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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Anindo Chatterjee
| image            = Anindo Chatterjee 02.JPG
| image_size       = 250px
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| caption          = Chatterjee performing at Rabindra Mandap, [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], 2012.
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| birth_date       = 30 May 1954
| birth_place      = [[Calcutta]],
[[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| origin           = India
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| genre            = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = [[tabla]]
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| associated_acts  = also accompanied [[Ravi Shankar|Pt. Ravi Shankar]], [[Shahid Parvez|Ut. Shahid Parvez]], [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]]
[[Anubrata Chatterjee]]
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'''Pandit Anindo Chatterjee''' is an Indian [[tabla|tabla player]] of the [[Farukhabad gharana]] school. He was born into a musical family.  Chatterjee is a disciple of [[Jnan Prakash Ghosh|Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh]].

As director of the [[Farukhabad gharana|Farrukhabad Gharana]] of Tabla, founded by Haji Vilayat Khan Saheb, Chatterjee continues to give new voice to his instrument. In addition to solo performances and recordings, Chatterjee has worked with sitar players [[Nikhil Banerjee]], [[Imrat Khan]], [[Budhaditya Mukherjee]], [[Ustad Rais Khan|Rais Khan]], [[Ravi Shankar|Pandit Ravi Shankar]], [[Shahid Parvez]], [[Manilal Nag]] and [[Krishna Bhatt]]; sarod players [[Buddhadev Das Gupta]], [[Ali Akbar Khan]], Ustad [[Amjad Ali Khan]], and [[Tejendra Narayan Majumdar]]; flutist [[Hariprasad Chaurasia|Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia]]; santoor player [[Shivkumar Sharma|Pandit Shivkumar Sharma]]; and vocalists Pandit [[Mallikarjun Mansur]] and [[Gangubai Hangal]]. 

Inspired by his uncle, Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee, Anindo Chatterjee began playing tabla at the age of five. Studying briefly with Ustad Afaq Hussain Khan of the Lucknow Gharana, he advanced to studying under Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh, with whom he studied for three decades. The recipient of the prestigious President's Award in 1970, Chatterjee became the first tabla player to perform in the House of Commons 20 years later.<ref>{{ cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/09/stories/2010110962271000.htm | title=Obama treated to a cultural night | date=9 November 2010 | accessdate=9 August 2011 | work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100206/jsp/opinion/story_12002280.jsp |title=Delightfully difficult|work=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata|author=Gupta, Nilaksha|accessdate=9 August 2011|date=6 February 2010}}</ref> He performed at [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] when [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] visited India in [[List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2010#November|November]] 2010. Chatterjee received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award|Sangeet Natak Academy Award]] for 2002.

==Discography==
* 1982 Raga, Baul Melody & Tabla Solo (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 7082
* 1983 Pandit Ramgopal Misra And His Orchestra / Anindo Chatterjee - Kathak Music / Tabla Ekak (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 8083     
* 1983 Nandu Muley / Anindo Chatterjee - Raga Ahir-Bhairav / Raga Ragesree (LP)       
* 1985 [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]], Anindo Chatterjee - Fabulous Flute Of Hariprasad Chaurasia (LP, Album), Chhanda Dhara / SP 10185     
* 1989 [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]], Anindo Chatterjee - Rāg Lalit, Nimbus Records     
* 1990 [[Budhaditya Mukherjee]], Anindo Chatterjee - Rāg Rāmkalī / Rāg Jhiñjoṭī, Nimbus Records     
* 1990 [[Ram Narayan]], Anindo Chatterjee -  ''[[Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia]]'' (CD, Album), Nimbus Records / NI 5245     
* 1992 Stephen James (3) - Anindo Chatterjee - Raga And Tala (Cass)  Divergo n. 4       
* 1996 Pandit Amit Bhattacharya, Anindo Chatterjee - Homage To Guruma [[Annapurna Devi]] & Pandit [[Jotin Bhattacharya]] (CD, Album), Keltia Musique Kcmd 54
* 2007 Taro Terahara / Pt.Anindo Chatterjee - Air  (CD, Album, RP), Nada Music NADA-003

==See also==
*[[Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay]]
*[[Kumar Bose]]
*[[Swapan Chaudhuri]]
*[[Nayan Ghosh]]
*[[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Anindo Chatterjee}}
* [http://www.anindochatterjee.com/ Official site]

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[[Category:Indian drummers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Tabla players]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]


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