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Prasun Banerjee (singer)

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Prasun Banerjee
BornAugust 15, 1926
Kadam Kuan, Patna, British India
DiedMarch 22, 1997
GenresHindustani classical music
Occupation(s)singer
Years active? - 1994

Pandit Prasun Banerjee (Bengali: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) (c. Aug 15, 1926 – 22 March 1997) was a Hindustani classical vocalist from the Patiala Gharana.

He left college at age twenty and undertook music training, first from Jamini Ganguly and later from Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He was an A grade artist at All India Radio. In 1957 he married Meera Chatterjee and later both of them became disciples of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. He taught classical music at the Calcutta School of Music and received the ITC award (1994) and the Bhuwalka award (1995).