Debashish Bhattacharya

Debashish Bhattacharya
Born	12 January 1963 (1963-01-12) (age 48)
Origin	Kolkata
Genres	Hindustani classical music
Instruments	lap slide guitar
Associated acts	Brij Bhushan Kabra

Debashish Bhattacharya (Bengali: ভট্টাচার্য, Hindi: देबाशीष भट्टाचार्य, Devāśiṣ Bhaṭṭācārya, born 12 January 1963) is an Indian classical musician who plays the lap slide guitar.

Bhattacharya was born into a musical family in Kolkata, it became apparent that Bhattacharya was skilled at a young age. His parents, both traditional Indian vocalists, gave him a basic understanding of music and he first began strumming a guitar at age three, when his father gave him a full-size Hawaiian lap steel guitar. He made his debut at the age of four on All India Radio, in Calcutta.

At the age of nine, he left his parents for ten years to study under the pioneer of Indian slide-guitar Brij Bhushan Kabra. At age twenty, he was awarded the President of India Award for winning the National Music competition of All India Radio.

His originality as a musician has earned him global admiration, and he has performed on networks all over the world.

He invented his own slide-guitars, unique to his compositions, which he calls the "Trinity of Guitars". These hollow neck instruments are the 24-string chaturangui, the 14 string gandharvi and the anandi, a 4-string lap steel ukulele.^[1]

His most popular albums are: Mahima with Bob Brozman, and Calcutta Slide-Guitar, Vol. 3. Both of these albums are on Riverboat records and ranked in the top 10 of the Billboard World Music Charts.

He was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional World Music Album for his album Calcutta Chronicles.^[2]

Sources

• Andrew Gilbert Sliding between cultures, instruments: Debashish Bhattacharya merges the Hindustani and blues traditions The Boston Globe, 6 April 2008.

External links

• Official website
• Debashish Bhattacharya at Allmusic

References

1. ^ Prem Kishore Guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya in LA India Post 9 April 2008.
2. ^ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/10india-musician-bags-grammy-nom.htm

Persondata
Name	Bhattacharya, Debashish
Alternative names	देबाशिष भट्टाचार्य (Hindi)
Short description	Indian classical lap slide guitarist
Date of birth	12 January 1963
Place of birth	Kolkata
Date of death
Place of death