Samir Chatterjee
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Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction. Chatterjee represents the Farrukhabad school of Tabla-playing. Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians. Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He has authored three books entitled ‘A Study of Tabla’, a guide book to Indian music titled ‘Music of India’ and 'Those forty Days', a journal of an austere practice regiment in isolation for 40 days. He has been on the faculty at Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Manhattan School and of Music,
Samir Chatterjee
Samir Chatterjee
Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from both Indian and non-Indian musical traditions. Samir performed at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway in 2007. He also performed a few times at the United Nations General Assembly. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings. Samir is a firm believer in the transforming effect of music on the society and all aspects of his work reflects this conviction. Chatterjee represents the Farrukhabad school of Tabla-playing. Samir is rated ‘A’ as an artiste of Indian national radio and television. He can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India's greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. In concert Samir has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians. Samir Chatterjee lives in the New York-New Jersey area, and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Non-Indian music, in his own creations and others as well. He has authored three books entitled ‘A Study of Tabla’, a guide book to Indian music titled ‘Music of India’ and 'Those forty Days', a journal of an austere practice regiment in isolation for 40 days. He has been on the faculty at Yale University, University of Pittsburgh, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Manhattan School and of Music,