Anjan Chattopadhyay, the sitar player, born in a Bengali aristocratic family in Calcutta, India, was initiated to the art of sitar playing by his elder brother, a veteran Surbahar player, Pandit Gourisankar Chattopadhyay, a disciple of Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury.
In addition to that he started taking further training from Vidushi Kalyani Roy, a reputed sitarist and one of the few disciples of Ustad Vilayat Khan.
He also had lessons in vocal music from late Muktipada Datta, a representative of Agra Gharana.
Anjan also learned tabla under the late Ustad Shaukat Ali Khan of Farukhabad gharana.
Among them worthy of mentions are some of his concerts in India: In his musical career, Anjan has got numerous awards, and felicitations.