Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh

Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jnan Prakash Ghosh


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Background = Classical singer
Birth_name = Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Born = 1912
Origin = India
Occupation = Music Teacher
Instrument = Vocals, Tabla, Harmonium
Genre = Hindustani Classical Music
Years_active = 1912-1987
URL =Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh (born Jnan Prakash Ghosh; 1912–18 February 1987) was an Indian tabla maestro and musicologist.

Early life

Born in a family with musical background in Kolkata,India he was the grandson of Dwarik Ghosh, inventor of the Dwarkin harmonium, popular in West Bengal, India. He was first class first on graduation from Calcutta University in the Pali language. He was keen in sports (he played Soccer, Hockey, Polo and Billiards) and painting, but had to discontinue these due to an eye injury in a Soccer match.Then he turned to music. He was trained in vocals by Girija Shankar, Mohammed Sagir Khan and Mohammed Dabir Khan. He took tabla lessons from Ustad Majid Khan of the Farukkabad Gharana and Ustad Feroze Khan of the Punjab Gharana.

Career

He worked for 15 years in All India Radio as a producer of music, making very significant contributions in classical music, light music, modern, orchestral, choral and percussion stylesPOV-statement|date=June 2008. He took part in valuable discussions, talks and interviews in Hindi, Bengali and EnglishFact|date=June 2008. He also began the “Ramayangeeti” a fusion of traditional and modern Indian music.

Pandit Ghosh was the founder of Sourav Academy of Music and closely associated with the 'Sangeet Research Academy'. He scored music for many Bengali films, Jadubhatta and Rajlakshmi o Srikanta [ [http://uk.imdb.com/name/nm1279443/ Gyanprakash Ghosh ] ] are worth mentioning. He has composed and directed music to a number of popular gramophone records sung by various artistes. [ [http://www.saregama.com/Music/SongDetails.aspx?ISRC=INH100623694&FP=S&FPR=q=jnan/ct=Song/Col=Singer&MId=6&Index=1&CId=PSLP%205770 Saregama : Music ] ] A percussion entitled "The Drums of India" [cite news |title=Saregama Music |url=http://www.saregama.com/Music/AlbumDetails.aspx?CId=ECSD%202583&FP=S&FPR=q=jnan&MId=6&Index=1 |work= Saregama Music] [cite news |title=Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Drums of India Vol 2 |url=http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=62323 |work=Bookmat |date= |accessdate=2008-07-17 ] and a jugalbandi with Pandit V.G. Jog on the harmonium and violin respectively have earned him wide popularityFact|date=June 2008. One of his outstanding compositions was called "Chaturang" - involving tabla, pakhawaj, kathak and tarana. He would instruct disciples staying with him to practice late into the evenings and it is said that he would correct any errors that reached his ears.

Awards and Recognition

Padma Bhushan in 1984

References


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