Chandra Nath Shastri

Pandit Chandra Nath Shastri (Bengali: চন্দ্রনাথ শাস্ত্রী, Hindi: चंद्रनाथ शास्त्री, 23 December 1948), is a tabla (Indian hand percussion) musician from India, currently based in Kolkata.

He is a retired staff artist of All India Radio and performed regularly for public-television broadcaster Doordarshan.

[2][3] He was born in the Dhakuria area of Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, in a Bramhin family.

[5][6] Shastri completed his intermediate schooling at C. M. Anglo Bengali Inter College, Varanasi, UP.

[2][7] Shastri's father noted his interest in Hindustani classical music from a very young age and taught him to play some taals on tabla.

[2][11] Shastri has performed in many concerts, including tabla solos, percussion ensembles, and accompanied with instrumentalists and vocalists, and worked with numerous music composers and film directors.