Anubrata Chatterjee
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Anubrata Chatterjee | |
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 Anubrata Chatterjee performing at a concert, 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1 June 1985 (age 39) Kolkata, India |
| Origin | Mumbai, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music, jazz fusion |
| Occupation | Musical 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]
Career
[edit]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 both as a soloist and an accompanist, through his tabla renditions, participating 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]
Awards
[edit]- 2001: President's Gold Medal awarded by All India Radio
- 2002: Pandit Nikhil Ghosh Memorial Award[citation needed]
- 2013: Basavaraj Rajguru Award conferred by the Government of Karnataka[3]
- 2016: Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth Award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
List of festival performances
[edit]2003
[edit]- World Percussion Festival, Chicago
- Rietberg Museum, Zurich
2005
[edit]- North American Bengali Conference (NABC), New York City
2006
[edit]- The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore
2007
[edit]- NABC, Detroit, US
- Jerash Festival, Jordan
- Corfu Festival, Greece
- Dubrovnik Festival, Croatia
2008
[edit]- Carnegie Hall, New York City
- Sawai Gandharv Festival, Pune, India
2009
[edit]- NABC, Houston, US[6]
2010
[edit]- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC[4]
- Namaste India Festival, Japan[5]
- Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
2011
[edit]- Darbar Festival, London
- Saptak Festival, Ahmedabad, India
- Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata
2012
[edit]- Sukiyaki Festival, Japan
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- Darjeeling Carnival, Darjeeling, India
- Sawai Gandharv Festival, Pune
2013
[edit]- Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
- Duke University, Durham, US
- Markham Centennial Centre, Toronto
- Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
- Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Paris
2014
[edit]- Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
- Sankat Mochan Festival, Varanasi, India
- Idea Jalsa, Chennai, India
2015
[edit]- Lisbon Orchestra
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Beck, John H. (26 November 2013). Encyclopedia of Percussion. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74768-0.
- ^ a b c d "Anubrata Chatterjee". Sangeet Sabha. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Taal India | Explore the Arts". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
- ^ a b Chatterjee, Anubrata (8 May 2010). "The Personal Telegraph | living the high life". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Anubrata Chatterjee". nabc2009.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014.
External links
[edit]- "Variety at its best". Deccan Herald. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- "Anubrata-Chatterjee: Anubrata Chatterjee will be off to the US for a tour". Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- "Drumming up a storm". The Telegraph. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010.
- The Calcutta Times
- The Times of India Classicool Project
- Mid-Day Newspaper Classicool Project
- Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H.Beck
- Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vol-57
- India Today, Vol-33, Issues: 27–34
