Dhruba Ghosh
Dhruba Ghosh (1957–2017) was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.
Dhruba Ghosh
- Name
- Dhruba Ghosh
- Born
- 1957
- Birthplace
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Died
- 10 July 2017 (aged 60)
- Occupation
- Musician Music teacher Author
- Known for
- Sarangi
- Awards
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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Dhruba Ghosh (1957–2017) was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.
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• Name — Dhruba Ghosh • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Died — 10 July 2017 (aged 60) • Place of death — Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Occupation — Musician Music teacher Author • Known for — Sarangi • Parents — Nikhil Ghosh Usha Nayampally • Awards — Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Biography
Biography
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. He is the nephew of Pt Pannalal Ghosh, famous flute player and composer. Dhruba Ghosh learned the basics of sarangi from Dattaram Parvatakar of All India Radio, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Ustad Sagiruddin Khan. His brother Nayan Ghosh is also a musician and a tabla player. His sister Tulika Ghosh is a singer in the Hindustani musical tradition. He worked in 'Miho: A journey to the mountain', a musical album. This album won the Grammy Award. He also worked in various fusion albums. Pandit Dhruba Ghosh died 10 July 2017 in Mumbai, India. He also studied under the guidance of vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.
Albums
Albums
• Miho: A journey to the mountain
Disciples
Disciples
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/
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Dhruba Ghosh was born at Mumbai.
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Dhruba Ghosh died at Mumbai.
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Mumbai.
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Awards
• Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award • Paul Winter Consort, an American musical band including Dhruba Ghosh won the Grammy Award.
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- 1.Soumya, Vajpayee Tiwari. Sarangi maestro Dhruba Ghosh dies of massive heart attack. mid-day. 11 July 2017.
- 2.Rajan, Anjana. Music, medically speaking. The Hindu. 5 December 2013.
- 3.Dhruba Ghosh [Delhi Gharana] Artists-India Gallery. www.artists-india.com.
- 4.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.
- 5.Rinkita, Gurav. Meet Mumbai's Grammy winner. archive.mid-day.com.
- 6.Angel, Romero. Artist Profiles: Dhruba Ghosh World Music Central.org. worldmusiccentral.org. 21 July 2018.
- 7.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.
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