Abhik Mukherjee was born in Calcutta in a family which has a rich musical and educational heritage. He was initiated to sitar at the age of six by his father Sri Tarit Kumar Mukherjee. His father took training of Vishnupur gharana from Sri Gaurhari Kabiraj ji and Abhik from his father inherited some of the rich treasures of Vishnupur gharana. Simultaneously he was taught by Sri Bimal Chatterjee, a leading disciple of Pandit Kashinath Mukherjee-a doyen of Imdadkhani-Etawah gharana. Abhik remained under his affectionate guidance till the age of sixteen when finally he was taken to Pandit Kashinath Mukherjee. Panditji (a leading disciple of Legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Amir Khan) took Abhik under his wings and soon Abhik blossomed into an artist who is looked upon as one of the torch-bearer of the Imdadkhani-Etawah gharana among the younger generation. He is also undergoing extensive training from Pandit Arvind Parikhji who is an internationally reputed artist and musicologist and senior most disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan.
He received vocal training since his childhood from Pandit Kalyan Bose a disciple of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan- the legendary and inimitable vocal maestro.
His first public performance was at the age of nine at the Governor House, Kolkata. Since then, he performed at various venues in India and abroad. He has collaborated with different genres of music and performed with Carnatic Classical musicians, Jazz musicians and other western genres of music in India and U.S. He was an active member of popular Kolkata based fusion band Layavinyas
He has composed and directed music for a C.D. released by Welham Boy’s School, Dehradun and is presently working on an album for Catholic Church in Florida. He composed music for a number of dance concerts and dance dramas in New Delhi. His compositions in collaboration with great dancers like Vaswati Misra and Swagata Sen Pillai were highly acclaimed.
He played in a docu-feature film on Meher Baba, a renowned Parsi spiritual guru, with and under the music direction of flute-maestro Pandit Ronu Mazumdar. He has played background scores for many commercial soaps and serials and ad-jingles during his stay in Mumbai.
Abhik is a gold –medalist from the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, with a Master’s in Musicology and he is also a first-class degree holder in Masters in Computer Application.
He received a national scholarship in sitar by the ministry of culture, India and a scholarship from the West Bengal board of Secondary education for his board exams.
He is a visiting-faculty member at the famous Pandit Jasraj School of Music Foundation, Tampa, Florida.
