Dhruba Ghosh

Dhruba Ghosh (1957 - 2017)[1] was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.[2]

Dhruba Ghosh
Born1957
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died10 July 2017
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationMusician
Music teacher
Author
Known forSarangi
Parent(s)Nikhil Ghosh
Usha Nayampally
AwardsSangeet Natak Akademi Award

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] Dhurba 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
  • Miho: A journey to the mountain[7][4]

Awards

Disciples

Unfortunately, very few disciples of his are known, some of them are: 1. Yuji Nakagawa, http://yujisarangi.com/ 2. Vanraj Shastri

References
  1. Soumya, Vajpayee Tiwari (11 July 2017). "Sarangi maestro Dhruba Ghosh dies of massive heart attack". mid-day. mid-day. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Rajan, Anjana (5 December 2013). "Music, medically speaking". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. "Dhruba Ghosh [Delhi Gharana] | Artists-India Gallery". www.artists-india.com. www.artists-india.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. 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. The Times of India. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. Rinkita, Gurav. "Meet Mumbai's Grammy winner". archive.mid-day.com. archive.mid-day.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. Angel, Romero. "Artist Profiles: Dhruba Ghosh | World Music Central.org". worldmusiccentral.org. worldmusiccentral.org. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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