Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
“His playing sometimes sounded like rhythmically arranged drops of rain, sometimes the fingers flew over the membranes like a family of salamanders,” read Frankfurter Rundschau, a German newspaper in Tabla Stalwart Pandit Chatur Lal's honour. And today, we pay our homage to the master musician Tabla Stalwart Pandit Chatur Lal celebrating his 96th birth anniversary.
From childhood, he began to master a ubiquitous instrument that was to become inextricably linked with his name and his unique signature, the Tabla. His exceptional musical talent, both as a solo tabla player and a sensitive accompanist, got noticed in no time and for the first time, even musicians began to take Tabla seriously. The magic of his fingers got so entwined with the musicality and rhythmic mastery that he evoked from the “Thap” of the tabla that no worthwhile musician felt complete unless he was providing ‘Sangat’ for the billed singers and instrumentalists.
The elfin charm of his personality did the rest. It was Chatur Lal who propagated what was then an unknown musical instrument, a pair of drums, known as ‘Jodi’ throughout the World. Indian Music and its global journey in the last six decades owes him a great debt of gratitude and today, remembering him, we present a unique concert that was curated, introduced and performed by the magician himself way back in 1950’s known as Taal Vadya Kacheri – a seamless blend of rhythmic ideas which belong to both the north and south Indian percussion traditions.
Today, IndianRaga in collaboration with Pandit Chatur Lal Festival seeks an opportunity to present “Baaj – sounds of India’ featuring
Sh. Pranshu Chatur Lal (the grandson of Pandit Chatur Lal) - Tabla
Sh. Manohar Balatchandirane - Mridangam
Sh. Vishal Kumar - Dholak
Sh. Shounak Banerjee - Ghatam
Shruti ChaturLal Sharma - Artistic Director
Achal Aranya - Video Concept & Editing
“His playing sometimes sounded like rhythmically arranged drops of rain, sometimes the fingers flew over the membranes like a family of salamanders,” read Frankfurter Rundschau, a German newspaper in Tabla Stalwart Pandit Chatur Lal's honour. And today, we pay our homage to the master musician Tabla Stalwart Pandit Chatur Lal celebrating his 96th birth anniversary.
From childhood, he began to master a ubiquitous instrument that was to become inextricably linked with his name and his unique signature, the Tabla. His exceptional musical talent, both as a solo tabla player and a sensitive accompanist, got noticed in no time and for the first time, even musicians began to take Tabla seriously. The magic of his fingers got so entwined with the musicality and rhythmic mastery that he evoked from the “Thap” of the tabla that no worthwhile musician felt complete unless he was providing ‘Sangat’ for the billed singers and instrumentalists.
The elfin charm of his personality did the rest. It was Chatur Lal who propagated what was then an unknown musical instrument, a pair of drums, known as ‘Jodi’ throughout the World. Indian Music and its global journey in the last six decades owes him a great debt of gratitude and today, remembering him, we present a unique concert that was curated, introduced and performed by the magician himself way back in 1950’s known as Taal Vadya Kacheri – a seamless blend of rhythmic ideas which belong to both the north and south Indian percussion traditions.
Today, IndianRaga in collaboration with Pandit Chatur Lal Festival seeks an opportunity to present “Baaj – sounds of India’ featuring
Sh. Pranshu Chatur Lal (the grandson of Pandit Chatur Lal) - Tabla
Sh. Manohar Balatchandirane - Mridangam
Sh. Vishal Kumar - Dholak
Sh. Shounak Banerjee - Ghatam
Shruti ChaturLal Sharma - Artistic Director
Achal Aranya - Video Concept & Editing
