Dhruba Ghosh
{{Short description|Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai}}
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| birth_date = 1957
| birth_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| death_date = 10 July 2017 (aged 60)
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = Musician
Music teacher
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| known for = Sarangi
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| parents = Nikhil Ghosh
Usha Nayampally
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| awards = Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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Dhruba Ghosh (1957–2017){{cite news |last1=Soumya |first1=Vajpayee Tiwari |title=Sarangi maestro Dhruba Ghosh dies of massive heart attack |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/sarangi-maestro-pandit-dhruba-ghosh-passes-away-dead-death-dies-heart-attack-mumbai-bollywood-news/18413151 |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=mid-day |date=11 July 2017 |language=en}} was an Indian classical musician and Sarangi player from Mumbai.
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.{{cite news |last1=Rajan |first1=Anjana |title=Music, medically speaking |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/music-medically-speaking/article5426160.ece |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=5 December 2013 |language=en-IN}} 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.{{cite web |title=Dhruba Ghosh [Delhi Gharana] {{!}} Artists-India Gallery |url=https://www.artists-india.com/instrumentalists/Dhruba-Ghosh |website=www.artists-india.com |access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505064443/https://www.artists-india.com/instrumentalists/Dhruba-Ghosh |url-status=dead }} His brother Nayan Ghosh is also a musician and a tabla player.{{cite news |last1=Jul 10 |first1=Bella Jaisinghani {{!}} Updated |title=Dhrubajyoti Ghosh: Music world mourns the passing of sarangi player Dhrubajyoti Ghosh {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/music-world-mourns-the-passing-of-sarangi-player-dhrubajyoti-ghosh/articleshow/59532870.cms |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en}} He worked in 'Miho: A journey to the mountain', a musical album.{{cite news |last1=Rinkita |first1=Gurav |title=Meet Mumbai's Grammy winner |url=https://archive.mid-day.com/news/2011/feb/160211-Sarangi-Pandit-Dhruba-Ghosh-Miho-Grammy-Awards.htm |access-date=5 May 2019 |work=archive.mid-day.com |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505064617/https://archive.mid-day.com/news/2011/feb/160211-Sarangi-Pandit-Dhruba-Ghosh-Miho-Grammy-Awards.htm |url-status=dead }} This album won the Grammy Award. He also worked in various fusion albums. Pandit Dhruba Ghosh died 10 July 2017 in Mumbai, India.{{cite web |last1=Angel |first1=Romero |title=Artist Profiles: Dhruba Ghosh {{!}} World Music Central.org |url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2018/07/21/artist-profiles-dhruba-ghosh/ |website=worldmusiccentral.org |date=21 July 2018 |access-date=5 May 2019}}
He also studied under the guidance of vocalist Pandit Dinkar Kaikini.
Albums
Awards
- Sangeet Nataka Akademi Award{{cite web |last1=Akademi |first1=Sangeet Natak |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Declares Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2013 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=100813 |website=pib.nic.in |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |access-date=5 May 2019}}
- Paul Winter Consort, an American musical band including Dhruba Ghosh won the Grammy Award.
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/
References
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External links
- [http://www.sarangi.net/video-archives/53-dhruba-ghosh Dhurba Ghosh - sarangi.net]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl9QzDPtQNQ&t=112s Raag Yaman recital in Basant Bahar]
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Category:Musicians from Mumbai
Category:Indian male composers