Roy Chowdhury belongs to the
Senia Bangash gharana of sarod playing, and who has also been specially trained in the musical tradition of the
Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Roy Chowdhury was born on 12 January 1956, in
Deoghar in
Jharkhand state. He was initiated into music by his father Shri Ranjit Roy Chowdhury, Over the years Roy Chowdhury has performed in various locations all over India and has participated regularly in prestigious concerts. These include the
Tansen Festival in Gwalior, the
Shankar Lal Music Festival, New Delhi, the
Harvallabh Sangeet Samaroha in Jalandhar, the
Vishnu Digambar Jayanti in Delhi, the
Sankat Mochan Music Festival in Varanasi, the
Dhwani-BKF Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur Music Festival in Bangalore, among others. He recorded the album "The Sarod Master" (1991) for
Hot Club Records, produced by guitar player
Jon Larsen. Biswajit Roy Chowdhury is an acclaimed artist of the
All India Radio and
Doordarshan and has featured in the national music concert and the annual Radio Sangeet Sammelan of these organisations. Roy Chowdhury teaches Sarod at Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi. ==References==