Renowned percussionist Pt Subhankar Banerjee passes away due to deadly coronavirus. After battling COVID-19 for two months at a private hospital his family now informs about the demise of Pt Subhankar Banerjee on Thursday.
The 54-year-old Banerjee who died on Wednesday is survived by his wife, son and daughter, the family said. His son, promising percussionist Aarchik wrote “Lost” on Facebook. Several classical musicians from Pt Tejendra Narayan Majumder, Pt Purbayan Chatterjee, Ustad Rashid Khan, Pt Bickram Ghosh are slated to attend Banerjee’s last journey. The last rituals will be made keeping COVID-19 protocols in mind on Thursday from Sangeet Research Academy where his body was kept. Banerjee, who had done jugalbandi with all legendary classicists from Pt Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan to Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma had been admitted to the hospital on June 20 and was on oxygen support for months.
Legendary tabla artiste Zakir Hussain on Wednesday night tweeted “I will miss him, world of tabla will miss him, Indian music will miss him. RIP Shubhankar bhai.” Talking more about the legend, he was a recipient of Sangeet Samman and Sangeet Maha Samman by the West Bengal government. He had performed in this year’s Dover Lane Music Conference when concerts at venues were allowed and also organised a classic concert in memory of his mother.
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