ABHIJIT BANERJEE---- PRINCIPAL
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Considered among the top class of tabla players from India, Abhijit Banerjee is one of the most sought after creative artists in the realm of Indian classical music. With nearly 20 years of professional experience Abhijit has crafted a unique style and creative approach which has brought him accolades and awards throughout the world for his sensitivity,skill and deep sense of musicality. Apart from his contributions to Indian music he has delved into a diverse variety of world music crossover as both a performer and composer.
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Visit : www.abhijitbanerjee.com |
JYOTI PRAKAS-Senior tabla instructor at Southern California
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Jyoti Prakas started learning tabla at a very early age from his father Sri Nagendranath. Later with Pandit Brojen Biswas and Sri Sumantra Guha.As he proceeded with the musical activities, he came under the tutelage of Pandit Abhijit Banerjee,one of the top ranking tabla players in India.Jyotiprakas performed in All India Radio and Television. He has conducted workshops in West Bengal and was also being on the panel of judges for music competitions arranged by Calcutta University,India. Jyoti Prakas has participated in numerous music conferences in Calcutta and other cities of India and in the USA with world famous vocalist Pt.Jasraj and Kathak dancers like Smt.Sova Kosar India. He has also played with Flute Maestro Pt.Keshav Ghinde,Pt.K.Sidhar(sarod).He played in dance with Kathak Dancer Pandit Chitresh Das and Tap Dancer Jason Samuel Smith in Monterey bay University california.He also participated in community prog. Organized by San diego Meuseum.He also played with David Tasroff(sarod),Paul Livingstone(sitar). He did lecture demostraton in Lajoll elementary school,sandiego.
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RABI SANKAR BHATTACHARJEE—Tabla Instructor at Greater New York Area.
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Rabi Sankar Bhattacharjee is a highly skilled tabla player in the filed of Light classical devotional music and folk music. This is a special field which a percussionist, playing strictly classical music might not able to satisfy the need. He has performed at all major folk festivals in India and conducted seminars in different cities in India on folk percussion of north India and Bengal regions. He has extensively traveled to the countries like U.K, USA, Canada and Australia where he has conducted seminars on folk percussions. In the US he has performed in venues like Scribal Center Los Angeles and World Music Institute, New York. He is in demand of playing with the devotional songs in the community too. His special forte is BAUL and JAGARAN kind of music and lots of artists and religious organization including temples are corresponding with our organization to get him for their festival playing.
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Somnath Roy : Guest Instructor for South Indian percussion and Taal system
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Somnath, is an Innovative versatile percussionist who as made an in-depth study in both north and south Indian style of percussion. An inevitable part of TARANG since its conception and a sought after percussionist in the film industry, Somnath has shared the stage with great maestros of Indian Music and has the privileges of participating in World music festivals like ETNI MALAGA FEST (Spain), India Festival (Belgium).
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Visit : www.ghatamsommath.com |
Samit Banik :
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I started learning tabla at the age of 9 years when I was studying at class three. Under the guidance of late Sumanta Chakraborty, who was the disciple of legendary Ustad Keramat Khan, I learnt for 8 years. After his demise I continued learning tabla from Sri Siddhartha Bhattacharya, who was a student of Pt. Shyamal Basu, till 2002. After that I continued learning tabla from Pt. Abhijit Banerjee who is one of the most sought after creative artists in the realm of Indian classical music.
During all through this learning stage I have performed in solo tabla and also as an accompanying artist. I played at Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre,EZCC many times on their invitation, at Sundarban which was organized by Sundarban Unnayan Parishad and at almost all the auditoriums in Kolkata.
I was awarded with Sangeet Ratna from Bangiya Sangeet Parishad and Sangeet Bhushan from Pracheen Kala Kendra (Chandigarh).In the festival of Chhatra Yuva Utsav, which was organized by State Government of West Bengal (Krira and Yuva Kalyan Bibhag) on 1995,I achieved the first position in tabla. Among my testimonials I possess Junior Diploma from Prayag Sanget Samity (Allahabad) in 1991. For last 15 years I am training the students who were learning not only tabla but also other musical instruments like sitar, sarod, violin etc. and also the students of vocal.
My expertise lies in playing tabla with Kathak dance for last few years. Under my active guidance nowadays some of my students are playing well. Other than tabla, I can be handy with Srikhol, Khanjira, Naal etc. I can also play Harmonium and Mouthorgan.
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Harmonium : Vijay Bhatt
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| Board of Directors |
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Abhijit Banerjee, CEO
Baldev Jhita, Director
Jyoti Prakas Mistri, Secretary
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| Advisory Board Members |
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Prof Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay (HOD Instrumental Dept Rabindra Bharati University , Kolkata , India)
Pandit Bhawani Shankar (Renowned Pakhwaj player)
Pandit Anindo Chatterjee (Renowned Tabla player)
Mr. Amit Mukherjee ( ex-Director ITCSRA)
Mrs. Mala Mukherjee (Ex Care and career counselling)
Mr. Ambar Mukherjee (Renowned journalist)
Pandit Ronu Majumdar (Renowned flutist)
Mr. Paul Livingstone (Musician)
Mr. Alok Chatterjee ( scientist- NASA)
Mr. Shantanu Banerjee (environmentalist)
Prof Amlan Dasgupta ( Jadavpur University , Kolkata)
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| Executive Members |
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Dr. Dibakar Reddy
Mr. Alok Chatterjee
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