He trained under his illustrious Tabla maestro,Guru Pt. Ishwar lal Mishra, (Benaras ) is in the tradition of the legendarytable maestro Pt. Anokhe lal Mishra and Pt. Arvind Mulgaonkar. (Mumbai)

He expresses himself throughhis Tabla playing, Composing, Singing his songs. He is known for his Tabla(solo/accompaniment) and collaboratingwith other musician. His deep knowledge of the subject is visual.

Sandip has collaborated with someof the greatest names in Indian classical music such as Pt. HariprasadChaurasia, Lakshmi Shankar, Pt. V.G.Jog, Pt. Budhaditya Mukherjee, Ust. Shahid parvez, Ust. Shujaat Khan, Pt.Tarun Bhattacharya and many more.

Sandip hasperformed/collaborated and recorded with top Jazz and world music artists fromall over the world and leads his world percussion, fusion group “ SYNERGYGROUP”.

He has performed in front ofHer Majesty Queen Beatrix of Netherland, Willem Aexander, Maxima Zorreguietaand other distinguished guests in Vredes Paleis Den Haag.

Some of the musicians Sandiphas collaborated world wide are… Yamasita. Yosuke (piano- Japan), Umezu Kazutoki(Saxophone-Japan), Leonardo Eto (Taikodrummer – Japan), Mohammed Gomar – (Irak), Mari Boine (sami singer- Norway),Mola Syla (vocal-Senegal), Ali N’diaye Rose (Djembe – Senegal), Eric Voeimans (Trumpet – Netherlands) Ernst Reiseger(Cello – Netherlands) Eric Vaarzon Morel (flamenco guitar – Netherlands) NielsBrouwer/Monica Akihary (Guitar/Vocal – Netherlands), Sergy Staronsik (flute –Russia), Kaigalol Kovalic (vocal – Tuva/Central asia) Sainkho Namtchylak (vocal – Tuva/Central asia) Theodosii (Kavalplayer – Buigaria), etc.



Festivals - Some of the festival Sandip has played in. North sea Jazz festival - Netherlands,Montreux Jazz festival - Switzerland, Euro Asia festival – Japan, BethlehemJazz Festival – USA, Vancouver Jazz Festival – Canada, Grenoble Jazz Festival –France, Bath Festival – England, 50 years Golden jubli festival – India, BaajaGaaja festival – India etc.



Sandip is an excellent singer and in high demand in the Europeanworld-mix circuit, Indian music and Mantra singing circuit, where besidesplaying Tabla and percussion, he also performs as a vocalist.

He composes his own melodies and writes lyrics, which suitshis melodious voice very well. In his songs he combines his rich experience ofelements from around the Globe and knowledge of Indian classical, folk ofdifferent regions.



Projects - ScapinoBallet – Rotterdam (1995, 1997) Het Filiaal – Theater project ‘ Ho-land ‘ (1998,1999)and ‘ Tap & Tabla ‘ (2011, 2012) ‘ Moh-pah ‘ – project with BoVerspaendonck- (Belgium) (2000) Composed music for the documentary film – “Bombay “



Groups – MoHISa, Vedaki, Weshem, Chanchala, Boi akih, hisown Synergy Group and Ashwin.





Sandip has recorded more then30 Cd’s worldwide. His Solo album

‘ Reflections ‘ got worldwidecritical acclaim, where he composed an 11/1-2-rhythm cycle known as ‘ ArchanTaal ‘.



Since last 20 years, Sandiphas been giving master classes/ workshops around the Globe in Universities andFestivals.

He is a much loved andRespected Teacher/Guru and has many disciples around the world who are makingtheir marks of their own and doing very well in spreading the music in theirown way.