Arup Chattopadhyay
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Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay is recognised as one of the most outstanding and sought after Tabla artists of this generation. He has established himself as a top-notch accompanist as well as a formidable soloist. Arup’s performances are admired for their exceptional tonal Quality, clarity and deep compositional repertoire all, all presented with an innate sense of rhythm and melody. Arup began learning Tabla at the age of six from his father, the eminent Tabla player, Pt. Pankaj Chattopadhyay. He then came under the tutelage of the world renowned Tabla maestro Pt. Shankar Ghosh and is one of his premier disciples. He was awarded Top-Grade by All India Radio and Television. Arup has been honoured to accompany the legend Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar in tours throughout the US, Canada, Europe and India, Including performances in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Centre, Lincoln Centre in US and Barbican Hall in London. Arup has accompanied many of the leading musicians such as Ustad Rais Khan, Ustad Ashish Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Pt. Ajay Chakravarti, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mushra, Ustad Rashid Khan, the Late V.G. Jog, Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pt. Kushal Das, among others. Since 1998, Arup toured the UK with the Late Pt. Deepak choudhury several times and with Pt. Kartik Seshadri(since 1997) through the USA, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Arup is also a highly sought after teacher and over the last eighteen years, has been a visiting lecturer with university of California, San Diego and previously a Professor of Tabla at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London(Institute of Indian Culture).
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Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay is recognised as one of the most outstanding and sought after Tabla artists of this generation. He has established himself as a top-notch accompanist as well as a formidable soloist. Arup’s performances are admired for their exceptional tonal Quality, clarity and deep compositional repertoire all, all presented with an innate sense of rhythm and melody. Arup began learning Tabla at the age of six from his father, the eminent Tabla player, Pt. Pankaj Chattopadhyay. He then came under the tutelage of the world renowned Tabla maestro Pt. Shankar Ghosh and is one of his premier disciples. He was awarded Top-Grade by All India Radio and Television. Arup has been honoured to accompany the legend Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar in tours throughout the US, Canada, Europe and India, Including performances in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Centre, Lincoln Centre in US and Barbican Hall in London. Arup has accompanied many of the leading musicians such as Ustad Rais Khan, Ustad Ashish Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Pt. Ajay Chakravarti, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Rajan and Sajan Mushra, Ustad Rashid Khan, the Late V.G. Jog, Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya, Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pt. Kushal Das, among others. Since 1998, Arup toured the UK with the Late Pt. Deepak choudhury several times and with Pt. Kartik Seshadri(since 1997) through the USA, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Arup is also a highly sought after teacher and over the last eighteen years, has been a visiting lecturer with university of California, San Diego and previously a Professor of Tabla at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London(Institute of Indian Culture).