Shyam Sundar Goswami

Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami
Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami
Background information
Birth name	Shyam Sundar Goswami
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s)	Vocalist
Years active	2000 – present
Website	Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami: Google Sites

Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami (Bengali: শ্যাম সুন্দর গোস্বামী) is an Indian classical vocalist who has secured a distinguished position in the domain of Hindustani classical music.

Prior to the Mughal era, his forefathers have continued to be the votary of music. His ancestor named Banikantha was blessed with the idol of Madan Mohan and used to sing in front of the idol. It is said that his family was not only the religious guru of king Shashanka, but also used to sing in the king's court. His family, since the Mughal era, has made efforts to track out God and his spirits through music.

Although trained in Kirana Gharana, he has blended his family's own traditional style of recital, which was kept alive by his mother, Srimati Maya Goswami, with the gharana and has introduced a new style of rendering khayals, in which there is a serene devotion to God.

Goswami was born to Pravupada Dwijendranath Goswami who was a religious guru and a Sanskrit scholar. On the other hand, his father was also an exponent of music and sculpture. Goswami received his first training from his mother, Srimati Maya Goswami. Then he was trained under the tutelage of Pandit Jadunath Chakraborty and Guru Madan Mohan Thakur. He studied Indian classical music at Rabindra Bharati University, from where he got an Honours degree in Hindustani classical music. Later on, he successfully achieved the M.A. degree in khayal from there. He is a master of khayals, thumris and bhajans