Rabindra Narayan Goswami

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Rabindra Narayan Goswami has been a professional sitarist for 40 years and is recognized as a senior artist in the musically rich city of Banaras (Varanasi), India. Unlike many of the Indian classical musicians who have become well known in the west, Goswami-ji plays traditional raga. Goswami-ji is a disciple of the late Smt. Amiya Devi, and also studied the ancient Dhrupad style with Pandit Ramakant Mishra. Later in life, he studied the advanced intricacies of raga with Dr. Balchandra Patekar of Bombay and Banaras. He has won a number of national awards in India, including first place in the Prayag Sangeet Samiti All-India Competition in 1967, and second place at Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy in 1972. He is an "A level" Artist of All India Radio and Television, and has performed throughout India (Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow, Indore, Patna, Allahabad, many others) and the world (Greece, Nepal, Switzerland, United States). Goswami-ji has also recently taken up playing surbahar and jaltarang and is also one of Banaras's foremost sitar teachers.

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