Dhriti Gobinda Dutta

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Special Roll-out

May 30, 2020

Happy Birthday Guruji

Dear ji,

Isn't the the day special for us TABLA LOVERS; the Birthday of one of the most lovable Indian Classical Musicians & TABLA Artistes PANDIT ANINDO CHATTERJEE?

The answer is obviously 'Yes'!

The Man

"Pt. Anindo Chatterjee is an Indian Tabla player of the Farukhabad Gharana school. He was born into a musical family. Chatterjee is a disciple of Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh. Gifted with an ability to summon crystal-clear melodies from his drums, he evolved into one of the world's greatest tabla players.

As director of the Farrukhabad Gharana of Tabla, Chatterjee continues to give new voice to his instrument." [wikipedia]

A trend-setter Soloist Guruji has been a soul-mate accompanist to all the legendary masters of 20th & 21st including the Bharat Ratnas- Pt. Bhimsen Joshi & Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Collaborative ventures with legendary Jazz Saxophonist Kenny G.

Performance venues: the first Tabla player to perform in the House of Commons and Rashtrapati Bhavan when U.S. President Barack Obama visited India in November 2010, including the best around the globe.

His greatness is aptly so as he passes his legacy on to his son- one of the best of the generation Anubrata Chatterjee and several others.

Food for Riyaz

The name synonymous to Perfection has been inspiring us pursue our art with the three D's- Devotion, Dedication & Determination that transformed Guruji into a legend!

So let's follow the footsteps of this great Master who broke off the narrow sectarian shackles of Gharanas while giving a new expression to the one he belongs to.

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