Ananda Gopal and his tabla have all these characteristics in abundances. Born in a music-loving family settled in Uttar Pradesh, Ananda Gopal is a world-renowned tabla player today. He was initiated to music by his father late Radha Gopal Bandopadhyay an amateur vocalist. At an impressionable age of nine he went to learn tabla at the feet of his guru left Pt. Mahadev Prasad Mishar, a respected, Sangeet Natak Academy and ITC award winner maestro of Thumri and tabla belonging to the famous Benaras Gharana. Besides tabla Ananda Gopal could not help learning the finer nuances of thumri singing and that is how his guru scripted the beginning of a brilliant career of this sensitive tabla player. This relationship lasted till the last breathe of his loving guru.

At the tender age of eighteen Ananda Gopal won the first prize in tabla in the all India Radio Competition – in those days a matter of prestige. Traversing a long distance since then, he is a top Grade Artiste of AIR & Doordarshan and is a valued member of their Audition Board Committee today. He became a successful soloist as well as a sought after accompanist. He handles recordings with equal ease. As a result he has numerous cassettes, albums and CDs of classical music to his credit. His popularity took him to places including World Youth Festival (Berlin), Festival of India (Maryland), Boston, New York, San Francisco – to name a few. The Emperor of Ethiopia presented his the Gold Medal – a rare honour extended to a musician from a foreign land.Apart from his busy schedule as a performer he was also associated with many prestigious Organizations like the Song & Drama Division, Delhi; Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, University of Delhi; Amir Khusro Society, Chicago, USA. At present he is a senior member of Faculty, ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata.

The music maestro has already created a successfull number of Solo and Duet Albums

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