Dhruba ghosh biography

Biography.
Dhruba Ghosh was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.
Born in Mumbai in 1957, Dhruba grew up in an atmosphere where his father practised his art and other legendary musicians visited the home frequently like Ustad.

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Listen: A tribute to Dhruba Ghosh (1957-2017), a rounded musician whose first love was the sarangi

In the past, this column has included a series of articles on sarangi solo recitals.

These articles featured maestros who contributed to the field during the 20th century. But succeeding generations have also seen extremely talented sarangi players who have chosen to present solo recitals in addition to accompanying vocalists. One of the key figures in this context was Dhruba Ghosh, who concentrated on solo recitals over the past few decades. Sadly, he died of a heart attack on Monday, his untimely demise leaving many of his musical dreams unfulfilled.

Son and disciple of the illustrious tabla maestro Nikhil Ghosh, Dhruba Ghosh trained in vocal music and tabla before shifting to sarangi. He had one lesson from Mohammad Sagiruddin Khan, but he created his own identity as a sarangi soloist after incorporating elements from a variety of sources. For instance, he was influenced by sarangi wizard Bundu Khan’s recordings and by styles created by trendsetter vocalists Amir Khan and Bade

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Dhruba Ghosh (Born in Bombay, 1957) teaches and lives in Bombay. He is the son of the great Tabla Legend Nikhil Ghosh, who, besides concerting, wrote also the book “Fundamental of raga, with a new system of notation” (Bombay 1968). Dhruba is also the nephew of the flute player Pannalall Ghosh.

After having studied singing and rhythm with his father, he learned the sarangi from the one and only Sagiruddin Khan himself from the school of Bundu Khan. A remarkable musician, Dhruba contributed to develop the sarangi as a soloing instrument.

In the past history, sarangi had been used mainly to accompany the singers, a difficult art which he practices also with such artists as Lakshmi Shankar. Dhruba Gosh has directed for many years the Ghosh family music school in Bombay, where he gained a great experience in pedagogy. He is now a Musical Director, in the Sangit Academy in Brussels.

http://www.dhrubaghosh.com/

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•• Remembering Eminent Sarangi Maestro and Composer Pandit Dhruba Ghosh on his 65th Birth Anniversary (25 October 1957) ••

Pandit Dhruba Ghosh (25 October 1957 - 10 July 2017) was an Eminent Sarangi Maestro and a brilliant composer. He was son of Legendary Tabla Maestro Pandit Nikhil Ghosh and brother of eminent Tabla and Sitar Maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh.

A short highlight on his timeline :

Dhruba was the inheritor of the tradition of his masters, his father Pandit Nikhil Ghosh, the famed percussionist and pedagogue, the veteran vocalist-composer Pandit Dinkar Kaikini, and the renowned sarangi maestro Ustad Sagiruddin Khan of the legendary Bundu Khan style of Delhi.

Born in Mumbai in 1957, Dhruba grew up in an atmosphere where his father practised his art and other legendary musicians visited the home frequently like Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa (tabla), Ustad Amir Khan (vocal), Pandit Ravi Shankar (sitar), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (sarod) , Nikhil Banerjee (Sitar), and others of that generation. As Dhruba imbibed the intensive discussions between the maes