Sandip Bhattachary, Tabla and Percussion

<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFCC80" link="#FFCC80" vlink="#D7A14A" alink="#792B20"> <table width="567" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="basic"> <tr> <td width="567" colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><a name="top"><img src="tabla_images/tabla_site_overall/transparent_1_1.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=" " name="transparentsmall"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="59" colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><img src="tabla_images/tabla_headings/titlebar1.gif" alt="Sandip Bhattacharya, tabla and percussion" name="titlebar" width="560" height="59" id="titlebar"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="567" colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom"><br><img src="tabla_images/tabla_site_overall/discline_hori_short.gif" width="567" height="4" name="horizontalline" alt="thin red line"> <font size="1"><a href="phppages/tabla_website_intro.html" target="_self">Intro</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/home.html" target="_self">Home</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/Sandip_Bhattacharya.html" target="_self">Artist</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_teacher.html" target="_self">Ishwar Lal Misra</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_gharana.html" target="_self">Gharana Tree</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_drum_sets.html" target="_self">Instrument</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_drums_playing.html" target="_self">Art of Playing</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_style.html" target="_self">Style of Playing</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_language.html" target="_self">Tabla Language</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/classical_tabla.html" target="_self">Indian Classical</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/crossing_borders.html" target="_self">World Music</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/festivals_tabla.html" target="_self">Festivals</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/cds_tabla.html" target="_self">Discography</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2002.html" target="_self">Concerts 2002</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2003.html" target="_self">Concerts 2003</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2004.html" target="_self">Concerts 2004 </a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2005.html" target="_self">Concerts 2005</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2006.html" target="_self">Concerts 2006</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend.html" target="_self">Photographs</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend_2.html" target="_self">Photo_2</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend_3.html" target="_self">Photo_3</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/musicians-friend_4.html" target="_self">Photo_4</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend_5.html" target="_self">Photo_5</a> | <a href="mailto:info@sandip-tabla.com">E-mail</a> | <a href="sandip_tabla_sitemap.html" target="_self">Site Map</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/links.html" target="_self">Links</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/tabla_drums_questions.html" target="_self">Questions</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/web_design_awards.html" target="_self">Web Site Awards</a> | <a href="tabla_pages/copyright.html" target="_self">Copyright & Privacy</a><br></font><img src="tabla_images/tabla_site_overall/discline_hori_short.gif" width="567" height="4" name="horizontalline" alt="thin red line"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="40" colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="300" valign="top"> <font size="2">W</font><font size="2">eb site of Indian tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya, a true master on the 'Tablas' (Indian drum sets).<br> <br> <br> Sandip Bhattacharya is a well-known tabla player amongst the lovers of Indian music. He regularly performs together with famous artists from India and gives tabla solo performances in concerts and on festivals.<br> <br> Next to that Sandip is active in the Jazz and 'world music' field where he successfully crosses many musical borders and surprises the listeners over and over again with his intriguing rhythms of the tabla. <br> <br> </font> </td> <td width="246" valign="top">     <img src="tabla_images/tabla_articles/sandip_tabla_drum_solo.jpg" alt="tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya playing a tabla solo concert in Japan" name="Japan" width="240" height="210" id="Japan"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="214" valign="top" colspan="2"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="40" colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><br><br><font size="3"> <span class="basicbold">*** Your browser does not support frames ***</span></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle"><font size="2"> <br> </font><br> <font size="2">The web site of Indian tabla player Sandip Bhattacharya is build using frames.<br> It is best viewed with Internet Explorer 5 or higher.<br> To view the flash movies on this web site your computer must have the Macromedia Flash 5 (or higher) plug-in installed. 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Click on the link to open the page in a separate window, or use the textlinks at the top to open the page in the current window.<br> </font> <br> <img src="tabla_images/tabla_site_overall/discline_hori_short.gif" alt="thin red line" name="horizonline" width="567" height="4" id="horizonline"><br> <br> <br> <br> <span class="basicbold"><font size="3">Introduction general</font></span> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td><span class="basicbold"><a href="phppages/tabla_website_intro.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Intro</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Opening page of the web site, photo of Sandip Bhattacharya by Seizo Terasaki.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/home.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Home</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Introduction to web site navigation and tabla music sample explanation.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><strong><font size="2">·</font></strong></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/classical_tabla.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Indian Classical</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Quotations about rhythm in Indian classical music.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td width="533"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="570" colspan="2" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> Background of the artist and the Benares Gharana</font></span> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/Sandip_Bhattacharya.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Artist</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Sandip Bhattacharya, background and career as a classical tabla player.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_teacher.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Ishwar Lal Misra</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Sandip's teacher Pandit Ishwar Lal Misra and Pandit Anokhelal Misra.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_gharana.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Gharana Lineage</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Sandip Bhattacharya's tabla gharana lineage.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td width="533"> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td width="570" colspan="2" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> The instrument, playing skills and technique</font></span> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_drum_sets.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Instrument</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Tablas the Indian drum sets. Technical information.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_drums_playing.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Art of Playing</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Playing tabla. Traditional learning process.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_style.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Style of Playing</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Different styles of playing tabla.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_language.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Tabla Language</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Examples of tabla bols, hand and finger positions.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td width="533"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="570" colspan="2" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> World Music, projects and festivals</font></span><font size="3"> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/crossing_borders.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">World Music </font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Sandip Bhattacharya crosses musical borders as percussionist and vocalist in world music.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/festivals_tabla.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Festivals</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Festivals where Sandip played together with other famous artists and/or as a solo performer.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td width="533"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="570" colspan="3" align="center" valign="middle"><a href="#top"><img src="tabla_images/buttons/direction/arrow_up.gif" alt="back to top" name="totop" width="15" height="21" border="0" id="totop"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="570" colspan="3" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> Concerts and performances</font></span><font size="3"> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2002.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">2002</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Tabla concerts of Sandip Bhattacharya in 2002.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2003.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">2003</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Tabla concerts of Sandip Bhattacharya in 2003.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2004.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">2004</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Tabla concerts of Sandip Bhattacharya in 2004.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2005.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">2005</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Current events and tabla concerts of Sandip Bhattacharya </font>in 2005.</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/tabla_concerts_2006.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">2006</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- A short preview. Tabla concerts of Sandip Bhattacharya in 2006</font><font size="2">.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="570" colspan="3" align="left" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> Discography</font></span><font size="3"> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/cds_tabla.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Discography</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Sandip Bhattacharya's classical Indian music - jazz - fusion cds.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center"> </td> <td width="533"> </td> </tr> <tr align="left"> <td width="570" colspan="2" valign="middle"><span class="basicbold"><font size="3"><br> Personal and publication</font></span><font size="3"> <br> </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="533"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Photographs</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Photos of musicians friends and publication photos (divided into 5 pages).</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="500"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend_2.html" target="_self"><font size="2">Photographs_2</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Photos of musicians friends, second part.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td width="500"><span class="basicbold"><a href="tabla_pages/musicians_friend_3.html" target="_self"><font size="2">Photographs_3</font></a></span> <font size="1">--- Photos of musicians friends, third part.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><strong>·</strong></font></td> <td 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