Sisirkana Dhar Choudhury is a distinguished violinist throughout India and abroad. She had her first lesson on the violin and vocal music from Ustad Moti Mian when she was seven years old. Later she received systematic training from the renowned violinist Padmabhushan V G Jog from 1952 onwards. lmpressed’ with her talent, Swar Samrat Ali Akbar Khan accepted her as his pupil in 1956 Few years later, she received musical lessons for a short period from the rarely gifted musician Smt. Annapurna Devi, the worthy daughter of Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib, Maihar. Pandit Ravi Shankar also spared some few hours from his very busy schedule for imparting lessons to Sisir Kana. She started her performing career in Calcutta since 1953 She received talim in Dhrupad and Dhamar from the renowned musician-scholar Sri Birendra Kishore Roychowdhury, Calcutta around 1960 who has also imparted lessons on musicology. From the scholar-musician Acharya T L Rana, Calcutta around 1973 she received training on musicology. She received the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1997. Almost all over the world, Sisirkana toured for her violin performance. At some major universities in Europe and Japan, she held several workshops and lecture3 cum-demonstration. All through her career in public performance, she received high applause from a distinguished audience. She was associated with Ali Akbar College of Music, San Rafael, CA, USA as Director of Bowed lnstrument from 1998to2004. At present she is working as the Principal, Sangeetanjali, college of music in Fremont, CA, USA. Besides her normal assignments, she is guiding a large number of students of India and abroad.