Ramprapanna Bhattacharya

Ramprapanna Bhattacharya is an Indian classical sitarist of the Etawah Gharana.

He began his sitar training at the age of six from his father in Kolkata, India. He also received musical training from Kashinath Mukherjee[1] and Arvind Parikh,[2] both senior disciples of Vilayat Khan.

He is the recipient of a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, India.[3] He has performed and given workshops in different cities in India including Kolkata,[4][5][6] Hyderabad,[7][8] Mumbai, Nagpur,[9] Ahmedabad,[10][11] Delhi, Bhopal, Puna, Jaipur, Ajmer, Satara and out of India, notably United Kingdom including London, Peterborough, Edinburgh,[12][13][14] Glasgow, Chelmsford, Leeds[15][16] etc. Ramprapanna obtained bachelor's degrees in Electronics & Communication Engineering[17][18] and also has a corporate job.

References
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  12. "Sitar Concert". Yoga-edinburgh.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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  16. "Summer Solstice". Yorkshiretimes. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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