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Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya (born 23 December 1957) is an Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer. He studied with Ravi Shankar. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2018.
Jul 25, 2021 · Learn about the santur, a 100-string hammered dulcimer, and its use in North Indian classical music. Tarun Bhattacharya, a virtuoso of the santur and a student of Pandit Ravi Shankar, shares his insights on his training, influences, and recordings.
Aug 16, 2018 · Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya was born December 23, 1957. He is one of India’s finest performers on the santur. As a child he began training on the instrument with his father, Sri Robi Bhattacharya, and also with Sri Dulal Roy. Tarun was under the tutelage of the renowned sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.
Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya’s santoor style is highly distinctive, borrowing from the melodic inclinations of many other instruments. In his youth he learned guitar, piano, organ, sitar, and tabla with Rabi, his father, and Dulal Roy, master of the jaltarang (tuned water bowls).
Tarun Bhattacharya is the inventor of "mankas" or fine tuners that help tune the 100 stringed Santoor quickly, for longer lasting effect and to a very high degree of accuracy. His innovative techniques of playing the Santoor also facilitates in the playing of Krintans, Ekharatans and Boltans broadening the utility of the Santoor in various ...
Learn about Tarun Bhattacharya, the "master of 100 strings" who has recorded over 150 albums of traditional and modern music on the santoor, a hammered dulcimer-like instrument. Explore his biography, discography, songs, credits, and related artists on AllMusic.
Promotion of the heritage of India through Indian Classical Music. Collection of the music of Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya on Santoor.
