Arup Chattopadhyay

Background

He was born at Chandannagar, West Bengal. He started learning tabla at the age of six from his father Pint

Career

Pint Pankaj Chattopadhyay, who himself is a renowned tabla player of Bengal. After a few years, he came under the tutelage of world famous tabla maestro Pandit Sankar Ghosh of Farukkhabad gharana with whom he continues to learn. Gradually he has established himself as a top class accompanist and a formidable soloist.

He was awarded the top-grade by All India Radio and Television (All India Radio and Doordarshan).

His performances with most of the leading artists like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ashish Khan, Ustad Shahid Parvez, Ustad Rais Khan, Pandit Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit Manas Chakraborty, Pandit Viswamohan Bhat, Ustad Rashid khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pandit Nayan Ghosh and Pandit Kushal Das among others, has established him as a top-notch accompanist throughout the world. Since 1998, he has been honored to accompany the living legend Pint

Ravi Shankar in his tours throughout the United States., Canada, Europe and India. He accompanied Pint Deepak Chowdhury in his United Kingdom tour, and Pandit Kartick Seshadri in his United States., Canada, Australia and Mexico tours.

Since 1998 he has been a visiting lecturer of tabla at the University of California, San Diego.

Achievements

• He is also a highly accomplished tabla teacher and was a professor of tabla at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in London.

Interests

• Music & Bands

  His performances are admired for their tonal quality, crystal clear sound of bols (tabla syllables) even at an electrifying speed, and tremendous sense of rhythm and melody.