Draft:Prattyush Banerjee
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Pandit Prattyush Banerjee (born 1969) is a Bengali Hindustani classical sarod player belonging to the Senia-Shahjahanpur Gharana. He had his initial training under Pandit Samarendranath Sikdar and later, Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta[1]
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Pandit Prattyush Banerjee | |
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| Background information | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Sarod |
Early Life
Prattyush Banerjee was born in Kolkata in 1969. He learnt the basics of Hindustani classical music under his father Prashun Kumar Banerjee[2]
He started playing the sarod from the age of eight under Pandit Samarendranath Sikdar. Later, he was an active disciple of the renowned maestro Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta.
Career
Pandit Prattyush Banerjee emerged as a Sarodist in the 1980s. One of his first albums was Gitanjali - A Jugalbandi published in 2011 along with Bratati Banerjee[3]. He performed at the Darbar Festival in 2012 along with Tabla maestro Sanju Sahai. He played along side Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta in his album Tranformations (2009).[4]
He is credited to be one of the leading maestros of the Senia-Shahjahanpur Gharana. He was the first artist to successfully reproduce the Tappa style of north Indian classical singing on the Sarod. He invented the Jyotidhwani, a modern electrified version of the Sarod. He has widely performed globally collaborating with various acclaimed including Pandit Soumik Datta[5] and Pandit Sukhvinder Singh.[6]
He played the Sarod theme of the Piku movie which was highly praised by audiences. He also played the background score for the movie Madras Cafe.
He collaborated with Jayati Chakraborty[7] on multiple occasions for the albums Raager Aloye Rabi (2014) and Ebong Jayati (2018).
Beyond his solo career, Banerjee has written scholarly articles for the ITC Sangeet Research Academy.
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