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'''Anubrata Chatterjee''' (born 1 June 1985) is an eminent Indian tabla player of the [[Farukhabad gharana]] of [[Hindustani classical music]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Y O U N G T U R K| url = http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRLTS8yMDEwLzA2LzMwI0FyMDQ1MDM=# |work=The Economic Times Kolkata|date=30 June 2010|page=46| accessdate = 6 September 2014 }}</ref> He is the son of world-renowned tabla maestro, Pt. [[Anindo Chatterjee]].
'''Anubrata Chatterjee''' (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian [[tabla|tabla (hand drums)]] player of the [[Farrukhabad gharana]] of [[Hindustani classical music]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Anubrata |date=30 June 2010 |title=Young Turk: In need of Vi-Taal facelift |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRLTS8yMDEwLzA2LzMwI0FyMDQ1MDM=# |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080256/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRLTS8yMDEwLzA2LzMwI0FyMDQ1MDM= |archive-date=2016-03-04 |accessdate=6 September 2014 |work=The Economic Times Kolkata}}</ref> He is the son<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beck |first=John H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U83AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&pg=PA186 |title=Encyclopedia of Percussion |date=2013-11-26 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-74768-0 |language=en}}</ref> of tabla player [[Anindo Chatterjee]].<ref name=":0" />
 
== 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]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Anubrata Chatterjee |url=https://sangeetsabha.com/artists/anubrata-chatterjee-artist/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Sangeet Sabha |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Chatterjee has performed as a [[Soloist (music)|soloist]] and accompanist. He participated in numerous duet performances with his father.


== Early life and education ==
Internationally, he made his solo debut on [[BBC World Service|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.|Washington D.C]].,<ref name="kennedy">{{Cite web |title=Taal India {{!}} Explore the Arts |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=67920&source_type=B |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010222749/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=67920&source_type=B |archive-date=2012-10-10 |website=[[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]}}</ref> [[Esplanade Theatres]] in [[Singapore]], [[Rietberg Museum]] in [[Zürich|Zurich]], the World Percussion Festival in [[Chicago]], [[Jerash Festival]] in [[Jerash|Jerash, Jordan]], Corfu Festival in [[Corfu|Corfu, Greece]], [[Dubrovnik Festival]] in [[Croatia]], Namaste India Festival in [[Japan]],<ref name="japan">{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Anubrata |date=2010-05-08 |title=The Personal Telegraph {{!}} living the high life |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100508/jsp/personaltt/story_12420788.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133611/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100508/jsp/personaltt/story_12420788.jsp |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> and others.<ref name=":0" />
Son of the world-renowned tabla maestro, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Anubrata Chatterjee was nurtured from a very tender age to be a tabla player. He had the rare fortune of being the youngest and the last "Ganda-Bandh" disciple of the great guru, Padmabhushan - Deshkottam Jnan Prakash Ghosh in 1992. Subsequently, Anubrata continued his training under the gifted tutelage of his father focusing on Farukhabad Gharana along with Lucknow & Ajrada Gharana styles.
He has been a part of a unique collaboration with jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center Jazz in NewYork.
He made his debut as an accompanying artist with the legendary Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia and since then, has gone on to successfully accompany living legends of Indian Classical Music such as Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Pt.Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Sh. T.H.Vikku Vinayakram, and other respected musicians all over the world.
Anubrata has proved himself both as a soloist and as an accompanist, by his consummate tabla renditions. He has also given numerous memorable duet performances along with his father. Taking the ‘parampara’ forward, he has built upon his father's style and expanded his own repertoire to display an amalgamation of power, grace, skill, and superb tonal clarity.
Internationally, he marked his debut with a solo performance at the B.B.C. World Radio, U.K. in the year 1991. Since then he has performed worldwide.
Anubrata has been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious International festivals held across the globe, such as : The Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Centre Of Performing Arts, Washington DC; The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore; World Percussion Festival, Chicago; The Jerash festival, Jordan; Corfu festival, Greece; Dubrovnic Festival, Croatia; Namaste India Festival, Japan; Reit Burg Museum, Zurich; etc.
In a very memorable performance in Paris along with France's National symphony orchestra called the 'Orchestre National d'lle de France. And, in the year 2012, he also had the privilege to perform for the then-P.M. Dr.Manmohan Singh at Grand Hyaat, Mumbai.
Taking after his father, Anubrata gives great importance to imparting quality training to his students. He holds regular workshops in New York at MATRA (Music Academy for Tabla Research by Anindo Chatterjee) In the past, he has conducted numerous workshops in Japan, making many students to undertake advanced training under him.
While being deeply rooted in the traditional style of playing, Anubrata also understands the need for his art to be contemporary. He actively collaborates on projects that are traditional yet new age, which especially strike a chord with the youth. Based on this thought, he formed a unique percussion group named Taal- India wherein every region of the country was represented by a percussion instrument.
He has also been a part of various fusion bands and has had the opportunity to share a stage with prominent artists such as Shankar Mahadevan, Ranjit Barot, Rahim al Haj (a renowned Oud player from Iraq) etc.
Currently, Anubrata has created his band named, LayaCurry and Beats & Pieces T20 of Classical Music is being appreciated all over my musicians are music lovers all over the world.
His institution, Music Academy for Tabla Research by Anindo Chatterjee( MATRA) focuses on teaching the art all over the world.
Anubrata has been conferred with the Basavaraj Rajguru Award in 2014 and prestigious, Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Award, 2016.


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
* 2001: President's Gold Medal awarded by All India Radio
* 2001: President's Gold Medal awarded by [[All India Radio]]
* 2002: Pandit Nikhil Ghosh Memorial Award
* 2013: Basavaraj Rajguru Award conferred by the [[Government of Karnataka]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2013: Basava Raj Rajguru Award conferred by Karnataka Govt.
* 2016: [[Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar|Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth Award]] given by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]
*2016: Sangeet Natak Akademi 'Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
 
== List of festival performances ==
=== 2003 ===
* World Percussion Festival, Chicago
* [[Rietberg Museum]], Zurich
 
=== 2005 ===
* [[North American Bengali Conference]] (NABC), New York City
 
=== 2006 ===
* The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore
 
=== 2007 ===
* NABC, Detroit, US
* [[Jerash Festival]], Jordan
* Corfu Festival, Greece
* [[Dubrovnik Summer Festival|Dubrovnik Festival]], Croatia
 
=== 2008 ===
* Carnegie Hall, New York City
* [[Sawai Gandharv Festival]], Pune, India
 
=== 2009 ===
* NABC, Houston, US<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anubrata Chatterjee |url=http://www.nabc2009.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=274&Itemid=725 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050957/http://www.nabc2009.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=274&Itemid=725 |archive-date=2014-02-04 |website=nabc2009.com}}</ref>
 
=== 2010 ===
* [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], Washington, DC<ref name="kennedy" />
* Namaste India Festival, Japan<ref name="japan" />
* [[Baxter Theatre Centre]], Cape Town, South Africa
 
=== 2011 ===
* [[Darbar Festival]], London
* [[Saptak Festival]], Ahmedabad, India
* [[Dover Lane Music Conference]], Kolkata
 
=== 2012 ===
* Sukiyaki Festival, Japan
* [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York City
* [[Darjeeling Carnival]], Darjeeling, India
* Sawai Gandharv Festival, Pune
 
=== 2013 ===
* [[Chicago Cultural Center]], Chicago
* [[Duke University]], Durham, US
* [[Markham Centennial Centre]], Toronto
* [[Gulbenkian Foundation]], Lisbon
* [[Orchestre national d'Île-de-France]], Paris
 
=== 2014 ===
* [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival|Kala Ghoda Festival]], Mumbai
* Sankat Mochan Festival, Varanasi, India
* [[Idea Jalsa]], Chennai, India


== Important Festivals ==
=== 2015 ===
* 2003:
* Lisbon Orchestra
** World Percussion Festival, Chicago
** Reit Burg Museum, Zurich
* 2005:
** N.A.B.C., Houston
* 2006:
** The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore
* 2007:
** N.A.B.C., Houston
** The Jerash festival, Jordan
** Corfu festival, Greece
** Dubrovnic Festival, Croatia
* 2008:
** The Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh
** Sawai Gandharva Festival, Pune
* 2009:
** N.A.B.C., Houston
* 2010:
** The Kennedy Centre of Performing Arts, Washington DC
** Namaste India Festival, Japan
** Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town
* 2011:
** Durbar Festival, London
** Saptak Festival, Ahmedabad
** Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata
* 2012:
** Sukiyaki Festival, Japan
** Metropolitan Museum, New York
** Darjeeling Carnival, Darjeeling
** Sawai Gandharva Festival, Pune
* 2013:
** Chicago Cultural Centre, Chicago
** Duke University, North Carolina
** Markham Centre, Toronto
** Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
** Orchestre National d'lle de France, Paris
* 2014:
** Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
** Sankat Mochan Festival, Varanasi
** Idea Jalsa, Chennai
** 2015
** Lisbon Orchestra


== References ==
== References ==
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* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100508/jsp/personaltt/story_12420788.jsp The Telegraph India]
 
* [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RVRLTS8yMDEwLzA2LzMwI0FyMDQ1MDM= The Times of India]
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203034814/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=67920&source_type=B The Kennedy Center] Taal India Video
* {{Cite web |date=25 February 2011 |title=Variety at its best |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/variety-its-best-2396818 |access-date=2024-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141950/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/141064/variety-its-best.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130203092503/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M4522 The Kennedy Center]
* {{Cite web |title=Anubrata-Chatterjee: Anubrata Chatterjee will be off to the US for a tour |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/anubrata-chatterjee-will-be-off-to-the-us-for-a-tour-of-stringstruck-on-may-28-i-have-a-stringstruck-show-with-purbayan-chatterjee-shankar-mahadevanand-others-at-garden-state-exhibition-centre-nj-usa-on-29th-i-will-be-playing-in-chicago-with-purbayan-and-shashank-then-on-june-10-and-june-11-i-will-accompanying-purbayan-in-new-york-city-and-cleveland-respectively-on-june-18-i-have-a-show-in-kelowna-in-canada-says-anubrata-/speednewsshow/8566904.cms |access-date=2024-02-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204843/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/anubrata-chatterjee-will-be-off-to-the-us-for-a-tour-of-stringstruck-on-may-28-i-have-a-stringstruck-show-with-purbayan-chatterjee-shankar-mahadevanand-others-at-garden-state-exhibition-centre-nj-usa-on-29th-i-will-be-playing-in-chicago-with-purbayan-and-shashank-then-on-june-10-and-june-11-i-will-accompanying-purbayan-in-new-york-city-and-cleveland-respectively-on-june-18-i-have-a-show-in-kelowna-in-canada-says-anubrata-/speednewsshow/8566904.cms |archive-date=2023-11-28 |website=[[Times of India]]}}
* [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/141064/variety-its-best.html The Deccan Herald]
* {{Cite web |date=2010-03-07 |title=Drumming up a storm |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100307/jsp/graphiti/story_12181607.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311185125/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100307/jsp/graphiti/story_12181607.jsp |archive-date=2010-03-11 |website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]}}
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/speednewsshow/8566904.cms The Times of India]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100307/jsp/graphiti/index.jsp The Telegraph India]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Anubrata-Chatterjee/speednewsbytopic/keyid-430416.cms The Calcutta Times]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Anubrata-Chatterjee/speednewsbytopic/keyid-430416.cms The Calcutta Times]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Kolkata/A-cool-musical-movement-takes-birth/articleshow/38821824.cms The Times of India] Classicool Project
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Kolkata/A-cool-musical-movement-takes-birth/articleshow/38821824.cms The Times of India] Classicool Project
* [http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bring-the-cool-into-indian-classical-music/15448158 Mid-Day Newspaper] Classicool Project
* [http://www.mid-day.com/articles/bring-the-cool-into-indian-classical-music/15448158 Mid-Day Newspaper] Classicool Project
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050957/http://www.nabc2009.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=274&Itemid=725 N.A.B.C. Festival]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=8U83AgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&pg=PA186 Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H.Beck]  
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=8U83AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA186&dq=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JhTSU8GIBpDHuATz_oHAAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Anubrata%20Chatterjee%22&f=false Encyclopedia of Percussion by John H.Beck] www.books.google.com
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=pMrWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22 Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vol-57]  
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=pMrWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&dq=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JhTSU8GIBpDHuATz_oHAAQ&redir_esc=y Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vol-57] www.books.google.co.in
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=nC9WAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22 India Today, Vol-33, Issues: 27–34]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=nC9WAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&dq=%22Anubrata+Chatterjee%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3xXSU9fYLJKXuATT94K4Aw&redir_esc=y India Today, Vol-33, Issues: 27–34]
 
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Anubrata Chatterjee
Anubrata Chatterjee performing at a concert, 2014
Anubrata Chatterjee performing at a concert, 2014
Background information
Born1 June 1985 (1985-06) (age 41)
Kolkata, India
OriginMumbai, India
GenresHindustani classical music, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musical artist
InstrumentsTabla
Years active(1991–present)

Anubrata Chatterjee (born 1 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 | edit source]

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 a unique collaboration with jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center Jazz in NewYork.

Awards[edit | edit source]

List of festival performances[edit | edit source]

2003[edit | edit source]

2005[edit | edit source]

2006[edit | edit source]

  • The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore

2007[edit | edit source]

2008[edit | edit source]

2009[edit | edit source]

  • NABC, Houston, US[6]

2010[edit | edit source]

2011[edit | edit source]

2012[edit | edit source]

2013[edit | edit source]

2014[edit | edit source]

2015[edit | edit source]

  • Lisbon Orchestra

References[edit | edit source]

  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Anubrata Chatterjee". Sangeet Sabha. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Taal India | Explore the Arts". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.

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