Dhruba Ghosh
Dhruba Ghosh | |
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| Born | 1957 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Died | 10 July 2017 (aged 60) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Music teacher Author |
| Known for | Sarangi |
| Parent(s) | Nikhil Ghosh Usha Nayampally |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award |
Dhruba Ghosh (1957–2017)[1] was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.[2]
Biography
[edit]Dhruba Ghosh was born in 1957 in Mumbai. His father Padma Bhushan Pt Nikhil Ghosh was a famous musician, teacher and writer, known his proficiency on the percussion instrument of tabla.[3] He is the nephew of Pt Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player and composer.[3] Dhruba Ghosh learned the basics of sarangi from Dattaram Parvatakar of All India Radio, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Ustad Sagiruddin Khan.[4] His brother Nayan Ghosh is also a musician and a tabla player.[5] He worked in 'Miho: A journey to the mountain', a musical album.[6] This album won the Grammy Award.[4][6] He also worked in various fusion albums.[3] Pandit Dhruba Ghosh died 10 July 2017 in Mumbai, India.[7]
He also studied under the guidance of vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.
Albums
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award[2]
- Paul Winter Consort, an American musical band including Dhruba Ghosh won the Grammy Award.[7]
Disciples
[edit]Unfortunately, very few disciples of his are known, some of them are: 1. Yuji Nakagawa, http://yujisarangi.com/ 2. Vanraj Shastri 3. Deepak Paramshivan , https://www.deepakparamashivan.com/
References
[edit]- ^ Soumya, Vajpayee Tiwari (11 July 2017). "Sarangi maestro Dhruba Ghosh dies of massive heart attack". mid-day. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b Akademi, Sangeet Natak. "Sangeet Natak Akademi Declares Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2013". pib.nic.in. Sangeet Natak Akademi. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Rajan, Anjana (5 December 2013). "Music, medically speaking". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Dhruba Ghosh [Delhi Gharana] | Artists-India Gallery". www.artists-india.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Jul 10, Bella Jaisinghani | Updated. "Dhrubajyoti Ghosh: Music world mourns the passing of sarangi player Dhrubajyoti Ghosh | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Rinkita, Gurav. "Meet Mumbai's Grammy winner". archive.mid-day.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Angel, Romero (21 July 2018). "Artist Profiles: Dhruba Ghosh | World Music Central.org". worldmusiccentral.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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