Apratim Majumdar & Amit Chatterjee
April 26 @ 7:30 pm
Apratim Majumdar & Amit Chatterjee
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Internationally-acclaimed Sarod virtuoso Apratim Majumdar and Tabla maestro Amit Chatterjee captivate listeners with their distinguished recitals of traditional Indian Music. Deeply steeped in the Guru-sishya-parampara style, Majumdar showcases his sparkling imagination with renditions that are totally self improvised and meditative in nature. Interwoven with the intricate and subtle rhythms of Chatterjee’s Tabla, Majumdar’s Sarod playing displays virtuosic skill and musical sensitivity over the musical traditional framework of the rāga.
This performance is presented in partnership with A2 Jazz Fest.
Apratim was born (on June 14, 1978) and raised in Kolkata (India). He was initiated to vocal music at the age of five under the guidance of his mother. At the age of nine he preferred to switch over to instrumental music – Sarod, a 25 string fretless ethnic Indian musical instrument of Senia Maihar Gharana.
For next two decades he was tutored by Prof. Rabin Ghosh, disciple of Ustad Alauddin Khan. During this period he also received training for about two years from Shri Partho Sarothy disciple of Ustad Dhyanesh Khan and Bharatratna Pt. Ravi Shankar.
Apratim’s entire training in music for over 29 years is in Guru-sishya-parampara style in the lineage of Senia Maihar Gharana. His studies in music is still continuing uninterruptedly. Presently he is under guidance of Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty, one of the senior most disciples of Bharatratna Pt. Ravi Shankar.
He is “Sangeet Bhaskar” (Master in Music) from Pracheen Kalakendra, Chandigarh.
“Sur Mani” title was conferred upon him by Sur Singar Akademi (Mumbai).
Apratim is an empanelled artist of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Amit Chatterjee is a highly gifted Tabla player from India. He received his training beginning at age five from his uncle and Guru, internationally reputed Tabla Maestro, Pandit Sankha Chatterjee. Amit is one of those rare tabla players who have been fortunate enough to learn the intricacies and subtleties of both Farukhabad and Punjab Gharana. The rich musical heritage of his family provided Amit with the rare opportunity to come in close contact with and receive blessings from great stalwarts of Indian Music like the late Ustad Allarakha Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, Ustad Munawar Ali Khan, Pandit V.G.Jog, Pandit Kishen Maharaj, and also living legends such as Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Ashish Khan.
ACHIEVEMENTS
A Commerce graduate (Hons) from Calcutta University, Amit stood first class and obtained SANGEET
BIVAKAR DEGREE from Bangiya Sangeet Parisad Affiliated to Rabindra Bharati University Kolkata.
Amit is a recognized Musician of ICCR, Delhi.
He has received many prestigious awards such as “JADHUBHATTA” Award from Salt Lake Cultural Association Kolkata 2002.
The Prestigious “TALMANI” title from Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai.
Honored with “NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY AWARD” (USA)
He performs throughout India and regularly traveling on concert tours to Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Austria , Netherlands and USA. He performed at the most prestigious stage of Uttar Para Sangeet Chakra from 2012 to 2021 and Doverlane Music Conference in 2020 and has toured Peru and Bolivia under the aegis ICCR in 2019.
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