Anindo Chatterjee

Anindo Chatterjee

Anindo Chatterjee at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 2012
Background information
Born 1953
Kolkata
Origin India
Genres Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments tabla
Associated acts also accompanied Pt. Ravi Shankar, Ut. Shahid Parvez

Anindo Chatterjee is an Indian tabla player of the Farukhabad gharana school. He was born into a musical family. His uncle, Pt. Debiprasad Chatterjee, is an eminent sitar player of India. His younger sister, Smt. Keka Mukherjee, is a leading sitar player of AIR and also well known for her solo performances. Chatterjee is a disciple of Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Gifted with an ability to summon crystal-clear melodies from his drums, he evolved into one of the world's greatest tabla players.

As director of the Farrukhabad Gharana of Tabla, founded by Haji Vilayat Khan Saheb, Chatterjee continues to give new voice to his instrument. In addition to solo performances and recordings, Chatterjee worked with sitar players Nikhil Banerjee, Imrat Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, and Rais Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shahid Parvez, Pt.Manilal Nag, sarod players Buddhadev Das Gupta and Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan,Tejendra Narayan Majumder, flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia; santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma; and vocalists Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur and Gangubai Hangal.

Inspired by his uncle, Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee, Chatterjee began playing tabla at the age of five. Studying briefly with Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan of the Lucknow Gharana, he advanced to studying under Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, with whom he studied for three decades. The recipient of the prestigious President's Award in 1970, Chatterjee became the first tabla player to perform in the House of Commons 20 years later.[1][2] He performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan when U.S. President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010. Chatterjee received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2002.

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References

  1. ↑ "Obama treated to a cultural night". The Hindu. November 9, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Nilaksha (February 6, 2010). "Delightfully difficult". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
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