Swapan Chaudhuri
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| Born | (1945-03-30) March 30, 1945 (age 79) |
| Instrument(s) | tabla |
Musical artist
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (born 30 March 1945), is an Indian tabla player. He has accompanied several musicians of Indian classical music, including, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Bhimshen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj.,[1][2] Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and many more. He also taught his sons tabla. Guru- Santosh Biswas (Lucknow Gharana)
Awards
He received American Academy of Artists Award and was nominee to Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. In 1996, Swapan Chaudhuri received the Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India, the highest awards for Classical Music in India. In 2019, he received the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honor from the Indian government.[3][4]
- Zakir Hussain
- Shankar Ghosh
- Chandra Nath Shastri
- Anindo Chatterjee
- Kumar Bose
- Yogesh Samsi
- Ravi Shankar
- Ustad Julfikar Hussain
- ^ "Review/Music; Translating the Spirit of Classical Hindustani Raga, by JON PARELES". New York Times. 4 May 1992.
- ^ "Review/Music; North India Vocal Works With Rules By BERNARD HOLLAND". New York Times. 1 June 1990.
- ^ "2019 Padma Awardees List". padmaawards.gov.in.
- ^ "Government announces Padma awards 2019: Gautam Gambhir, Prabhu Deva, Kader Khan among awardees". The Economic Times. 16 March 2019.
Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
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Categories
Categories:
- Hindustani instrumentalists
- Living people
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Tabla players
- Jadavpur University alumni
- Indian percussionists
- California Institute of the Arts faculty
- Indian music educators
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
- 1945 births
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
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