7:15 - 9:45 pm
Sameer Chatterjee
Kane Hall
University of Washington
Main Artist: Imrat Khan
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Pandit Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player of India. He
travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in
numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians
from both Indian and western traditions. His compositions are widely
acclaimed as well as his writings.
Pandit Chatterjee began his studies early with Pandit
Bankim Ghosh, Pandit Balaram Mukherjee, Pandit Rathin Dhar and
Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the
guidance of Pandit Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pandit Shyamal
Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the
Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
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