Ajoy Chakrabarty's contribution to Indian classical music is unparalleled in modern times. His music is a perfect marriageof innovation and tradition reaching out and touching the hearts of listeners worldwide, effectively bridging cultural gaps with a natural ease. His live performances, consummate lessons in creative music making, are a product of deep thought and contemplation and at the same time highly spontaneous.

Born in Calcutta in 1952, his parents reminisce that he could sing before he could talk.Despite having fallen on hard times, they spared no pains in fulfilling the great potential their child exhibited. His father Shri Ajit Chakrabarty walked him through his first musical course, before handing over this most prodigious musical talent to some remarkable teachers including Late Kanaidas Bairagi, Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh and the Late Munawar Ali Khan. Though groomed in all the details and intricacies of the Patiala gharana of vocal music, immortalised by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ajoy's music is an innovative blend of styles making his music distinctive and truly his own.