Summary
Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian Tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music. He has revolutionized both the art of Tabla solo playing as well as Tabla accompaniment. His many compositions have become an intrinsic part of the contemporary Tabla repertoire.[1]
Pandit Shankar Ghosh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 October 1935 |
| Died | (aged 80) |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | percussionist |
| Instrument(s) | Tabla |
He was awarded the 1999–2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Tabla, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance &andDrama.[2]
Early life and training edit
He started learning training taleem in 1953 under Jnan Prakash Ghosh of Calcutta (now Kolkata), who pioneered the concept of tabla ensembles, which employed numerous tabla players playing the same pieces; a tradition later taken forward by Shankar himself.[1][3]
Career edit
He started touring the US in the 1960s with sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and won rave reviews,[4][5] and over the years he toured with Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Sharan Rani, and Pandit V. G. Jog. In India he has performed with vocalists such as Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Girija Devi and Smt. Akhtari Bai. During his stay abroad ,,e also collaborated with artists like Greg Ellis, Pete Lockett and John Bergamo.[6]
He has received awards like ITC Sangeet Research Academy award and the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan award. Teaching tabla over three decades, he has taught in institutions at Kinkata, Paris and Bonn.
During his 10-year' stay at Ali Akbar College of Music, California, he collaborated with western classical and fusion giants and created immense impact worldwide. He is the pioneer of the all-drum orchestra,"Music of the Drums", that was staged at the closing ceremony of Asiad'82 and at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the BBC PROMS 100th year celebrations.[5][4]
Personal life edit
He was married to the Hindustani classical vocalist of Patiala gharana, Sanjukta Ghosh, and was the father of the tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh, whom he has also trained in tabla,[7][8] and who went on to perform with Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar.[9]
Awards edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Tabla maestro turns vocalist for melody concert". The Times of India. 3 July 2002.
- ^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Official website. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
- ^ Nettl, p. 212
- ^ a b So Who's On Tabla? Miami News, 3 July 1966.
- ^ a b Ali Akbar Khan In Theatre Montreal Gazette Archive, 21 September 1965."..Shankar Ghosh, who was making as a virtuoso on the tabla"
- ^ Pandir Shankar Ghosh, biography
- ^ "Parents as pillars of strength". The Telegraph. 26 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 August 2004.
- ^ "Bikram Ghosh concert". Screen. 25 August 2006.
- ^ Nettl, p. 63
- ^ a b c "Tabla maestro Shankar Ghosh dead". The Indian Express. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- Nettl, Bruno; James Porter; Alison Arnold (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent (Volume 5). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8240-4946-2.
External links edit
- Shankar Ghosh profile