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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Arnab Chakrabarty
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|09|19|df=y}}
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| origin = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| instrument = [[Sarod]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = Sarod player, teacher
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| associated_acts = [[Kalyan Mukherjea]], Irfan Muhammad Khan
| website = [https://www.sarod.ca/ sarod.ca]
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'''Arnab Chakrabarty''' (born 19 September 1980) is a [[Hindustani classical music]]ian and [[sarod]] player based in Toronto, Canada.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 November 2018|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/raag-appeals-more-to-chennai-rasikas/article25565985.ece/amp/ |work=[[The Hindu]]|title='Raag appeals more to Chennai rasikas,' says Sarod artiste Arnab Chakrabarty|first=Renuka|last=Suryanarayanan|accessdate=2019-05-25}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Arnab Chakrabarty grew up in Mumbai, where his father was a professor of chemistry at the [[Indian Institute of Technology]]. His tutelage commenced under the sarod exponent [[Brij Narayan]], disciple of his father the [[sarangi]] [[Pandit]] [[Ram Narayan]] and also [[Ustad]] [[Ali Akbar Khan]] of the [[Maihar Gharana|Seniya Maihar Gharana]]. Arnab subsequently trained under Pandit [[Buddhadev Das Gupta]] of the Shahjahanpur Gharana.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Buddhadev Dasgupta (1933–2018): A 'renegade pupil' explains why the sarod master was a true pioneer
| work = [[Scroll.in]]
| date = 2018-01-17
| url = https://scroll.in/magazine/865220/buddhadev-dasgupta-1933-2018-a-renegade-pupil-explains-why-the-sarod-master-was-a-true-pioneer
| accessdate = 2021-08-02}}
</ref>

Arnab studied [[ethnomusicology]] and [[international relations]] at [[Hampshire College]] as a scholarship student, graduating in 2002.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Strings Attached: My Journey as a Modern Sarod Player
| work = [[Scroll.in]]
| url = https://scroll.in/magazine/821204/strings-attached-my-journey-as-a-modern-sarod-player
| accessdate = 2021-08-02}}
</ref> This experience exposed him to other traditions of music, and led him to experiment with new ideas in sarod construction and design, as well as musical idioms.

==Subsequent tutelage and influences==
Arnab's early training followed the Maihar and Shahjahanpur schools, which both derived from the Senia idiom founded by the legendary Mian [[Tansen]]. However, he has long been influenced by the vocalism-inspired style of the [[Etawah Gharana]], which was taken to new heights by Ustad [[Vilayat Khan]].<ref>
{{Cite journal
| last = Rahn
| first = John|author-link=John Rahn
| title = An Interview with Ustad Imrat Khan
| journal = [[Perspectives of New Music]]
| volume = 30
| issue = 6
| pages = 126–145
| year = 1992
| jstor = 3090630
| doi = 10.2307/3090630
| author2 = Khan, Ustad Imrat}}
</ref> Chakrabarty continues an extended period of part-tutelage part-collaboration with Vinayak Chittar of this Gharana. He has also studied with a number of vocalists of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas, notably Yeshwantbua Joshi.

Chakrabarty had reverted to training under a master of the Shahjahanpur Gharana, [[Kalyan Mukherjea]], until Mukherjea's death in March 2010. He has received several dozen traditional sarod compositions from the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur Gharana master, Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = In Kolkata, the inheritor of the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana is trying to keep its legacy alive
| work = [[Scroll.in]]
| url = https://scroll.in/magazine/914063/in-kolkata-the-inheritor-of-the-lucknow-shahjahanpur-gharana-is-trying-to-keep-its-legacy-alive
| accessdate = 2019-05-25}}
</ref>

==Performative career==
Arnab has had several significant concerts. He made his solo debut in 1994, and won the National Collegiate Competition for Music and Dance three years in a row between 1995 and 1997.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Arnab Chakrabarty
| publisher = Eternally Art
| url = http://amykumar.com/arnab_bio.html
| accessdate = 2008-05-25}}
</ref> In 1999 he performed before Dr [[Kofi Annan]], then the [[United Nations Secretary General]], a memorial programme for the Pakistani peace activist [[Eqbal Ahmed]]. Notable performances at home include recitals at the [[Saptak Festival]] in Ahmedabad; the Uttarpara Music Conference, Kolkata; and concerts at the Nehru Centre and the National Centre for the Performing Arts.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Star Spot
| work = [[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]
| place = Kolkata
| date = 2003-04-22
| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030422/asp/calcutta/story_1894962.asp}}
</ref>

While capable of fast and articulate playing on the sarod himself, Chakrabarty believes that a lot of current Indian instrumental music tends to sacrifice aesthetic qualities in favour of raw speed and loud amplification. For this reason, he makes a conscious effort to subjugate his virtuosity to the demands of the music he plays.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|https://www.sarod.ca/}}

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