- Arnab Chakrabarty
Arnab Chakrabarty (born: 1980) is a Hindustani classical musician and
sarod player.Early Life and Training
Arnab grew up in Mumbai, where his father was a professor of chemistry at the
Indian Institute of Technology . His tutelage commenced under the Sarod exponentBrij Narayan , disciple of his father theSarangi maestro PanditRam Narayan and also UstadAli Akbar Khan of the Seniya Maihar Gharana. Arnab subsequently trained under PanditBuddhadev Das Gupta of the Shahjahanpur Gharana. cite news
title = Entertainment Delhi / Miscellany
publisher = The Hindu
date = 2006-02-03
url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/02/03/stories/2006020302090200.htm
accessdate = 2008-06-23] [ cite web
title = Classical Music Concert at Boston
publisher = Assam Portal
url = http://assam.org/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=83
accessdate = 2008-06-23]At the age of 18 Arnab received a
Ford Foundation scholarship, which led to a dual degree inethnomusicology andinternational relations fromHampshire College in 2002.cite web
title = Arnab Chakrabarty
publisher = Eternally Art
url = http://amykumar.com/arnab_bio.html
accessdate = 2008-05-25] This experience exposed him to other traditions of music, and led him to experiment with new ideas in sarod construction and design, as well as musical idioms.ubsequent Tutelage and Influences
Arnab's early training followed the Maihar and Shahjahanpur schools, which both derived from the
Senia idiom founded by the legendary MianTansen . However, he has long been influenced by the vocalism-inspired style of theEtawah Gharana , which was taken to new heights by UstadVilayat Khan . [Citation
last = Rahn
first = John
title = An Interview with Ustad Imrat Khan
journal = Perspectives of New Music
volume = 30
issue = 6
pages = 126-145
year = 1992
url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/3090630.] Arnab continues an extended period of part-tutelage part-collaboration withVinayak Chittar of this Gharana. He has also studied with a number of vocalists of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas, notablyPandit Yeshwantbua Joshi .Currently, Arnab has reverted to training under a master of the Shahjahanpur Gharana, Prof Kalyan Mukherjea.
Performative Career
Arnab has had several significant concerts. He made his solo debut in 1994, and won the National Collegiate Competition for Music and Dance three years in a row between 1995 and 1997. In 1999 he performed before Dr
Kofi Annan , then theUnited Nations Secretary General , a memorial programme for the Pakistani peace activistEqbal Ahmed . Notable performances at home include recitals at the IMG-Britannia Young Masters’ Festival, Mumbai; the Uttarpara Music Conference, Kolkata; and concerts at the Nehru Centre and the National Centre for the Performing Arts.cite news
title = Star Spot
publisher = The Telegraph
place = Kolkata
date = 2003-04-22
url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030422/asp/calcutta/story_1894962.asp]References
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