Toronto (7th October, 2018): Music lovers in Toronto were enthralled when they listened to the Tabla Legacy concert by world renowned tabla maestro, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee and his son, Anubrata Chatterjee, as they exported the audience to a different world at Agha Khan Museum on October 7, 2018. It was purely amazing watching those magical dancing fingers on the tabla transforming those beats into crystal-clear melodies in the Farrukhabad style. They were accompanied by Toronto-based harmonium player Hardeep Chana.
Pt. Anindo became the first tabla player to perform in the British House of Commons in 1990 and for former U.S. President Barack Obama in 2010 when he visited India. Pt. Anindo is a disciple of Pt. Jnan Prakash Ghosh. As director of the Farrukhabad Gharana of Tabla, founded by Haji Vilayat Khan Saheb, Pt. Anindo continues to give new voice to tabla. In addition to solo performances and recordings, Pt. Anindo worked with sitar players Nikhil Banerjee, Imrat Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, and Rais Khan, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shahid Parvez, Pt.Manilal Nag, sarod players Buddhadev Das Gupta and Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan,Tejendra Narayan Majumder, flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia; santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma; and vocalists Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur and Gangubai Hangal. Pt. Anindo is also the recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2002.
Report by: Cyber Guru | CMN News
