About Swapan Chaudhuri
Swapan Chaudhuri was an Indian music educator, percussionist and musician.
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri (born 30 March 1945), is an Indian tabla player. He has accompanied several musicians of Indian classical music, including, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ken Zuckerman and many more. He also taught his sons tabla. Chaudhuri is a disciple of Santosh Biswas in the Lucknow gharana.
Awards He received American Academy of Artists Award and was nominee to Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame. In 1996, Swapan Chaudhuri received the Sangeet Natak Academy Award from the President of India, the highest awards for Classical Music in India. In 2019, he received the Padma Shri, one of India's highest honor from the Indian government.
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Who was Swapan Chaudhuri?
Indian tabla player
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Swapan Chaudhuri was a music educator, percussionist and musician.
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