Sitar - Anjan Saha
Tabla - Samir Chatterjee
Join us for an online streaming Sitar performance by Anjan Saha. He will be accompanied by Samir Chatterjee on Tabla.
Anjan Saha
Anjan Saha is an empaneled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Anjan matured under the strict, yet caring apprenticeship of his Guru Pandit Debiprosad Chatterjee of Maihar Senia gharana. Anjan received the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India in 1992 and 1998. He is a graded artist of Prasar Bharati, India's national radio and television. Anjan has been performing extensively in India and Abroad and conducting workshops at schools in Germany. Besides performance at various music festivals, Anjan mesmerizes the audiences with his unique music compositions. Presently, Anjan is the teacher in Rabindra Bharati University.
Samir Chatterjee
Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player. He travels widely across the world throughout the year performing in numerous festivals as a soloist or with other outstanding musicians from Indian and western traditions. He performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway in December 2007. He has also performed at the UN General Assembly several times. His compositions are widely acclaimed as well as his writings.
Samir can be heard on numerous recordings featuring as soloist, accompanying many of India’s greatest musicians and in collaboration with western musicians of outstanding caliber. Samir lives in New Jersey and has been a catalyst in the fusion of Indian and Western music in the New York City metro area. He is the Founding President of Chhandayan, a not-for-profit organization promoting and preserving Indian music and culture. Samir teaches at several prestigious institutions. He has authored three books on Indian music; ‘A Study of Tabla’, ‘Music of India’ and Those Forty Days. Samir played a significant role in the musical revival in Afghanistan. He is the recipient of several awards such as the Sunshine Award, Jadu Bhatta Award and Acharya Varistha Award.