Anando Mukerjee, was an innocuous 13-year-old when he first heard crooner Al Martino’s Here In My Heart on state-run All India Radio, unaware that this would be the turning point in his life. “I was arrested by the sound of his voice. This, I realised, was opera and the voice was that of a tenor,” says Mukerjee, who today is recognised as India’s only tenor. He holds the distinction of being the only Indian tenor to have made operatic debuts at leading international venues like Belgrade National Opera, Serbia and Italy’s Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena. Mukerjee is currently in the city to perform with the SOI Chamber Orchestra along with resident conductor, Piotr Borkowski.