Sitar - Pradip Chakraborty
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Join us for an online sitar recital by renowned artist Pradip Chakraborty.
Dr. Pradip Chakraborty
Dr. Pradip Chakraborty was born in Kolkata in 1944. He has been playing and learning sitar since childhood. His first teacher was his uncle Anath Chakrabarti, who was a well known musician. He also took lessons from the famous sitarist Amiyakanti Bhattacharya.
Later he became the disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Under his valuable guidaance he became a successful sitarist. He has played sitar on All India Radio and in many musical festivals throughout India. He also a received a Ph. D. from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Mumbai for his research work.
At present, he is teaching classical instrumental music and has dedicated his life to the development of Indian classical Music.