Mayukh Sarkar

Guitar Player

I was born to a Bengali family, so I had the privilege to listen to music of all kinds. Although I was born in Kolkata, Bhilai is my hometown. My father was a senior section engineer in the southeastern central railways. So I grew up in Bhilai and studied there. I had my first guitar lesson from Late P. V. Sharma Sir, a great music enthusiast. He used to guide me and helped me learn in my early days.
With time, I moved to Raipur to learn more about guitar playing. There, I started learning from Prashant Dash Sir, who is an eminent guitar player and one of the disciples of Late Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee. He was the first person who made me realise that I was stuck in a well and needed to explore more. He suggested that internalising the grammar of music is the key, and I need to work on my right and left-hand techniques.

After a point, I had to move to Asansol, West Bengal, where I got the chance to learn from my uncle, Ratan Singh Chhetri. He is a renowned guitarist and music teacher. He is one of the disciples of Late Bobby Banks. I was mesmerised by the techniques he used and practised all the music pieces of various instruments on the guitar. He has gotten a fantastic tone of the guitar. He introduced me to the system of reading and writing of western music in staff notation. It had been an entirely new experience for me while learning from him.

I had the privilege of being a disciple of these great teachers and had followed the culture of GURU SHISHYA PARAMPARA. I am blessed to have the opportunity to learn the art of discipline and hard work from my teachers.