But this isn't her first brush with Western classical music. Like any other child in a Bengali household, Mukherjee, too, grew up dabbling with different co-curricular activities, but realised over time that music was her calling. "I come from a background of ghazals, Hindustani classical, semi-classical and Bengali music. My initiation into Western classical music happened a few years ago, through a workshop with composer Debojyoti Mishra who had assisted Chowdhury," she shares, adding that this sparked off her interest in the relationship between Indian and Western classical music.
A link that particularly fascinates her is how the scales and chords that form the base of Western classical music are all part of Hindustani classical ragas. "If someone is playing a piece on a particular chord or scale, it will always be a combination of one or more ragas. Maybe, the two were created separately, but this bond is very strong," she illustrates.

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The young artiste tells us that while she is still overwhelmed by the love she received, she doesn't want to limit herself to working on covers. "I was speechless after all the reactions since no one in my family is remotely linked to the music industry. I plan to finish the other movements of the symphony. But, currently, I plan to focus on my riyaaz [under Subhamita Bandopadhyay], as this incident reinforced my belief in my father's words that hard work is the final goal," she concludes.

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