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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gagan Chandra Chatterjee
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| birth_date = 1890
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]]
| death_date = 1949
| instrument = [[Violin]]
| genre = [[hindustani classical music]]
| occupation = [[Violin]]ist
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'''Gagan Chandra Chatterjee''' was a North Indian classical [[violin]]ist of the [[Senia Gharana]] who is known for inventing the ''gatkari'' style of North Indian classical violin.

== Early life and training ==
Gagan Chandra Chatterjee was born in [[Allahabad]] in 1890. He learned [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] classical music on the [[sarod]] from the Senia gharana master Ustad Keramatullah Khan. However, he chose a different instrument for expressing the music he learned. He could accurately play the ''gatkari'' styles of [[sitar]] and sarod on the violin and spent the rest of his life with this instrument.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kapil|first1=Hemant|title=Nature in melody|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110730/saturday/main4.htm|accessdate=27 October 2014|work=The Tribune|date=30 July 2011}}</ref> He also learned from Lachhmandas Munimji, a well-known harmonium player, and Pran Krishna Chattopadhyay, a well-known [[dhrupad]] singer.<ref name="Gagan Chandra Chatterji">{{cite book|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Music of India|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195650983|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095840253?rskey=mH20Zr&result=0&q=gagan}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Roychoudhury|first1=Bimalakanta|title=Bharatiya Sangeet Kosh|publisher=Vani Prakashan|location=Delhi|isbn=978-93-5000-463-0}}</ref>

== Career ==
Gagan Chandra Chatterjee played extensively in music conferences of his time. He recorded a few classical tracks accompanied by piano, where he is credited as 'G.C. Chatterjee'.

== Style ==
Prior to him, Hindustani classical violinists used to play by mimicking vocal Hindustani classical music. However,
Hindustani classical music uses many techniques that are unique to sitar and sarod. Gagan Chandra Chatterjee
was the first person to bring those techniques over to the violin. He would play the complete ''alaap-jor-jhala'' of Hindustani classical music, which, before him, was heard only on sitar and sarod.

== Students ==
Although Gagan Chandra Chatterjee inspired many musicians across instruments, he did not leave behind many students.
His most well-known students were Sriram Srivastava and his younger brother [[Joi Srivastava]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Narayan|first1=Prakash|title=Violin Vaadan|date=1963|publisher=Sangeet Kala Sadan}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1949 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindustani musicians]]
[[Category:Hindustani violinists]]
[[Category:Indian violinists]]
[[Category:20th-century violinists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]

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