Aditya Dip

Aditya Dip plays the pakhawaj, the barrel drum of Dhrupad, and comes from Varanasi. Born in 1992, he took up tabla at twelve under Dr Jai Prakash Singh and Pandit Kishor Mishra. He then spent years on pakhawaj with Pandit Shrikant Mishra (1952 to 2012), the Banaras master who accompanied Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Pandit Ramchatur Mallik and Pandit Siyaram Tiwari. He holds the Sangeet Prabhakar in tabla and pakhawaj from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad, and a Master's degree in music from Banaras Hindu University.

He works as accompanist and soloist. On stage he has partnered Dhrupad singers and instrumentalists including Pandit Sajan Mishra, Pandit Ritwik Sanyal, the Gundecha Brothers, Ustad Bahauddin Dagar, Pandit Uday Bhawalkar, Pandit Pushparaj Koshti and Pandit Premkumar Mallick, on rudra veena, surbahar and Saraswati veena as well as voice. His festival credits include Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior, Dhrupad Mela in Varanasi, Dhrupad Mahotsav at BHU, Ganga Mahotsav, Sur Ganga 2017 and the Kashi Sansad Mahotsav. He has toured Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Nepal, and recorded Dhrupad Choir with Pandit Ritwik Sanyal for Bihaan Music, Kolkata.

Aditya teaches pakhawaj with the KalaSudha academy, online and in person, and has taught students in India, Japan, Spain, France, Switzerland and Argentina. His solo work covers pakhawaj recitals, taal vadya kacheri, pakhawaj duets and dance accompaniment. KalaSudha represents him as official promoter for the UK and Europe.