Welcome to the Web Site of Sandip Bhattacharya.
On this site you'll meet musician Sandip Bhattacharya and learn about his background, his career as a classical tabla player and his work as a percussionist/vocalist in world music.
You will find an extensive discography and there are details about some of his past and upcoming concerts.
You'll also find information about his principle instrument the tabla and the art of playing it. Just follow the links on 'The Instrument' page.
In Indian classical music, the teacher who taught you (respectfully called 'Guruji') is very important. Sandip studied with Pandit Ishwar Lal Misra, following the 'Guru-Shisya-Parampara' (teacher-disciple tradition).
To find information about this highly respected tabla player follow the links on 'The Artist' page.
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This site allows you to listen to a 1'30 minute tabla solo piece in 'teentaal - drut' (a fast rhythmic cycle of 16 beats). This piece is taken from the solo-CD 'Reflections'.
The music is part of a Flash movie ('Mandala') ) which will appear in the upper left corner of the webpage. To view the flash movies on this web site your computer must have the Macromedia Flash 5 (or higher) plug-in installed.
To download this plug-in, follow the link: http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/
To listen to the music click on the Mandala button and then on the START button which will appear (if you move away from the image it changes back to the mandala). You can stop the music by clicking on the STOP button which will be visible as the music plays. Meanwhile you can go through the web site and visit any page you like.
If you would like a quick summary of the total site, click the 'Site Map / Links' button. Here you will also find the possibility of bookmarking a specific page.
Do you have any specific questions about the tabla or Indian classical music? If so, we invite you to use the message form accessible via the 'Questions' button in the menu to the left.
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