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Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
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Out of 55 votes - Similar Artists: Ustd. Vilayet Khan, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan
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- Location: Kolkata
- Genre: World » Indian Classical
Editor's review
Ravi Shankar may be the only sitarist many Americans know, but that could soon change. Kolkata's Sanjoy Bandopadhyay has the classical sitar chops, but his rich, lyrical style draws an entirely new feel from the instrument. Rather than just play the standard lean melodic lines, Bandopadhyay layers in thick harmonies that recall Southern folk music as much as traditional Indian.
Biography
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, one of the foremost sitar players of the current generation, is the Chair Professor at the Department of Instrumental Music of Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata..
His musical expressions sometimes attributed as post-modern, gives unique musical experience as a result of the synthesis of his extensive training in Senia-Shahjehanpur, Imdadkhani, and Rampur-Senia gharana-s.
After his initial training from his father Shri Peeyush Prasanna Bandopadhyay he had training under the guidance of the doyens of music like Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra, and Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee. He also had additional training from Pt. Manas Chakravarty, Pt. Ajay Sinha Roy and Dr. M.R. Gautam.
He has performed in many major music festivals in India and in the west. He quite often gets invitations to participate in important global event like his recent participation at the Plenary Session of UNESCO Conference held in Finland in 2003. He has a number of CD-s to his credit marketed by well-known music companies in India and in the USA.
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