Swapan Chaudhuri Explained

Swapan Chaudhuri
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Instrument:	tabla
Birth Date:	30 March 1945

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.,^{[1] [2]} Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and many more. He also taught his sons tabla. Guru- Santosh Biswas (Lucknow Gharana)

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.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Zakir Hussain
• Shankar Ghosh
• Chandra Nath Shastri
• Anindo Chatterjee
• Kumar Bose
• Yogesh Samsi
• Ravi Shankar
• Ustad Julfikar Hussain

External links

• faculty webpage at California Institute of the Arts

Notes and References

1. News: Review/Music; Translating the Spirit of Classical Hindustani Raga, by JON PARELES . New York Times . 4 May 1992 .
2. News: Review/Music; North India Vocal Works With Rules By BERNARD HOLLAND. New York Times . 1 June 1990 .
3. Web site: 2019 Padma Awardees List . padmaawards.gov.in.
4. News: Government announces Padma awards 2019: Gautam Gambhir, Prabhu Deva, Kader Khan among awardees . The Economic Times . 16 March 2019.