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Swapan Chaudhuri

tab, perc, *1945
World

Indian tabla player, born in 1945. Swapan's tabla training began when he was five years old under Pandit Santosh Krishna Biswas, an eminent exponent of the Lucknow Gharana. By the time he was ten, Ali Akbar Khan was inviting Swapan to the Ali Akbar College which he had recently opened in Calcutta – a precursor to the college Ali Akbar Khan would open in the US fourteen years later. Later Swapan studied economics and graduated from Jadavpur University. In 1969 he played with Ali Akbar Khan at the Tansen Music Conference and decided after the great success to become a professional musician. In the past decades he performed i.e. with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Jasraj and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Swapan Chaudhuri is Director of Percussion at the Ali Akbar College of Music (AACM) in San Rafael, California where he started teaching in 1981 and Chairperson for the World Music Programme at the California Institute of Performing Arts in L.A.

     
Instruments
  • Tablas
  • Percussion
Genres
  • World
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Folk
  • Classical
Plays With
Lian Ensemble
Popular Tracks   
Raag Mishra Shirvranjani Taal Deepchandi on Jugalbandi II by Hariprasad Chaurasia, Aashish Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri
Dhun in Madhyam se Gara - Studio on Silken Strings by Tejendra Majumdar & Swapan Chaudhuri
Aalaap and Jod on Jugalbandi by Hariprasad Chaurasia, Aashish Khan & Swapan Chaudhuri
Rag Alam Bhairav on Indian Architexture by Ali Akbar Khan
Rela on Live From Darbar Festival 2006 by Swapan Chaudhuri
Rag Hemant on Indian Architexture by Ali Akbar Khan
Rag Hussaini Kanra on Pandit Jasraj - Vocal by Pandit Jasraj & Swapan Chaudhuri
Drut Teen Taal -16 Beats on Classic For Pleasure- Tabla Lahara - Swapan Chaudhuri by Swapan Chaudhuri
Raga Nandkaus: III. Drut ektal on Subroto Roy Chowdhury: Raga Nandkaus by Subroto Roy Chowdhury & Swapan Chaudhuri
When Kailasha Muses on When Kailasha Muses by Avra Banerjee, Swapan Chaudhuri & Taufiq Qureshi

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Jugalbandi - IIHariprasad Chaurasia, Aashish Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri2011Album
Live In ZagrebVlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadić Featuring Theodosii Spassov & Swapan Chaudhuri2009Album
Raga Pahadi JhinjhotiDebashish Bhattacharya, Swapan Chaudhuri2007Album
Meeting - Two Worlds Of Modal Music - Indian Ragas & Medieval SongDominique Vellard, Ken Zuckerman, Swapan Chaudhuri, Keyvan Chemirani2004Album
Prasād (Blessing...)Deepak Ram, Swapan Chaudhuri2002Album
From Father to Son (Ragini Puriya Dhanasri)Ali Akbar Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri, Alam Khan2002Album
Evening LightUstad Habib Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri1999Album
Colors Of SoundUstad Habib Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri1997Album
G. S. Sachdev live in concertG. S. Sachdev, Swapan Chaudhuri, Joe Hoffmann1994Album
The Soul of TablaSwapan Chaudhuri1993Album
The Majestic Tabla Of Swapan ChaudhuriSwapan Chaudhuri1993Album
VocalPandit Jasraj, Swapan Chaudhuri1993Album
The Emperor Of Sarod Live Vol. 1 (Raga Bageswari Kanada)Ali Akbar Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri1990Album
Rare Artists - Rare RagasAli Akbar Khan And Swapan Chaudhuri1986Album
Artistic Sound Of SarodAli Akbar Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri1985Album
Raga Puria-Kalayan & Raga BhupaliKashinath Mukherjee, Swapan Chaudhuri1979Album
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