Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay (April 28, 1942 – May 7, 2021) was an Indian
tabla
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player. He was trained in the style of the
Benaras Gharana
Benares gharānā (Hindi: बनारस घराना) is one of the six most common styles of playing of the Indian tabla.
History
The Benares tabla gharana was developed a little over 200 years ago by Pandit Ram Sahai (1780–1826). At ...
by his teacher Mahadev Prasad Mishra. His father, Radha Gopal Bandopadhyay, was an amateur vocalist. Bandopadhyay has accompanied several notable vocal musicians, as well as producing solo recordings, and giving solo performances.
Musical career
Over his career, he has accompanied several notable Hindusthani classical singers. He has also performed in several cities outside India, including
Boston
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,
New York
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,
San Francisco
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, and
Los Angeles
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, as well as the
World Youth Festival
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in
Berlin
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. Bandopadhyay was a past faculty member of
ITC Sangeet Research Academy
ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a Hindustani classical music academy run by the corporate house, ITC Ltd. It is located in Kolkata, India. Noted musicians associated with the academy include Ulhas Kashalkar, Falguni Mitra, Ajoy Chakrabarty, ...
in
Kolkata
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, as well as a top rated artist of
All India Radio
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and
Doordarshan
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.
In 1965, he won the first prize in The
All India Radio
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music competition, and was awarded the President's gold medal. In 1970, the
Emperor of Ethiopia
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presented him with a gold medal, which is an honor not frequently extended to foreign musicians. In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Ratna Award by The Salt Lake Music Association.
Personal life
Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay was married to Rekha Bandopadhyay. He is the father of Pran Gopal Bandopadhyay, a tabla player whom he trained, and Kasturi Bandopadhyay, a Hindusthani classical and semi-classical vocalist.
See also
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Zakir Hussain
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Anindo Chatterjee
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee is an Indian tabla player of the Farrukhabad gharana school. He was born into a musical family. Chatterjee is a disciple of Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh.
As director of the Farrukhabad gharana of Tabla, founded by Haji ...
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Kumar Bose
Pandit Kumar Bose (Bangla পন্ডিত কুমার বোস), born 4 April 1953, is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.
Family
Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, a t ...
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Shankar Ghosh
Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian Tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. He has revolutionized both the art of Tabla solo playing as well as Tabla accompaniment. His ma ...
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Suresh Talwalkar
Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (born 1948) is an Indian musician who plays the percussion instrument ''Tabla''.
Performing career
Talwalkar was born in 1948 into a Marathi family in Chembur, Mumbai. He belongs to the Keertankar family of Shri Dholeb ...
References
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Biography
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1942 births
2021 deaths
Hindustani instrumentalists
Tabla players
Indian male classical musicians
Indian drummers
Sportspeople from Uttar Pradesh