Dhruba Ghosh

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Dhruba Ghosh
Born1957
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died10 July 2017
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationMusician
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]

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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. [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

Awards

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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