Kumar Bose

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|origin = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

|instrument = Tabla

|genre = Hindustani classical music

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Pandit Kumar Bose (Bangla পন্ডিত কুমার বোস), born 4 April 1953, is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080807/jsp/calcutta/story_9650055.jsp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Metro {{!}} Timeout |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526053828/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080807/jsp/calcutta/story_9650055.jsp |archive-date=2011-05-26}}

Family

Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, a tabla player, taught him his first lessons in rhythm.{{Cite web |title=Tabla Maestro Pandit Kumar Bose in Concert |url=http://agakhanmuseum.org/programs/tabla-maestro-pandit-kumar-bose-in-concert |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Aga Khan Museum |language=en}}

His mother Vidushi Bharati Bose was a sitarist and disciple of Dabir Khan and Ali Akbar Khan{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061103/asp/atleisure/story_6951711.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure |website=www.telegraphindia.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526053840/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061103/asp/atleisure/story_6951711.asp |archive-date=2011-05-26}} Bharati received several awards in her career, including recognition as an All India Radio Artist and the President's Award for Best Sitar Performance in 1956. She guided her son with the basic forms of classical music and helped him to groom himself into professional tabla player.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

His brother Acharya Jayanta Bose is an internationally reputed composer, lyrist, harmonium soloist and singer, while his brother Debojyoti Bose is a sarod player and music director.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

Music career

Bose's first teacher was his father. After his father's death,{{Cite web |url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/kishan_maharaj.html |title=Remembering Pandit Kishan Maharaj |access-date=14 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530102333/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/kishan_maharaj.html |archive-date=30 May 2008 |url-status=dead }} he was taught by Kishan Maharaj (1923–2008).

=Performances=

Bose gave his first public performance at the age of 4. By 14, he performed abroad and has played at almost every major music halls in the world since. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican Centre in London, the Kremlin in Moscow, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in New York, and at various venues throughout India. In addition to that, Kumar Bose performed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.{{Cite web|title=Tabla Maestro Pandit Kumar Bose in Concert|url=http://agakhanmuseum.org/programs/tabla-maestro-pandit-kumar-bose-in-concert|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Aga Khan Museum|language=en}}

=Achievements=

Received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to music.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2007/03/16/stories/2007031601520200.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Music : Winners' notes |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105161031/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2007/03/16/stories/2007031601520200.htm |archive-date=5 November 2007 |url-status=dead}}

Discography

Drums of India -Tabla Solo His Master's Voice STCS 850792
Ustad Vilayet Khan His Master's Voice STCS O4B 7265
SMRITI – Pt. Ravi Shankar His Master's Voice CHIX 1026
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt His Master's Voice STCS 02B 6279
Enchanting Folk Melodies on Instrumental Trio His Master's Voice HTCS 02B 2708
SITAR VADAN- Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol -I VENUS VCBG – 015
SITAR VADAN – Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol-II VENUS VCBG – 016
AFTAAB-E-SITAR-Ustad Vilayet Khan EMI STCS 04B 7208
INSTRUMENTAL TRIO – Vol-I His Master's Voice STCS 850318
INSTRUMENTAL TRIO- Vol-II His Master's Voice STCS 850319
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM CONCERT – Pandit Ravi Shankar
Pandit Ravi Shankar Music Today
The Golden Trio His Master's Voice
Pandit V. G. Jog – Violin Recital
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Concord Records 05-16

CDs released are

Raga Ragini – Indian Quintet Chhanda Dhara SP 84188
Genesis Milan CDCH 287 RC690
Spirit of India Chhanda Dhara SP 83688
Ravi Shankar Inside the Kremlin BMG Records
Nishat Khan EMI CD PSLP 5441
Unique Ravi Shankar Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70991
Brilliancy and Oldest Tradition – KISHEN MAHARAJ AND KUMAR BOSE Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70493
Golden Jubilee Concert – Pt. Ravi Shankar Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70390
Sublime Sounds of Sitar Oriental Records CD 116
Pandit Ravi Shankar OCORA @558674 HM90
Darbar Music Festival – 2006 Darbar Music