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Pandit Sankha Chatterjee (1934 – 11 October 2024) was an Indian tabla player.[1][2] He studied under three traditional Tabla Gharana in strict Parampara tradition.
Pandit Sankha Chatterjee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 West Bengal, British India |
| Died | (aged 89) Kolkata, India |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Occupation | Tabla |
| Instrument | Tabla |
| Website | Official site |
Early life
editBorn into a musical family in Calcutta, India. His father was a doctor and musical enthusiast, exposing him to formal tuition early in life under Ustad Maseet Khan of the Farukhabad Gharana of Tabla. He Studied under Ustad Maseet Khan, Sankha subsequently learnt from his son Ustad Keramatulla Khan and later from late tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha Khan of the Punjab Gharana.
Career
editSankha Chatterjee's style is a blend of three leading Gharanas (schools), the Farukkabad, Punjab and Delhi Gharanas. He still performs and teaches. He divides his time teaching in Berlin and India as his bases and holds workshops across Europe and the United States. In 1984 he taught and performed at the Istituto Interculturale di Studi Musicali Comparati in Venice alongside sitar player Budhaditya Mukherjee.
His leading students are amongst some of the leading virtuosos of the younger generation of tabla players such as Gouri Shankar Karmakar, Subhojyoti Guha, Amit Chatterjee, Mihir Kundu, Hindole Majumdar, Friedemann Zintel and Federico Sanesi.
Personal life and death
editHis elder daughter Vidushi Sangeeta BandyopadhyayGIMA nominated, is a leading classical vocalist of the Lucknow, Patiala and Indore Gharana of Indian classical sangeet.
Sankha Chatterjee died after a long illness in Kolkata, on 11 October 2024, at the age of 89.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Freeman, Steve; Freeman, Alan (December 1996). The crack in the cosmic egg: encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische musik & other progressive, experimental & electronic musics from Germany. Audion. p. 43. ISBN 9780952950608. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Nilaksha Gupta (21 March 2009). "Wit, Rhythm and Excitement". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "My Guruji Tabla Maestro Pandit Sankha Chatterjee ji is no more". hindolem on Instagram. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Eminent Tabla Maestro and Guru Pandit Sankha Chatterjee passed away at the age of 89". Hindustani Classical Music And Everything on Facebook. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.