Anindo Chatterjee is an Indian tabla player who belongs to the Farrukhabad Gharana (one of the six tabla playing styles). Anindo Chatterjee is a disciple of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
Wiki/Biography
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was born on Sunday, May 30, 1954 (age 69; as of 2023) in Duttapur, Parganas District, North 24, West Bengal, India Kool village Kashmiripur. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He completed his primary education at Cassimpur Primary School and later attended Cassimpur High School for higher education. Anindo Chatterjee is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee childhood photos
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: natural black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s parents and siblings.
wife and children
Anindo Chatterjee married Alpana Chatterjee on July 15, 1980.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and his wife Alpana Chatterjee
On June 1, 1985, the couple had a son, Anubrata Chatterjee. Anubrata Chatterjee is a tabla player and is carrying on his father’s legacy.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and his son Anubrata Chatterjee (right)
other relatives
Anindo Chatterjee’s uncles Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee (sitar master), Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee and Pandit Aparesh Chatterjee were all Indian musicians.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and his uncle
Profession
live performance
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee started his stage performances while accompanying renowned musicians on their respective tours across the country and internationally. He has performed in various concerts such as Tabla Festival, Shastriya Sangeet Sammelan, 17th Annual Asian Music Series, Darbar Festival and Tansen Mahotsav.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and son Anubrata Chatterjee (left) perform live at the Tabla Music Festival
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (middle) performing live at Tansen Mahotsav in Gwalior
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee performing live at Darbar Festival 2022
record album
In 1982, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee released the collaboration album “Raga, Baul Melody & Tabla Solo” with Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s collaborative album “Raga, Baul Melody & Tabla Solo”
In 1997, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee released his solo album “Mesmeric Sound of Tabla”. This album has two songs named Tintal and Jyoti Taal.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s solo album “Mesmeric Sound of Tabla”
In 1998, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee released a cassette album “Drums of India” which contained folk tabla music. The album contains three songs named Ektaal, Dhamar and Nasrukh.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s 1998 cassette album “Drums of India”
In 2013, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee appeared on an album by Josh Feinberg, the world’s leading young sitar player. The album “Flowers Among the Thorns” has 5 tracks in which Chatterjee plays the tabla.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s 2013 collaboration with Josh Feinberg
dispute
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee rejects Padma Shri
In 2022, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee refused to accept the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award. Pandit Anindo Chatterjee said in an interview,
If it had been given to me ten years ago, I would have gladly accepted it. “
Legendary Indian singer Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee was the first person of Bengali descent to deny Padma Shri, followed by Pandit Anindo Chatterjee.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In 1970, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee received the President’s Award.
- In 2002, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Performing Arts (Tabla) category.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was honored at the 25th Chakradhar Samaroha held in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
- In 2015, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was honored at the Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroha.
- On July 25, 2022, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee received the Banga Bibhushan Award from Mamata Banerjee.
- In 2006, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was honored at the Bangladesh Classical Music Festival.
Favorites
- Food: Curry Fish Rice
- Musicians: Ahmed Jan Khan Thirakwa and Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh
- Travel Destination: Dubai
Facts / Trivia
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee has written for Amitabh Bachchan, Asha Bhosle and Zakir Hussein Hussain and many other celebrities played the tabla.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee plays the tabla for Amitabh Bachchan (left) in Mumbai
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (Pandit Anindo Chatterjee) (left) and Asha Bhosle (Asha Bhosle) (right)
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee started playing the tabla when he was 2 years old.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee is a very close friend of tabla master Zakir Hussain.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and Zakir Hussain (right)
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was trained for 3 years by Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan (Gharana Table Master, Lucknow). Apart from learning the tabla playing of the Farrukhabad Gharana, Anindo Chatterjee is also familiar with the Lucknow Gharana.
- In 1970, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee won the All India Children’s Music Competition, and his mentor, Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, was a judge, and that was the first time they met.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee was a student of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh for thirty years until the latter’s death in 1997.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (right) and his mentor Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh (left)
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee made his stage debut at the age of 10 at the Satrang Music Convention in New Delhi.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee entered the music industry under the influence of his uncles Pandit Debi Prasad Chatterjee, Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee and Pandit Aparesh Chatterjee.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee started performing live in the concerts and tours of famous sitar player Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (left) and Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (right) at the concert
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee worked with George Harrison (English musician), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod Guru), Ustad Amja Collaboration with famous musicians such as De Ali Khan (Sarod Master), Zakir Hussain (Tabla Master), Ustad Ghulam Ali (Indian Classical Ghazal Singer) show. , Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (Santur Guru), Hariharan (Indian playback singer) and Shankar Mahadevan (Indian singer and composer).
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee performing live with Sarol maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan in concert
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (yellow) and Shankar Mahadevan (blue) live performance
- At the age of five, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee became the youngest performing artist of Radio All India.
- In 1989, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee became the youngest member to perform in the House of Commons.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee performs at a concert at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi during then-President Barack Obama’s visit to the country in 2010.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee has its own music school named Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Music School located at 1371, Hussainpur Main Rd, Madurdaha, Hussainpur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700107, IN.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee is associated with “MATRA – Anindo Chatterjee’s Conservatory of Tabla Studies”, an online Tabla teaching workshop that tutors students from all over the world.
- Pandit Anindo Chatterjee organizes independent Tabla workshops in different countries including India, USA, Japan and Canada.
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee Los Angeles Tabla Studio
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee’s Tabla Studio in Japan
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