Sitar / Surbahar Musician Sitar / Surbahar Musician for various events

RAMPRAPANNA BHATTACHARYA
Sitarist in India
Ramprapanna Bhattacharya is one of the most distinguished, serious, and striking young sitar players of India who has carved a niche for himself with over three decades of dedication and hard work. Belonging to Etawah Gharana, he grew up in Kolkata and is currently settled in Hyderabad.

He primary learnt the art of sitar playing and received intense guidance from his father veteran sitarist Sri Ram Udar Bhattacharya and Late Pt. Kashinath Mukherjee, a prime disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan & Ustad Amir Khan. Later he learnt many compositions, rare and complex ragas from Pt. Arvind Parikh. He learnt from Sitarist lateSri Soumitra Lahiri for a brief period in the beginning of his musical career. He learnt basics of Tabla from Late Amiya Kumar Dutta.

He has innumerable stage performances for the prestigious music-events, both in India and abroad, which have been highly acclaimed by connoisseurs, critics, and musicians alike.

He has numerous awards and accolades including Pandit A. Kanan Memorial Award, National Scholarship in Sitar by Govt. of India, New Delhi, first prizes in the Instrumental Music at the Kolkata District Youth Festival (Govt. of West Bengal), Inter Collegiate Music Competition etc.

Being deeply rooted in the classical tradition, Ramprapanna has been teaching music for several years with respectable results. He conducted seminars / workshops / presentations in multiple venues in India and abroad.

He has worked as member of board of studies for the department of music of a highly reputed university of India. He is actively involved in the corporate world as well. He has handled the pursuits of academics, corporate career, and music simultaneously, which is the rarest of its kind. Ramprapanna has worked for reputed organizations like Oracle Corporation, Tata Consulting Services, Cognizant, Capgemini for several years.