Nikhil banerjee biography of albert

Appreciation and Biography

I believe I first heard of the passing of Pandit Nikhil Banerjee in early 1986 when the announcement came during the introduction of the regular weekly programme London Sounds Eastern on BBC Radio London, a regular Sunday evening programme of Indian Classical Music.

I was shocked.

#HCMAE_REMEMBRANCE •• Remembering Legendary Hindustani Classical Sitarist Padma Bhushan Pandit Nikhil Banerjee on his 36th Death Anniversary.

Nikhil Banerjee, or even far younger sitarists such as Shubendra Rao or.

Born in Calcutta on October 14th , his first teacher was his father, Jitendra Nath Banerjee.

Among the greats of course was Pandit Nikhil Banerjee largely overlooked.

Meet Dr. Ludwig Albert, an iconic figure within the world of classical percussion and marimba.

The only artist's death with the same impact on me had been Buddy Holly's, twenty seven years earlier. Just short of being a teenager, while delivering newspapers on a chilly winter morning I had been stopped in my tracks, stunned by the front page news of the plane crash.

Nikhilda was only fifty four, and I had no idea he was ill. I had assumed I would be enjoying his music for many years to come. Even today the memory of Nikhilda's passing can still bring a tear to my eyes.

Nikhil Banerjee was the great artist.

His death came at a cruelly young age for such a gifted person. Our loss was great.

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