Jnan Prakash Ghosh | |
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| Born | Jnan Prakash Ghosh (1909-05-08)8 May 1909 |
| Origin | Kolkata, India |
| Died | 18 February 1997(1997-02-18) (aged 87) |
| Genres | Hindustani Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Tabla player,musicologist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals,Tabla,Harmonium |
Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh (8 May 1909 – 18 February 1997) was an Indianharmonium andtabla player fromFarukhabad gharana ofHindustani classical music andmusicologist.
Born in aHindu family with musical background inKolkata, he was the grandson of Dwarkanath Ghosh (1847–1928), who foundedDwarkin in 1875 and invented the "Dwarkinharmonium", popular inWest Bengal, India.[1] He graduated from theScottish Church College of theUniversity of Calcutta[2] He was keen in sports (he played soccer,hockey,polo andbilliards). He also practised 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 Masit Khan of theFarukhabad gharana and became his senior disciple. After realizing that is so much more tabla, he started his tutelage under Ustad Feroz Khan of Punjab Gharana. It is here where the Punjabi Gharana compositions were introduced to Kolkata folks.[3]
He was the founder of Sourav Academy of Music and closely associated with the 'Sangeet Research Academy'. He scored music for many Bengali films, of whichJadubhatta,Andhare Alo andRajlakshmi o Srikanta (1958)[4] are worth mentioning. He has composed and directed music to a number of popular gramophone records sung by various artistes.[5] A percussion entitledThe Drums of India[6][7]
He also provided music for the Academy Award nominated animated shortBead Game, directed byIshu Patel for theNational Film Board of Canada.[8] His residence at 25 Dixon Lane inBowbazar, Kolkata, was frequented by musicians, be it local or those visiting the city, and thus was the venue of several recitals, most notably a Raga Chhayanat performed byBade Ghulam Ali Khan in 1954.[9]
Amongst his students are tabla players Kanai Dutta, Shyamal Bose,Shankar Ghosh,[10]Anindo Chatterjee, andNikhil Ghosh,[11] Rajkumar Misra,[12] singers Prasun Banerjee,Ajoy Chakrabarty,Suman Ghosh andArun Bhaduri,[13] and instrumentalist Paul Grant.[14] His birth centenary was celebrated on 7 May 2012, in Kolkata, with screening of documentary of him and performances by various singers.[15]
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In 1974, he was awarded theSangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by theSangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[16] This was followed by thePadma Bhushan in 1984, given by theGovernment of India.[17]
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