Sanjib Mondal
Sanjib was born in 1974, in a village called Fulbari in the suburbs of Kolkata. He grew up there and moved to Oxford Mission, Behala for schooling. He got started on the violin at age 10, under the guidance of Late Father Theodore Mathieson, and was later introduced to the Oxford Mission Orchestra.
At age 16, Sanjib was playing in quartets and quintets at The Oberoi Grand. He moved to England in 1994, mostly to perform in quartets. He received a scholarship for the Dartington International Summer School several times for studying the violin, viola and chamber music. He received his Diploma in Violin from Trinity College of Music, London. Sanjib started teaching at the Oxford Mission in 1996, and it was also the beginning of his conducting career. In 1997 Sanjib founded Roger Music School.
Sanjib has visited various countries and has been associated with multiple orchestras, musicians and conductors. His orchestral experience, mostly as a guest violinist, includes the Sydney International Fellowship Orchestra, Dartington International Orchestra, McLean Symphony Orchestra USA, Delhi, Bangalore and Bombay Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of India, and many more. He is associated with The Neemrana Music Foundation, primarily performing opera music. He was also a member of the India-Sri Lanka Goodwill Orchestra which performed in Tokyo, as a part of Asia Orchestra Week 2007. Sanjib has worked with the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta as a violinist and conductor for concerts in Fukushima and Tokyo Opera City, Japan.
He got his conducting lessons from various conductors, including Mr. Richard Gill, the conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Sanjib currently serves as the Head of Music at the Oxford Mission, Behala, teaches at the Calcutta School of Music and is the resident conductor of Calcutta Chamber Orchestra.
In 2011, Sanjib founded the Kolkata Youth Orchestra, KYO and has conducted a few KYO performances in Kolkata, along with musicians from abroad. KYO has had the opportunity to perform with Panos Karan, Founder of Keys Of Change, a UK-based charity that brings music to the lesser privileged communities. Sanjib founded KYO in 2011. He is the Conductor and Managing Trustee.
In 2018, Sanjib founded KSO, Kolkata Symphony Orchestra with its first performance at the Kala Mandir, Kolkata on 20 April, 2018, and at the Taj Bengal Hotel, Crystal Room, on 22 April, 2018. Sanjib was earlier the conductor of Calcutta Chamber Orchestra.
External links
- Kolkata Symphony Orchestra About Us Page, Profile of Conductor Sanjib Mondal
- Resume of Conductor Sanjib Mondal
- Kolkata Youth Orchestra
- Panos Karan, Biography
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