Subhankar Banerjee (musician)

Subhankar Banerjee (20 August 1966 – 25 August 2021) was an Indian musician and tabla player of the Farukhabad tradition.^[1][2]

Subhankar Banerjee
Background information
Born	(1966-08-20)20 August 1966 Kolkata, India
Origin	India
Died	25 August 2021(2021-08-25) (aged 55) Kolkata, India
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Tabla
Years active	1990s–2020s

Biography

He studied initially with Manik Das of the Benares tradition before learning with Swapan Siva of the Farukhabad tradition, which he is more associated with.^[3]

He regularly supported Amjad Ali Khan, Rashid Khan, Birju Maharaj, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Shivkumar Sharma on stage.^[4] He was also a tabla soloist.^[5]

Banerjee contracted COVID-19 in June 2021. He died a few months later in August, five days after his 55th birthday.^[6]

See also

• Yogesh Samsi
• Kumar Bose
• Swapan Chaudhuri
• Anindo Chatterjee
• Zakir Hussain