Arup Chattopadhyay

Arup Chattopadhyay is an Indian tabla player. He was born at Chandannagar, West Bengal. He started learning tabla at the age of six from his father Pt. Pankaj Chattopadhyay, who himself is a renowned tabla player of Bengal. After a few years, Arupji came under the tutelage of world famous tabla maestro Pandit Sankar Ghosh of farukkhabad gharana with whom he continues to learn.^[1] Gradually Arupji has established himself as a top class accompanist and a formidable soloist. His performances are admired for its tonal quality, crystal clear sound of bols even at an electrifying speed, and tremendous sense of rhythm and melody. He is a grade 'A' artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan and his performances are frequently broadcasted throughout the country. Arupji's performance with most of the leading artists like Pandit Ravi Shankar,^[2] ustad Ashish Khan, ustad Shahid Parvez,ustad Rais Khan, Pandit Rajan and sajan Mishra, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit Manas Chakraborty, Pandit Viswamohan Bhat, Ustad Rasid khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pandit Satish Vyass and many more has established himself as a topnotch accompanist throughout the world. Since 1998, he has been honoured to accompany the living legend Pt. Ravi Shankarji in his tours throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and India. He accompanied with Pt. Deepak Chowdhury in his U.K. tour, and with Pandit Kartick Seshadri^[3][4] in his U.S., Canada, Australia and Mexico tours. Arupji is also a top class tabla teacher.He was a professor of tabla at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London. Now, he is a visiting lecturer of tabla at the University of California, San Diego.

References

1. ^ "Festival of Music and Dance from India". Center for World Music. http://www.centerforworldmusic.org/concerts/indifest.html. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Ever the Master". San Francisco Classical Voice. http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/ravishankar_9_23_03.php. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
3. ^ "Enchanting Concert in Festival of Sacred Music Series". India Journal - South Asian News for Southern California. http://www.indiajournal.com/pages/event.php?id=4679. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 
4. ^ Delatiner, Compiled By Barbara (17 June 2001). "THE GUIDE". The New York Times. p. 14. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/17/nyregion/the-guide-783803.html?scp=110&sq=2442&st=nyt. Retrieved 18 July 2010. 

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