Anjan Chattopadhyay

Anjan Chattopadhyay, the sitar player, born in a Bengali aristocratic family in Calcutta, India, was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother, a veteran Surbahar player, Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay, a disciple of Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury.In addition to that he started taking further training from Kalyani Roy, a reputed sitarist and one of the few disciples of Ustad Vilayat Khan.He also had lessons in vocal music from late Muktipada Datta, a representative of Agra Gharana.Anjan also learned tabla under the late Ustad Shaukat Ali Khan of Farukhabad gharana.Anjan lives in Calcutta and teaches music.