Deepsankar Bhattacharjee
Deepsankar Bhattacharjee
Sitar
10 Renditions • 2 h 25 m
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Sitar
GHARANA
Indore
GURUS
Pt. Hara Shankar Bhattacharya
Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
Deepsankar Bhattacharjee, a sitarist born in 1986 and known as 'Sur-Moni', is a fourth-generation sitarist of a musical family and a torch-bearer of the Jafferkhani baaj. He began his training at a young age under his father, Pt. Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, and also trained under his dadaguru, Padma Bhushan Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who invented and perfected the Jafferkhani baaj style of sitar playing. Deepsankar is an 'A' grade sitarist of All India Radio (AIR). He has performed in India and abroad, including New York and cities in Austria, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Spain and Sweden, and has been awarded several gold medals and titles by organisations around the world.