ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCES
There is light for all of us. We are all meant to shine. We are worthy because we are ready.
Soumitra Thakur is an approved A Grade Artist from All India Radio, who has received the Balshree Award (President's Award) for Creative Performance in 2009 from the then Honourable President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil.
He was awarded the 1st Position at the Doverlane Music Conference, Kolkata apart from being felicitated as the "Best Instrumentalist' for the year 2011-2012 there. He also performed for the subsequent festival there next year.
The sitar artist took part in the production of the musical adaptation of the critically acclaimed movie, The Monsoon Wedding, which was directed by Meera Nair. For the onstage production he got to work with veteran Bollywood director Vishal Bharadwaj. In January 2019. The next month he went on to collaborate with French musicians to perform across India under the aegis of Alliance Francaise.
In June that year, he participated in the Legends of Tomorrow Concert series organised by the Pracheen Kala Kendra.
Soumitra received the Senior and Junior Scholarships from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2007 and 2014
He has performed at part of the "Rising and Promising artists of India" at National Centre of Performing Arts (N.C.P.A), Mumbai in March 2017 and at "Young Masters of India" organized by Shrutimandal, Jaipur in July 2017
Secured 1st Position at the 20th National Youth Festival Competition' in 2016. He was conferred upon the "Chacha Nehru Scholarship' from the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), India for Excellence in Creativity at the National Level from 2009 to 2012. He was also selected to perform at the 'Shakri Begum Memorial Tust (SBMT), Kolkata, an institute pionered by the legend Ustad Rashid Khan
The artist was invited to perform at the 34th National Games Celebrations at Jharkhand. He secured the First Postion at the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy competition in 2014 apart from being awarded The Akhil Bhartiya Pratibha Puraskar 2017 from the Cultural Trust of India
Soumitra has performed for eminent platforms such as WZCC, Delhi International Arts Festival, Sahitya Kala Parishad, UNESCO, The American Embassy (Delhi) and Doordarshan. In India, he has travelled extensively to perform in Delhi, Kolkata Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Jaipur.
Soumitra, apart from performing solo, has participated in several jugalbandis and collaborations with a bevy of national and international instrumentalists and vocalists.
Soumitra has also been conducting regular workshops and lecture demonstrations at various schools and colleges to promote music and art amongst our youth.