Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
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Sanjoy Bandopadhyay is a Bengali
Hindustani classical sitar
player. He is primarily a disciple of Radhika Mohan Maitra
and Bimalendu Mukherjee. His performance is a unique synthesis of Senia-Shahjehanpur, Rampur-Senia and Etawah gharana.
, of Rabindra Bharati University
, Kolkata
India
. He is also the Director, S.M. Tagore Centre of Documentation & Research of Languishing & Obsolescent Musical Instruments. This centre is created for ethnological mapping of the world through obsolescent musical instruments. The project will run with scholars support from all over the world.
Professor Bandopadhyay visited the University of Illinois at Urban Champaign as George A. Miller Visiting Professor(October 2005). In the same year he also visited the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada as Distinguished India Focus Visitor. He visited the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
[USA] in 2008 and University of Chicago [USA] in 2009 as artist in residence
. He was specially invited to present paper at the International Conference at the University of Amsterdam (2008). He is also involved in a number in collaborative research projects at the national and international levels.
Professor Bandopadhyay is attached to a number of universities including the Department of Music, University of Delhi; Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Kashi Hindu Vidyapeeth, Varanasi; Visva Bharati, IKS University, Khairagarh; Utkal University, Orissa and more as adviser/expert.
Professor Bandopadhyay is currently going through international music collaboration with Professor Yaroslav Senyshin
, the exceptional pianist. Prof. Senyshyn is attached to the Simon Fraser University, Canada as a Professor.
He has produced 10 CDs and a DVD. He has widely performed in India, American, European and African continents.
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
Hindustani classical sitar
Sitar
The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
player. He is primarily a disciple of Radhika Mohan Maitra
Radhika Mohan Maitra
Radhika Mohan Maitra was an Indian sarod player. Maitra was considered an influential figure in 20th century sarod playing and received the title Sangeetacharya.-Early life and background:...
and Bimalendu Mukherjee. His performance is a unique synthesis of Senia-Shahjehanpur, Rampur-Senia and Etawah gharana.
Works
He is Chair Professor (Ustad Allauddin Khan Chair) at the Department of Instrumental MusicDepartment of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University
The Department of Instrumental Music at the Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata was established in 1976. The department offers teaching in sitar, sarod, violin, flute and esraj under the ‘Tata-Sushir Wing’. In the other wing, known as ‘Avanaddha Wing’, the students are exposed to three membrane...
, of Rabindra Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University
Rabindra Bharati University is a university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He is also the Director, S.M. Tagore Centre of Documentation & Research of Languishing & Obsolescent Musical Instruments. This centre is created for ethnological mapping of the world through obsolescent musical instruments. The project will run with scholars support from all over the world.
Professor Bandopadhyay visited the University of Illinois at Urban Champaign as George A. Miller Visiting Professor(October 2005). In the same year he also visited the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada as Distinguished India Focus Visitor. He visited the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs is a campus of the University of Colorado system, the state university system of Colorado....
[USA] in 2008 and University of Chicago [USA] in 2009 as artist in residence
Artist in residence
Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities allow visiting artists to stay and work so that they may apply singular focus to their art practice....
. He was specially invited to present paper at the International Conference at the University of Amsterdam (2008). He is also involved in a number in collaborative research projects at the national and international levels.
Professor Bandopadhyay is attached to a number of universities including the Department of Music, University of Delhi; Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Kashi Hindu Vidyapeeth, Varanasi; Visva Bharati, IKS University, Khairagarh; Utkal University, Orissa and more as adviser/expert.
Professor Bandopadhyay is currently going through international music collaboration with Professor Yaroslav Senyshin
Yaroslav Senyshyn
Yaroslav Senyshyn, also known as Slava, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian Pianist, Author and Professor of Music and Philosophy. Within his career as pianist, he has been referred to as a "pianist of enormous power and sophisticated finger work"...
, the exceptional pianist. Prof. Senyshyn is attached to the Simon Fraser University, Canada as a Professor.
He has produced 10 CDs and a DVD. He has widely performed in India, American, European and African continents.