Anindo
Chatterjee (1954- ) is one of the
greatest tabla players of the world. He started studies at the age of five under Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan of Lucknow gharana and then had thirty years of training under the famed Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Today, Anindo leads his generation of representatives of the Farrukhabad Gharana of tabla founded by Haji Vilayat Khan Saheb.
Today, Anindo is respected as one of the most important tabla makers, teachers and researchers apart from being the great performer that he is. Anindo's performances are marked by clarity ot tone, very crisp and clear bols and an intutive sense of rhythm and melody
Since 1972, Anindo has performed solo as well as accompanied leading artists all over the world. Among those who he has accompanied are Pandit Nikhil Banerjee (sitar), Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (sarod), Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur (voice), Budhaditya Mukherjee (sitar), Ustad Rais Khan (sitar), Gangubai Hangal (voice), Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) among many others.
Anindo's knowledge of various tabla gharanas and their styles knows no bounds and he is a dedicated teacher as well. Many of his students have achieved national and international recognition. Among them are Bhooshan Munja, Anindo Gangopadhyay, Sanjay Jhalla and Anil Datar.
Widely traveled and a prolific recording artist, Anindo is always on tour, and travels across the globe constantly...... he could be in Calcutta chatting with you tonight, and have a concert scheduled in Rome the next day, and maybe the same day in Moscow!
