Pandit Anindo Chatterjee is an Indian
tabla player of the
Farukhabad gharana school. He was born into a musical family. Chatterjee is a disciple of
Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
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 has worked with sitar players
Nikhil Banerjee
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Imrat Khan
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Manilal Nag
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and
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; and vocalists Pandit
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Gangubai Hangal
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Early life
G ...
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Inspired by his uncle, Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee, Anindo 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.
Born and Education
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was born on 30 May 1954 at
Kashimpur Village,
Duttapukur,
North 24 Parganas
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West Bengal
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, a musical family. He completed his primary education from Kashimpur Primary School. After that he passed the secondary examination from Kashimpur High School.
His uncle Pandit
Debiprasad Chatterjee is an eminent sitar player of this country. His younger sister Smt.
Keka Mukherjee is a leading sitar player of AIR and also well known for her solo performance. He is a disciple of
Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
Awards
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. He performed at
Rashtrapati Bhavan
The Rashtrapati Bhavan (, rāsh-truh-puh-ti bha-vun; ; originally Viceroy's House and later Government House) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill, New Delhi, India. Rashtrapati B ...
when
U.S. President Barack Obama
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visited India in
November
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2010. Chatterjee received the
Sangeet Natak Academy Award for 2002.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee declined to receive the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
Award 2022.
He said :
''However I politely declined. I said thank you but I am not ready to receive Padma Shri at this phase of my career. I have passed that phase.''
Discography
* 1982 Raga, Baul Melody & Tabla Solo (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 7082
* 1983 Pandit Ramgopal Misra And His Orchestra / Anindo Chatterjee - Kathak Music / Tabla Ekak (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 8083
* 1983 Nandu Muley / Anindo Chatterjee - Raga Ahir-Bhairav / Raga Ragesree (LP)
* 1985
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Anindo Chatterjee - Fabulous Flute Of Hariprasad Chaurasia (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 10185
* 1989
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Anindo Chatterjee - Rāg Lalit, Nimbus Records
* 1990
Budhaditya Mukherjee
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, Anindo Chatterjee - Rāg Rāmkalī / Rāg Jhiñjoṭī, Nimbus Records
* 1990
Ram Narayan
Ram Narayan (; born 25 December 1927), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument ''sarangi'' as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internation ...
, Anindo Chatterjee - ''
Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia'' (CD, Album), Nimbus Records / NI 5245
* 1992 Stephen James (3) - Anindo Chatterjee - Raga And Tala (Cass) Divergo n. 4
* 1996 Pandit Amit Bhattacharya, Anindo Chatterjee - Homage To Guruma
Annapurna Devi
(1927 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music. She was given the name 'Annapurna' by former Maharaja Brijnath Singh of the former Maihar Estate (M.P.), and it was by this name that she was p ...
& Pandit
Jotin Bhattacharya (CD, Album), Keltia Musique Kcmd 54
* 2007 Taro Terahara / Pt.Anindo Chatterjee - Air (CD, Album, RP), Nada Music NADA-003
See also
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Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay
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Kumar Bose
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Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, ...
*
Swapan Chaudhuri
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Nayan Ghosh
Pandit Nayan Ghosh (born 28 April 1956) is an Indian Tabla and Sitar maestro. He is a tabla player from the Farrukhabad Gharana.
Performing career
Born on 28 April 1956, Pandit Nayan Ghosh received in-depth training in vocal music, Tabla and ...
*
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* Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player
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References
External links
Official site
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Indian drummers
Living people
Hindustani instrumentalists
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Tabla players
1953 births
Indian male classical musicians
Musicians from Kolkata