Parthasarathy Mukherjee acclaimed as leading Tabla player of the younger generation, today. He began playing tabla at the age of four under the able guidance of his father Shri Ashok Kumar Mukherjee himself a disciple of India’s foremost Tabla maestro Lt. Padmabhusan Pandit Samta Prasadji of Benaras Gharana, before Panditji took him under his wing. Partha Sarathi has been acknowledged as one of Panditji’s leading disciples for his complementary accompaniment, elegant clarity and laya accuracy.

Some of his many achievements have been:- Securing First position in:

• “Swar Sadhana Mandir”; Bombay 1979
• “Abhinav Kala Samaj”; Indore 1981
• “All India Radio Music Competition”; New Delhi 1985

Partha Sarathi is also a renowned soloist throughout India and abroad and has performed in festivals of:

• “Mehfil”; Nagpur 1981&82
• Arambh” of “Ustad Allauddin Khan Sangeet Academy”; Bhopal 1986
• “Udiyaman” of “Anhad” Bharat Bhawan; Bhopal 1988
• “Vishnu Digambar Jayanti Samaroha” of “Gandharva Mahavidyalaya”; New Delhi 1988

He has also accompanied internationally recognised artistes like Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee; Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta; Begum Parveen Sultana; Smt. Shruti Shadolikar; Shri Ulhas Bapat; Smt. Lakshmi Shankar; Smt. Prabha Atre; Shri Irshad Khan; Smt. Malini Rajurkar; Ustad Shahid Parvez; Smt. Savita Devi; Pt. Rajan & Sajan Mishra; Shri Ashok Pathak, Shri Brijnarayan, Shri Tarun Bhattacharya , Shri Dhruba Ghosh, Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan, Shri Raghunath Seth, Eduardo Niebla flamenco guitarist from Spain.

Partha Sarathi has also featured in many CD’s and cassettes with renowned artists like Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee {Sitar} and Pt. Ashok Roy {Sarod}. He has been a regular artist for ‘All India Radio And TV’ since 1986.

Partha Sarathi is now resident in U.K. since 1994 and before coming to U.K. he was a lecturer in tabla at ‘Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya; Khairagarh’ in India.