Sandip Bhattacharya - tabla & pakhawaj player

Sandip Bhattacharya is a prominent name among Indian music lovers. He is a percussionist (tabla and pakhawaj player).

Sandip Bhattacharya was born and raised in India’s oldest cultural and holy center, Benares. His style, based on fifteen years of intense training under the expert guidance of his Guruji Pandit Ishwar Lal Misra, is in the tradition of the legendary tabla maestro Pandit Anokhelal Misra.

Beside mastering the typical Benares Gharana, Sandip studied the Farukhabad and the Ajrara style with Pandit Arvind Mulgaonkar who in turn was a disciple of Ustad Ahmadjaan Thirakawa and Ustad Amir Hussain Khan.

Beside tabla, Sandip is a superb Pakhawaj player. He has played and performed in the traditional Dhrupad style with members of the Dagar family, (i.e. the late Rudra-Veena player Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, vocalist Ustad Sayeeuddin Dagar and Rudra-Veena player Bahauddin Dagar) and played with many other instrumentalists and vocalists.

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