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