Anubrata Chatterjee
Anubrata Chatterjee is an Indian tabla (hand drums) player of the Farrukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. He is the son of tabla player Anindo Chatterjee.
Career
He debuted alongside Hariprasad Chaurasia, and subsequently collaborated with other musicians in the Indian classical music realm, such as Amjad Ali Khan, Birju Maharaj, Shivkumar Sharma, Shahid Parvez, and T. H. Vinayakram.Chatterjee has performed as a soloist and accompanist. He participated in numerous duet performances with his father.
Internationally, he made his solo debut on BBC World Radio in the UK in 1991 and performed at venues and festivals globally, including Carnegie Hall in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Esplanade Theatres in Singapore, Rietberg Museum in Zurich, the World Percussion Festival in Chicago, Jerash Festival in Jerash, Jordan, Corfu Festival in Corfu, Greece, Dubrovnik Festival in Croatia, Namaste India Festival in Japan, and others.
He has been a part of a unique collaboration with jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center Jazz in NewYork.
Awards
- 2001: President's Gold Medal awarded by All India Radio
- 2013: Basavaraj Rajguru Award conferred by the Government of Karnataka
- 2016: Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth Award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
List of festival performances
2003
- World Percussion Festival, Chicago
- Rietberg Museum, Zurich
2005
2006
- The Esplanade Theatres, Singapore
2007
- NABC, Detroit, US
- Jerash Festival, Jordan
- Corfu Festival, Greece
- Dubrovnik Festival, Croatia
2008
- Carnegie Hall, New York City
- Sawai Gandharv Festival, Pune, India
2009
- NABC, Houston, US
2010
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC
- Namaste India Festival, Japan
- Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
2011
- Darbar Festival, London
- Saptak Festival, Ahmedabad, India
- Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata
2012
- Sukiyaki Festival, Japan
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- Darjeeling Carnival, Darjeeling, India
- Sawai Gandharv Festival, Pune
2013
- Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
- Duke University, Durham, US
- Markham Centennial Centre, Toronto
- Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
- Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Paris
2014
- Kala Ghoda Festival, Mumbai
- Sankat Mochan Festival, Varanasi, India
- Idea Jalsa, Chennai, India
2015
- Lisbon Orchestra