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., Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and many more. He also taught his sons tabla.
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.
See also
*Zakir Hussain (musician), Zakir Hussain
*Shankar Ghosh
*Chandra Nath Shastri
*Anindo Chatterjee
*Kumar Bose
*Yogesh Samsi
*Ravi Shankar
References
External links
faculty webpageat ''California Institute of the Arts''
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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