Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay
M.A., Ph.D., D.Litt.(Honoris Causa), Khyalist
About Me
Born on February 21, 1927 in a family of rich musical
tradition dating back one hundred and fifty years Pandit Amiya
Ranjan Bandyopadhyay is among the best exponents of Khayal in the
country. Son and disciple of Sangeetacharya Satya Kinkar
Bandyopadhyay, Pandit Bandyopadhyay is the scion of the Bishnupur
gharana. Today Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay is one of the
senior most Khayalists still performing at the top of his form.
Since the nineteen fifties Pandit Bandyopadhyay has remained an
established and highly esteemed artiste. He is a 'Top' grade artist
of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has been performing at all
the major music festivals and gatherings of the country and has
travelled to America and Europe to perform and lecture on Indian
Classical Music.
A disciplined yet creative elaboration of the Ragas, aesthetic and
tuneful voice technique, extreme clarity and unmatched precision of
taankarl, and underlying sense of rhythm, absence of gimmickry and
generally a matured synthesis of cerebration and emotive content in
his music have given the form of Kheyal a new dimension,
contemporary in presentation and traditional in analysis.
The combination of artistry and analytic mind has made him a natural
Guru who carefully nurtures the inner talent of a pupil. Many of his
students are now established in their own rights. His own son
Santanu Bandyopadhyay is among the most notable young classical
vocalists of the country. Pandit Bandyopadhyay's brother Sri Nihar
Ranjan Bandyopadhyay also received training from him and is among
the established vocalists.
Pandit Bandyopadhyay was one of the founding father and Head of the
Department of Vocal Music of Rabindra Bharati University. He retired
in 1992 as Professor of Music after more than thirty years of
dedicated teaching. In the year 2000 he acted as a Visiting
Professor of Music in Viswa Bharati. He still features in selection
Board of several Universities.
Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay is a unique and outstanding figure
in the music world, a top quality performer, and ardent thinker and
researcher and a dedicated Guru, rolled into one.
Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay has been conferred with the
distinguished academic degree of Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) from
Rabindra Bharati University on 8th May 2018 and Doctor of Literature
(D. Litt) from Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University on 2019
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Bahadur Khan
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| 18th Cent. Descendant of TANSEN Court Musician - Raghunath Singh - II of Mallbhum (Vishnupur) |
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Gadadhar Chakraborty
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Ramshankar Bhattacharya
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| 1761 - 1853 A specific and distinguished style of Dhrupad originated as a result of Ram Shankar's musical brilliancy and the style thus named as Vishnupur Gharana later on |
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Anantalal Bandyopadhyay
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| 1832 - 1896 |
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Gopeswar Bandyopadhyay
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| 1880 - 1963 Son Regarded as one of the best exponents of Dhrupad |
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Satya Kinkar Bandyopadhyay
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| 1899 - 1980 Versatile genius - expert both in Vocal (Dhrupad, Khayal etc.) and instrumental music (Sitar & Surbahar) |
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Amiya
Ranjan Bandyopadhyay
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| 1927 Son The Khayal style has been reformed at this stage keeping parity with the modern trend of music |
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