Arko Mukhaerjee is a trained musician and singer based in Calcutta, India who has been working on the research of finding the roots of Indian folk and contemporary music. Lately, he has been popular for his unique singing voice with natural husk and high tenor of vocals.
Mukhaerjee also specializes in a diversity of folk music that ranges from European music to Middle-eastern along with tribal music from his own Bengali culture.
Arko Mukhaerjee: Early life, career, and nationality
Arko Mukhaerjee was born in Bengal, India which makes his nationality an Indian. The 32-year-old singer was born to an All-India Radio artist mother who helped him to learn the Indian classical musical notes. Similarly, his father too contributed for him to aspire to be a musician. In an interview, he revealed that his father would take him on his cycle while he was only two years through the way to the market while singing to him. His father would often sing Bengali folk songs that Arko picked later and started singing.
He learned music until the age of 10 and began singing while at 17-18 but then gave up because of its limited scope in the future. However, he continued with the music yet again in the year 2001 working collaboratively with some of the local artists like the Dutta Brothers Amyt of Pinknoise and Skinny Alley and the late Latin music percussionist Monojit (aka Kochuda). From there he began his career in music.
In the year 2011, he went to France where he started making music along with his ex-partner and a harpist Anna Tanvir. The two had a band together named Crossover, together they worked collaboratively and performed at many festivals and concerts together. They moved to England but that didn’t stop Arko from performing in the streets while amusing people with his diversity. Eventually, he released his album with eight compositions in an animation titled The Lion & The Hamster. Arko was counted among the top artists in Bangladesh.
His career changed when he went to perform at the Dhaka Sufi Festival and Nepal Gypsy Jazz Festival which added to his stardom.
Arko Mukhaerjee: wife, children, and personal life
Arko Mukhaerhjee was in a relationship with harpist Anna Tanvir the daughter of the Indian theatre legend Habib Tanvir. They worked as musicians and traveled across Europe working in collaboration. They had a band together which they named Crossover. Anna Tanvir herself is a talented singer often connecting music from the East and the West. She was born in Ireland and grew up there listening to Irish music and getting inspired by it. After meeting Arko, she worked with his band after which started one together.
They are not very vocal about their personal lives and have so far managed to maintain their privacy. In the past, the two were in a relationship but that didn’t last long. The couple separated after few years but never revealed the real reason behind the split.
Arko Mukhaerjee: net worth
Arko Mukhaerjee is a talented musician with a diverse mix of music he offers every time. He has traveled across Europe and speaks 19 different languages in total, which is really impressive. Besides his music career and life as a singer, there is little information available. Thus, his net worth estimation is a mystery as of now. However, he may have a net worth more than a million.
Mukhaerjee is active on social media profiles like Youtube where you can check his music and singing. Additionally, he has an Instagram account as well. Further, he has an official website.
