Tarun Bhattacharya, Santoor Concert

Tarun Bhattacharya, Santoor Concert

India’s Global Music Ambassador- Sangeet Natak Awardee Santoor Maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya is a pioneering and revolutionary musician who has changed the face of Indian classical music, he is an unparalleled music ambassador of India. He has received talim from his father Pandit Rabi Bhattacharya, Pandit Dulal Roy, and finally from sitar maestro Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar .

"SANGEET MAHASAMMAN" Award Winner from the Govt. of West Bengal, Bhattacharya incorporated meend, an expressive sliding style of ornamentation. Indian classical music shall forever remember this master because of two inventions inventing “MENKAS”(fine tuners) Pt. Tarun Ji has also been inducted as a Member in the Indian Institute of Heritage (Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India).

He’s also a Jury member for Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (I.C.C.R.) Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya has been one of India’s most sought-after Global Music Ambassador, but some of his enduring legacies for generations to follow sure are worth mentioning. Creating a new Raga is perhaps the pinnacle of any musician’s musical graph and Pdt Tarun Bhattacharya is credited for having created new Hindustani Classical Raga, Raag Ganga & Raag Tribeni. He has had the distinction of having performed at prestigious venues such as Royal Albert Hall, Palace-de-beaux (Brussels), Theater- De-La-Viile (France), Apollo Theatre (Spain), Jubilee Auditorium (Canada), Kremlin (Russia). His list of admirers includes Prince Charles, George Harrison, Paolo Solaris, Amitabh Bachchan and

many more respected figures across the Globe.

Pdt Tarun Bhattacharya has 150 LP’s, EP’s Cassettes and CD’s to his credit over the past 40 years as a musician. A social activist, having endorsed the End Polio Now campaign of Rotary International as its ambassador and he has been recognized by the Indian National Polio Plus Committee both at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, and Calcutta Press Club for his invaluable role in promoting the cause, he has also raised funds for blood related genetic disorder Thalasaemia patients and has done awareness programs for autistic children, cancer patients, and HIV AIDS patients.

Accompanied by Sandip Ghosh on the Tabla

Sandip Ghosh is a known name in the music fraternity. Started at the age of Six under Pt. Gobindo Bose, Sandip has a long association of more than 25 years with legendary Tabla Wizard Pt. Anindo Chatterjee in Guru Shishya Parampara. Besides his Tabla Gurus, he has got the rare opportunity to get Vid. Kaushiki Chakraborty and Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty as a mentor & Guru for more than 15 years till date for overall music guidance. A first-class in masters from RBU in Music, Sandip bagged two gold medals in his name, along with dozens of numerous prestigious accolades globally. An acclaimed accompanist, who has been accompanying extensively with Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Pt. Kushal Das, Vidushi Kaushiki Chakraborty, Pt.Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Vidwan Pt. M. Balamuralikrishna, Vidushi Aruna Sairam, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shri Partha Sarathy Desikan, Pt. Debojyoti Bose, Pt. Ranajit Sengupta, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Pt. Rakesh Chowrasia, Pt. Praveen Godkhindi to name a few. Working with several brilliant world musicians & bands of other genres took his adopt- abilities to a different height.