Bickram Ghosh

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Bickram Ghosh (born 20 October 1966) is an Indian tabla player who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion music.^[1] His music is strongly influenced by thumri and khayal genres of the Patiala gharana.^[2] Ghosh is known to experiment and reinterpret music and culture; he dabbles in a vast repertoire of musical genres, from classical, rock, new-age, fusion to film music.^[3]

Early life

Ghosh was born in Kolkata, West Bengal to the tabla maestro Pandit Shankar Ghosh and classical vocalist, Sanjukta Ghosh. He studied at La Martiniere Calcutta and graduated in English from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and Masters in English Literature from Jadavpur University.

He started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh, who had played with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.^[4]

Career

Ghosh has performed with well-known performers including Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar.^[5] He also performed in jugalbandis with his father in some concerts. Ghosh worked with George Harrison just before the ex-Beatle’s death.

Ghosh performs in various avatars. His long-standing band, Rhythmscape, which performs neo-fusion music, celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2011. To celebrate the occasion Rhythmscape collaborated with Greg Ellis to perform in Kolkata and Mumbai, an event organized by Folktronic.^[6] The band also released their second album, Transformation, which went on to win the Best Fusion Album at the Indian Recording Arts Awards 2012.^[7] Ghosh performs within Troikala with Assamese folk/indie singer Papon and Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni. Troikala was curated and organized by British Council in association with Folktronic.^[8] He performed as part of fusion Sufi act, "Sufusion" with vocalists Ambarish Das and Parvati Kumar, keyboardist Indrajit Dey, and drummer Arun Kumar.^[9][10]

Ghosh collaborated with Sonu Nigam to compose the music for the film Jal.^[11] Ghosh has also scored music for many movies including the Mira Nair production, Little Zizou.^[12]

Ghosh launched his music company, Melting Pot Productions, in October 2010.^[13]

Recent activities

Ghosh performing fusion music during 2nd Guwahati International Music Festival.

On 1 October 2012, Bickram Ghosh won the 2012 Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards in the Best Pop/Rock Single category for his composition, Vande Mataram, featuring a host of artists across India, including Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan.^[14] In June 2012, Ghosh performed a concert "One World Fusion Extravaganza" at Shilpakala Vedika auditorium in Hyderabad to mark World Music Day.^[15][16] He appeared in an episode of MTV Roots.^[17] Ghosh taught a percussion course entitled "Repercussion" for Ace Open University via online streaming. On september 28, 2015, he gave a mind blowing lecture about Japanese food in front of some brilliant students of SRFTI.

Personal life

He married Jaya Seal in 2004.^[18]

Discography

Ghosh performing in 2011

New-Age Experimental

Collaborations

Classical Solo

Classical Accompaniment

Experimental Accompaniment

Filmography

Actor :

• Hotath Neerar Jonnyo
• Choy

Composer (Bengali films) :

Composer (Hindi films) :

References

External links

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• Official website
• Bickram Ghosh at the Internet Movie Database
• Bickram Ghosh at the Internet Movie Database