Anubrata Chatterjee

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Anubrata Chatterjee
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Anubrata Chatterjee performing at a concert, 2014
Background information
Born1 June 1985 (1985-06) (age 39)
Kolkata, India
Origin Mumbai, India
Genres Hindustani classical music, jazz fusion
OccupationMusical artist
Instrument Tabla
Years active(1991–present)

Anubrata Chatterjee (born 1st June 1985) is an Indian tabla (hand drums) player of the Farrukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. [1] He is the son [2] of tabla player Anindo Chatterjee. [3]

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Career

He debuted alongside Hariprasad Chaurasia, and subsequently collaborated with other musicians in the Indian classical music realm, such as Amjad Ali Khan, Birju Maharaj, Shivkumar Sharma, Shahid Parvez, and T. H. Vinayakram. [3]

Chatterjee has performed as a soloist and accompanist. He participated in numerous duet performances with his father.

Internationally, he made his solo debut on BBC World Radio in the UK in 1991 and performed at venues and festivals globally, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., [4] Esplanade Theatres in Singapore, Rietberg Museum in Zurich, the World Percussion Festival in Chicago, Jerash Festival in Jerash, Jordan, Corfu Festival in Corfu, Greece, Dubrovnik Festival in Croatia, Namaste India Festival in Japan, [5] and others. [3] He has been a part of an unique collaboration with jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center Jazz in NewYork.

Awards

List of festival performances

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2014

2015

References

  1. Chatterjee, Anubrata (30 June 2010). "Young Turk: In need of Vi-Taal facelift". The Economic Times Kolkata. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. Beck, John H. (26 November 2013). Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-74768-0.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Anubrata Chatterjee". Sangeet Sabha. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Taal India | Explore the Arts". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  5. 1 2 Chatterjee, Anubrata (8 May 2010). "The Personal Telegraph | living the high life". The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  6. "Anubrata Chatterjee". nabc2009.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014.