India’s renowned musician Joydeep Ghosh here
View(s):India’s leading Sarod, Surshringar and Mohanveena artiste, Joydeep Ghosh will be in Sri Lanka for a series of performances around the country.
He started learning Sarod from the tender age of five under the able guidance of the great masters late Sangeetacharya Anil Roychoudhury , late Sangeetacharya Radhika Mohan Moitra and Padmabhusan Acharya Buddhadev Dasgupta all belong to the famous Shahajahanpur Sarod Gharana . He has learned the technique of Laykari and its application from the noted exponents of Tabla late Pt. Amal Sarkar, late Ustad Shaukat Ali Khan and late Pt. Anil Palit . He has also received his lesson in Vocal Music from the eminent vocalist late Sangeetacharya Amaresh Chandra Choudhury belongs to the famous Senia Gharana . Subsequently, he was under the tutelage of the versatile master late Pt. Bimalendu Mukherjee , a doyen of the famous Imdadkhani Gharana of Sitar & Surbahar . Pt. Ghosh has included all the important aspects like Gayaki , Tantrakari, Raag-vistar and Laykari in his own style . The brilliant guidance under the famous maestros has led him towards a new horizon in Sarod , Surshringar & Mohanveena playing .
The artiste had received many awards and honours since his childhood including the Scholarship and Fellowship both from Government of India . All along he had secured 1st position in All India Music Competition (Delhi) , ‘Sangit Kriya Visarad’ Diploma (Kolkata) and ‘Sangit Praveen’ Diploma (Allahabad) . He had been awarded the title ‘Surmani’ by Sur Singar Samsad (Mumbai), ‘Swarshree’ from Swarankur (Mumbai) and ‘Top Grade’ by All India Radio .
The artiste had been invited to perform in several esteemed music festivals throughout the country and has also enchanted music audience of different countries including USA , UK , Germany , France , Holland , Norway, Sweden , Denmark , Bahrain , Bhutan etc . In 2010, he was invited to perform Surshringar in various festivals arranged by some reputed organisers of USA. In 2012, again he had been invited for his Surshringar performance by ‘Darbar’ and ‘Milapfest’,the leading organisations in UK.The audience of both the countries had witnessed the instrument for the first time on stage.
Compiled by Susitha Fernando
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