Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay (April 28, 1942 – May 7, 2021)[1] was an Indian tabla player. He was trained in the style of the Benaras Gharana by his teacher Mahadev Prasad Mishra.[2] 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.[3][4]
Musical career
Over his career, he has accompanied several notable Hindusthani classical singers.[5][6] He has also performed in several cities outside India, including Boston, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as the World Youth Festival in Berlin.[7] Bandopadhyay was a past faculty member of ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata,[8] as well as a top rated artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan.Template:Citation needed
In 1965, he won the first prize in The All India Radio music competition, and was awarded the President's gold medal.Template:Citation needed In 1970, the Emperor of Ethiopia presented him with a gold medal, which is an honor not frequently extended to foreign musicians.Template:Citation needed In 2012, he was awarded the Sangeet Ratna Award by The Salt Lake Music Association.Template:Citation needed
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.[9][10][11][12]
See also
References
- ↑ COVID strikes hard, Indian classical music suffers its worst - Times of India. The Times of India(June 2021).
- ↑ The Celebrated Masters of Indian Classical Music.
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure. www.telegraphindia.com.
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure. www.telegraphindia.com.
- ↑ The Hindu : Feast of Hindustani music. hindu.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ ITC Sangeet Sammelan - Kolkata.
- ↑ 20041023.HTML.
- ↑ Saturday Recitals - February 2010.
- ↑ Saturday Recitals.
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal. www.telegraphindia.com.
- ↑ Wednesday Recitals.
- ↑ sra_story_scholars_past. www.itcsra.org.