Hindustani & Carnatic Jugalbandi – Violin & Shehnai Duet
Sandip Chatterjee, a disciple of Pt Tarun Bhattacharya and vocal maestro Pt Ajoy Chakraborty, is a rich and accomplished Santoor player of our time. He has been heralded as the torch bearer of two Gharanas at the same time – MAIHAR and PATIALA. Sandip has been extensively performing in many music festivals and concerts all around the globe. And, he has also collaborated with many overseas musicians across genres such as Jazz, Rock, Contemporary and Fusion. His collaborations in ‘Calcutta Express’ with famous Jazz Guitarist Guy Strazz; ‘Shanti’ with famous Saxophonist Claudio Gigilio and afro-Cuban percussionist Fulvio Farkas; ‘Emotion’ with Swedish Jazz saxophonist Elin Larsson; ‘Feelings’ with guitar player Giuliano Modarelli have been very much acclaimed in Jazz & contemporary world music genre. His collaboration ‘Calcutta Express’ has been nominated as finalist in the Indo Acoustic Project’s “Best CD’s of 2006” award in the World Music category. He has over 30 CDs to his credit. His ethnic aesthetics had also won him many awards and laurels such as “President of India Award”, “Jadubhatta Award”, “Sangeeth Ratna Award”, Abhinaba Kala Sanman” etc. His expertise has also been utilized by renowned music directors like A.R. Rehman, Jatin Lalit, Gulshan Kumar, Ravindra Jain, Pt. V. Balsara and others.
Subhajyoti Guha, a senior disciple of Pandit Sankha Chatterjee, is a much sought after Tabla player from Kolkata, India. He is a recipient of “President’s Award” and a grade IA Tabla artist of All India Radio (A.I.R) and Doordarshan TV. Subhajyoti tours regularly in India, USA, Canada, Europe and performs with many senior and famous artistes of India. Subhajyoti has also extended his horizons outside Indian Classical Music and collaborated with many jazz musicians from USA and Canada. He has formed his own Raga Fusion Band named “Aavartan Ensemble” in Kolkata. Subhajyoti is also very successful as a Guru and has students in Canada, USA and China, plus his own institution in Kolkata, named “Aavartan School of Rhythm “. Academically Subhajyoti has obtained a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, but he is following his dream of performing and preaching Indian Classical Music globally