Jotin Bhattacharya


Jotin Bhattacharya was an Indian classical sarod player. Jyotin was a disciple of Allauddin Khan.

Early life and education

Bhattacharya was born in 1926 in Varanasi in a Bengali family. He attended C.M. [Anglo Bengali College] and subsequently attained bachelor's, master's and MPhil degrees from the Benaras Hindu University before starting his eight-year music training from Allauddin Khan. During his training under Allauddin Khan, Bhattacharya also served him as a secretary and handled all his correspondences.
Bhattacharya performed at the Baba Allauddin Khan Music Foundation in the Poorva Sanskritik Kendra, Laxmi [Nagar (Delhi)|Laxmi Nagar], Delhi.

Album

In 1974, His Master's Voice released Bhattacharya's first album, Sarod, in LP record format.

Books

Bhattacharya wrote three books.
#TitleYearLanguagePagesAboutComments
1Ustad Allauddin Khan and His Music1979English242Biography of Baba Allauddin
2Allaudin Khan O aamara-Bengali1,050On the life and work of Baba Allauddin
3Allaudin Khan and us-Hindi--