Occupation(s) Singer Genre World Albums Maiya Ka Darbaar | Years active 1986 – present | |
Genres Sufi, Bollywood, Folk, Indian Classical, Indie Pop, Fusion, Semi Classical Similar Kumar Sanu, Devaki Pandit, Shibani Kashyap, Pamela Jain, Kavita Seth | ||
Rimi Basu Sinha (born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is one of the very few female music composers in India. She is a trained musician and started training at the age of six. She has done her masters in Hindustani Classical from Allahabad University and then went on to pursue Sangeet Prabhakar and Senior Diploma in Light Music from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.
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By rimi basu sinha mere mann ka panchi
Personal life
Born and brought up in a very well known Bengali family of Allahabad, Rimi grew up in an environment of music and theatre. She started learning music at an early age of six years and subsequently started taking part in many cultural programmes. At the age of fifteen she became AIR artiste and took part in several concerts. Presently she is a top graded artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan. When she was six years old she started learning Hindustani music along with many other genres, with the late Shri B. N. Biswas Jee. Seeing her talent for music and singing, her parents encouraged her to pursue Hindustani Music as a subject in school and at college level. Subsequently, she went on to do her masters in Hindustani music at Allahabad University under the supervision of Pt. Ramashrya Jha jee and Smt. Kamla Bose. She also completed a Sangeet Prabhakar and Senior Diploma in light music from Prayag Sangeet Samiti of Allahabad. Even after marriage she was fully encouraged and supported by her family, especially her husband Shri Ramkrishna Sinha, to pursue her career in music.
Career
One of the handful female music composers of India, Rimi is a top-graded artiste of AIR and Doordarshan. She has done numerous performances across the globe and has released 4 concept albums, the first of which, Maiyya Ka Darbaar, was produced by Times Music a company of The Times Group, India.
She has worked with well-known artists, including Kavita Krishnamoorthy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, Usha Mangeshkar, Kumar Sanu, Mahalakshmi Iyer, K. S. Chithra, Richa Sharma, both in albums and on-stage performances.[1]
She is currently working on a new music album which will present a mixture of classical and western.
Discography
Songs
Krishna Krishna2011
Sancho HaiMaiya Ka Darbaar · 2008
Sab Mil GaoMaiya Ka Darbaar · 2008