About Pandit Dishari Chakraborty
Pandit Dishari Chakraborty is a Hindustani classical musician with about 30 years of experience in performing, teaching, and collaborating with artists across the globe.
He has had the opportunity to train under the direct
descendants of Senia Maihar Gharana. His primary instrument is the
Shata-Tantri Veena (Kashmiri Santoor), although he has also trained in sarod, tabla, and pakhawaj.Being a child prodigy, equally
trained in European classical music.
An international awardee from Norway and a Scholarship holder
from the Government of India. He has worked extensively in
various film/theatre/dance projects and contributed to
several ICCR-commissioned programs as an artist.
He has received 14 awards so far as a music composer and
sound designer. He has done background music in
more than 140 theatres since 2005 and was awarded
lifetime achievements for his contribution to the
field of music to the Indian theatre arena in 2024 by
Paschim Banga Natya Academi,
Department of Information & Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal.
In 2017 he directed a Docu-Feature ''A Life in Dance:
Pandit Uday Shankar, Produced by the Films Division,
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India.
Teaching in Different Institutes as Music Teacher
â–ºOfficially appointed in Department of Music and Dance, teaching multiple classical instruments and Orchestra in Bangladesh Shilpa Kala Academy, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Bangladesh
â–ºGuest faculty of Music Design in the Department of Sound Design at the National Institute of Design (NID, Ahmedabad).
â–ºGuest faculty of Music, teaching the use of music & sound in film at Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema and Entertainment(RSACE).
â–ºExaminer in Department of films studies at University of Mumbai’s, India.
â–º Teaching multiple instruments and Hindustani classical Vocal in Kala Sahitya Academy Chhattisgarh, & BHILAI STEEL PLANT, Govt. of India.
â–ºFormer faculty in the Department of Music, teaching multiple instruments and Orchestra in Aashish Khan School of World Music (AKSWM).
