Ramprapanna Bhattacharya

Ramprapanna Bhattacharya is an Indian classical sitarist of the Etawah Gharana.

He began his sitar training at the age of six from his father in Kolkata, India. He also received musical training from Pandit Kashinath Mukherjee [1] and Pandit Arvind Parikh,[2] both senior disciples of Ustad Vilayat Khan. He was awarded at the Glasgow Hilton hotel for his Sitar Performance in 2012.[3] He is recipient of scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, India.[4] He has performed and given workshops in different cities in India including Kolkata,[5][6][7] Hydrabad,[8][9] Mumbai,[10] Nagpur,[11] Ahmedabad,[12][13] Delhi, Bhopal, Puna, Jaipur, Ajmer, Satara and out of India, notably United Kingdom including London, Peterborough, Edinburgh,[14][15][16] Glasgow, Chelmsford, Leeds[17][18] etc. Ramprapanna obtained Bachelors Degrees in Electronics & Communication Engineering[19][20] and is involved in the corporate world also.

References

  1. ↑ "Artist of the Month Kashinath Mukherjee". ITC SRA. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Artist of the Month Arvind Parikh". ITC SRA. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Ram's the man". PillarTalk. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  4. ↑ "Alumini". BPPIMT. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Musical Wednesdays between April - August 2006". ITC SRA. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  6. ↑ "Time Out". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  7. ↑ "Time Out". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  8. ↑ "Concert". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  9. ↑ "Tarang 6th Concert". Tarang Hydrabad. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  10. ↑ "DMCC Hindustani Music Recital". shadjamadhyam.com. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  11. ↑ "Fine Tribute". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  12. ↑ "Get ready for some soulful music". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  13. ↑ "Saptah of Musical Nights". dna syndication. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  14. ↑ "Sitar Concert". Yoga-edinburgh.com. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  15. ↑ "eventhread". eventhread.com. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  16. ↑ "Sitar Concert". citylocal.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  17. ↑ "Concerts - Summer Solstice Festival 2014". SAA-UK. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  18. ↑ "Summer Solstice". Yorkshiretimes. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  19. ↑ "Alumini". BPPIMT. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  20. ↑ "Concert". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-23.

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