Jotin Bhattacharya ( hi, ज्योतिन भट्टाचार्य) was an
Indian classical
Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were no ...
sarod
The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet ...
player. Jyotin was a disciple of
Allauddin Khan.
Early life and education
Bhattacharya was born in 1926 in
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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in a
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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family. He attended
C.M. Anglo Bengali College
C.M. Anglo Bengali College also known as C.M. Anglo Bengali Inter College and as Anglo Bengali Inter College is a boys' school in Bhelupur, Varanasi, India. It was established in 1898 by Chintamani Mukherjee.
History
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and subsequently attained
bachelor's,
master's
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MPhil degrees from the
Benaras Hindu University before starting his eight-year music training from Allauddin Khan. During his training under Allauddin Khan, Bhattacharya also served him as a secretary and handled all his correspondences.
Bhattacharya performed at the Baba Allauddin Khan Music Foundation in the Poorva Sanskritik Kendra,
Laxmi Nagar,
Delhi
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Album
In 1974,
HMV
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released Bhattacharya's first album, ''Sarod'', in
LP record format.
Books
Bhattacharya wrote three books (all about Allauddin Khan).
See also
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Sarod
The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet ...
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Baba Allauddin Khan
Allauddin Khan, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan ( – 6 September 1972) was an Indian sarod player and multi-instrumentalist, composer and one of the most notable music teachers of the 20th century in Indian classical music. For a generation m ...
References
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1926 births
2016 deaths
Hindustani instrumentalists
Bengali musicians
Musicians from Varanasi
Indian music educators
Sarod players