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{{Short description|Indian tabla player (1942–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay
| image = Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay 01.jpg
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| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|04|28}}
| birth_place = [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|05|07|1942|04|28}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| known_for = [[Tabla]] player
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'''Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay''' (April 28, 1942 – May 7, 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/covid-strikes-hard-indian-classical-music-suffers-its-worst/articleshow/83137534.cms|title = COVID strikes hard, Indian classical music suffers its worst - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=June 2021 }}</ref> was an Indian [[tabla]] player. He was trained in the style of the [[Benaras Gharana]] by his teacher Mahadev Prasad Mishra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/celebrated_masters.asp?id%3D1 |title=The Celebrated Masters of Indian Classical Music |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818053509/http://www.itcsra.org/celebrated_masters.asp?id=1 |archivedate=2014-08-18 }}</ref> His father, Radha Gopal Bandopadhyay, was an amateur vocalist. Bandopadhyay has accompanied several notable vocal musicians, as well as producing solo recordings, and giving solo performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061208/asp/atleisure/story_7110354.asp#top#cite_ref−4 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610215405/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061208/asp/atleisure/story_7110354.asp |archive-date=2015-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/atleisure/story_6211501.asp#top#cite_ref−1 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007034707/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/atleisure/story_6211501.asp |archive-date=2013-10-07}}</ref>

== Musical career ==
Over his career, he has accompanied several notable Hindusthani classical singers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hindu.com/2001/08/10/stories/0910070a.htm |title=The Hindu : Feast of Hindustani music |website=hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016085901/http://hindu.com/2001/08/10/stories/0910070a.htm |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/artist_18th_kol_nov2010.html |title=ITC Sangeet Sammelan - Kolkata |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127092534/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/artist_18th_kol_nov2010.html |archivedate=2011-11-27 }}</ref> He has also performed in several cities outside India, including [[Boston]], [[New York City|New York]], [[San Francisco]], and [[Los Angeles]], as well as the [[World Youth Festival]] in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imsom.org/events/20041023.html|title = 20041023.HTML}}</ref> Bandopadhyay was a past faculty member of [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]] in [[Kolkata]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/saturday_july2010.html |title=Saturday Recitals - February 2010 |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113859/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/saturday_july2010.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref> as well as a top rated artist of [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]].{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

In 1965, he won the first prize in The [[All India Radio]] music competition, and was awarded the President's gold medal.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In 1970, the [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] presented him with a gold medal, which is an honor not frequently extended to foreign musicians.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Ratna Award by The Salt Lake Music Association.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

== Personal life ==

Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay was married to Rekha Bandopadhyay. He is the father of Pran Gopal Bandopadhyay, a tabla player whom he trained, and Kasturi Bandopadhyay, a Hindusthani classical and semi-classical vocalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/saturday_june2010.html |title=Saturday Recitals |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113757/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/saturday_june2010.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040827/asp/atleisure/story_3683577.asp#top |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041228143314/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040827/asp/atleisure/story_3683577.asp |archive-date=2004-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/wednesday_aug2010.html |title=Wednesday Recitals |accessdate=2013-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113937/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_sammelan/wednesday_aug2010.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=sra_story_scholars_past |url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_story/sra_story_scholars/sra_story_scholars_past.html |website=www.itcsra.org}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]
* [[Anindo Chatterjee]]
* [[Kumar Bose]]
* [[Shankar Ghosh (musician)|Shankar Ghosh]]
* [[Suresh Talwalkar]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay}}
* [http://www.vibotunes.com/artists/ananda-gopal-bandopadhyay/tabla-60.html Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801194246/http://www.vibotunes.com/artists/ananda-gopal-bandopadhyay/tabla-60.html |date=2017-08-01 }}

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