Dibyarka Chatterjee

 
 



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Dibyarka Chatterjee is a young and promising Tabla player from the Farrukhabad Gharana. His natural inclination towards Tabla became evident shortly after his birth, and at the age of five he was initiated by his illustrious father Pt. Samir Chatterjee. Since then he has been going through the rigorous discipline of lesson and practice.

Dibyarka was born in Kolkata (and spent first 10 years of his life there), where he was already performing for the All India Radio as a child prodigy. Shortly afterwards, he moved to the U.S. with his family, he was recognized for his talent by music lovers and Tabla enthusiasts and started performing with his father and in group performances composed and directed by him. Beside these, he has also performed with the Dance Theater of Harlem, NYC, with the Battery Dance Co. in “Songs of Tagore”, with Janaki Patrick in “Ka-Tap”, with Smt. Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Pt. Samarendra Sikdar, Smt. Shubhra Guha, Sri Partha Bose, Sri Debojyoti Bose, Sri Snehasish Mozumder, Sri Anirban Dasgupta, Smt. Tripti Mukherjee, Steve Gorn, Hidayat Khan and others. He has collaborated with fusion musicians like Salman Ahmad (Junoon), Gary Lucas, Najma Akhtar, and is also a member of world fusion group
Violet Samudra. He has performed in some prestigious venues like the Indian Consulate (NYC), City Center (NYC), Lincoln Center (NYC), Place des Arts (Montreal) etc.

Since 2006 Dibyarka has been an integral part of Chhandayan, an organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Indian Classical music in North America. He oversees many of its activities and functions including publicity, store, concert arrangement and event management. His contributions to the organization are invaluable, especially for events like the All Night Concert.

 

 
 

Contact / Booking / Mailing List: dibyarka@tabla.org / (973) 460 5282

 

 

Chhandayan holds regular classes with him in Nutley, NJ Click here for more information

He also teaches private lessons.

 

 

 

Violet Samudra at ATW (01/18/08)
'Garden of Maya'

 

 

 

 

Performance Schedule

07.12.08 Nicholas Center, Rutgers University, NJ
- with Sanghamitra Chatterjee
06.13.08
8:00pm
The Actors Theatre Workshop, NYC
(145 West 28th Street, 3 Fl., New York, NY 10001)
- with Abhisek Mallik (Sitar)
06.08.08
11:00am
NYC - with Violet Samudra
06.07.08 Delaware
05.17.08 Upstate NY - with Pandita Joya Biswas (Sitar)
05.10.08
9:00pm
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYC
(Chhandayan's 9th All Night Concert)
- with Pandita Joya Biswas (Sitar)
05.03.08
9:30pm
Joe's Pub, NYC
- with Gary Lucas & Najma Akhtar
04.20.08 DePaul University, Chicago, IL
- with Salman Ahmad
04.18.08
8:00pm
The Actors Theatre Workshop, NYC
(145 West 28th Street, 3 Fl., New York, NY 10001)
- with Steve Gorn (Bansuri)
04.05.08
8:00 pm
York College Performing Arts Center, Queens, NYC
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
03.30.08
2:30pm
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
03.29.08
2:00pm
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
03.22.08
8:00 pm
Cadillac Palace Theater, Chicago, IL
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
02.03.08
8:00pm
Layaly - 98 Ave. B bet. 6th and 7th St., NYC (212) 358-1166
- with Violet Samudra
01.18.08
8:00pm
The Actors Theatre Workshop, NYC
- with Violet Samudra
12.07.07
7:30pm
Church St. Center, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MA
- with Salman Ahmad
11.18.07
9:00 pm
Kush Lounge, NYC - with Violet Samudra
Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Benefit Concert
11.05.07
8:30pm
Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
11.04.07
8:30pm
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Canada
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
11.02.07 The Arch, NYC - with Snehasish Mozumder (Mandolin)
10.20.07
9:00pm
Corral Arena, Stampede Park, Calgary, Canada
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
10.17.07
8:30pm
Winspear Center, Edmonton, Canada
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
10.14.07
8:00pm
The Centre for Performing Arts, Vancouver, Canada
- with Salman Ahmad (Sufi Tour)
10.12.07 NYC - with Salman Ahmad
Sing for Hope Benefit Gala Event
09.29.07 NYC - with Sabina Islam (Vocal)
09.23.07 George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ
- with Snehasish Majumdar & Partha Mukherjee
09.22.07
7:30 pm
The Actors Theatre Workshop, NYC
- with Ruchira Panda (Vocal)
09.21.07 NYC - with Violet Samudra
09.07.07 Private Performance
08.25.07 Private Performance
08.19.07 Vancouver, Canada - with Salman Ahmad
08.17.07 Hershey Center, Toronto, Canada - with Junoon
06.21.07 Nutley, NJ - with Sangeeta Banerjee (Vocal)
06.20.07 Jackson Heights, NYC - with Sangeeta Banerjee (Vocal)
06.06.07 Private Performance
06.06.07 ITV (NY Cable Channel) with Mitali Banerjee Bhowmik
05.27.07 Pittsburgh, PA - with Samarendra Sikdar (Sarode)
05.26.07 Washington, DC - with Samarendra Sikdar (Sarode)
05.05.07 Indian Consulate, NYC
- with Mitali Banerjee Bhowmik (Vocal)
04.28.07 Bard Hall, Bard College, NY
- with Tripti Mukherjee (Vocal)
04.22.07 Potomac Community Center, Potomac, MD
- with Paromita Mumu (Vocal)
04.21.07 Marathi Vishwa, NJ - with Swagata Chakraborty (Vocal)