music is not only an art to perform but a love to live with - it’s a voyage
towards eternity that can only be realized by feeling one and the same with
Music.
