Srabani Sen

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Srabani Sen

| background = person

| native_name = শ্রাবণী সেন

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = Srabani_Sen.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|8|13|df=y}}

| origin = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

| genre = Rabindra Sangeet

| years_active = 1996–present

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|music teacher}}

| instrument = Vocal

| website = {{URL|srabanisen.com}}

}}

Srabani Sen (also spelt as Sraboni Sen; {{langx|bn|শ্রাবণী সেন}}) is an Indian exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and Bengali songs. She is a daughter of Sumitra Sen and sister to Indrani Sen. She is a successor to the gharana, which has contributed to the spread of Tagore's music across the world.

Career

She was schooled at Patha Bhavan school in Kolkata. Later she studied geography at the Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, a women's college affiliated with the University of Calcutta and earned a postgraduate degree from the same university.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Can-never-feel-lonely-with-Rabindra-Sangeet-Sumitra/articleshow/7929779.cms|title=Can never feel lonely with Rabindra Sangeet: Sumitra|last=Banerjee|first=Falguni|date=10 April 2011|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=22 July 2019}} She started as a journalist for the Bengali magazine Manorama, before opting for a full-time career in music. Sen's tutelage commenced under her mother's guidance was followed by training at Geetabitan Music Institute.

She has sung on the soundtracks of many films, including Dekha, Baariwali, Swapner Feriwalla, Sanjhbaatir Rupkothara, Ballygunge Court, and Hemanter Pakhi.{{Cite web|url=https://gaanmela.com/68/srabani-sen-rabindra-sangeet-revisited|title=Srabani Sen – Rabindra Sangeet Revisited|last=Goswami|first=Kaustav|date=|website=Gaanmela Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317061203/https://gaanmela.com/68/srabani-sen-rabindra-sangeet-revisited|archive-date=17 March 2012|access-date=22 July 2019}}

In 2014 she started her own music academy, teaching Rabindrasangeet.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/kolkata/srabani-sen-collaborated-with-dohar-for-a-musical-show/articleshow/66999945.cms|title=Srabani Sen collaborated with Dohar for a musical show|last=Dasgupta|first=Srishti|date=8 December 2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=22 July 2019}}

She is the daughter of singer Sumitra Sen, and the younger sister of another Rabindra Sangeet exponent Indrani Sen.{{Cite web|url=https://gaanmela.com/520/srabani-sen-exclusive-interview|title=Srabani Sen Exclusive Interview|last=Goswami|first=Kaustav|date=|website=Gaanmela Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729022153/https://gaanmela.com/520/srabani-sen-exclusive-interview|archive-date=29 July 2010|access-date=22 July 2019}}

Her mother, Sumitra Sen died on 3 January 2023 at the age of 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/legendary-singer-sumitra-sen-passes-away-at-89-article-96697771|date=3 January 2023|title=Legendary Singer Sumitra Sen passes away at the age of 89|work=Times Now}}