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Bickram Ghosh is an Indian classical tabla player.

Early life

Ghosh started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh.

Career

Ghosh has performed with Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Ghosh's band, Rhythmscape, which performs neo-fusion music, was founded in 2001. For its tenth anniversary, Rhythmscape collaborated with Greg Ellis to perform in Kolkata and Mumbai, an event organized by Folktronic. The band also released their second album, Transformation, which went on to win the Best Fusion Album at the Indian Recording Arts Awards 2012.

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. He performed as part of a fusion Sufi act, "Sufusion" with vocalists Ambarish Das and Parvati Kumar, keyboardist Indrajit Dey, and drummer Arun Kumar.

Ghosh collaborated with Sonu Nigam to compose the music for the film Jal. Ghosh has scored music for the Mira Nair production, Little Zizou.

Ghosh founded his music company, Melting Pot Productions, in October 2010.

On 1 October 2012, Ghosh won the 2012 Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards in the Best Pop/Rock Single category for his composition, Vande Mataram, featuring Indian artists including Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan.

In June 2012, Ghosh performed a concert "One World Fusion Extravaganza" at Shilpakala Vedika auditorium in Hyderabad to mark World Music Day.

He appeared in an episode of MTV Roots.

Personal life

He married actress Jaya Seal in 2004, and have 2 boys.

Discography

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New-age experimental

Collaborations

Classical solo

Classical accompaniment

Experimental accompaniment

Filmography

Actor:

• Hotath Neerar Jonnyo
• Choy

Music director (Bengali films):

Music director (Hindi films):

References

1. Sengupta, Ratnottama (22 May 2012). "Can We Equate Seniors and Juniors, Wonder Musicians". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
2. * Arnold, Alison, ed. (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent (Volume 5). New York: Garland Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 0-8240-4946-2.
3. "Rhythmscape Celebrates 10yrs of Neo Fusion Music". Indian Music Talks. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
4. Chaudhuri, Dibyajyoti (4 June 2012). "Bickram Wins Award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013.
5. "Troikala - the Art within a Trio: Bickram Ghosh, Papon and Rachel Sermanni". Music Aloud (Blog). 28 December 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
6. Chaudhuri, Dibyajyoti (5 June 2012). "Bickram Ghosh Concert in Kolkata". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
7. "Sufusion". Live in Concert. 2 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
8. "Bickram Ghosh-Sonu Nigam Team Up, Combine Marwah-Purva With Armenian Duduk!". Planet Bollywood. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
9. Arora, Chandna (10 March 2008). "Bickram Ghosh Tells All..." The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013.
10. "On the Beaten Track- Interview with Tabla Maestro Bickram Ghosh". Music Aloud (Blog). 8 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
11. "GIMA Awards 2012 - Winners". Global India Music Academy. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
12. "Bickram Ghosh to Rock Hyderabad on World Music Day". Radio and Music. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
13. Salvadore, Sarah (23 June 2012). "World Music Day concert at Shilpakala Vedika organised by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department". The Times of India.
14. "MTV - Roots - Artist - Bickram Ghosh". MTV India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
15. Wynne-Peters, Janine (30 October 2004). "Making Sweet Music". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2004.
16. Suhasini, Lalitha (4 October 2005). "Percussionist Bikram Ghosh revisits his roots in the folk fusion album called Folktail". Mumbai Newsline. The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 February 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2009.

External links

• Official Website
• Bickram Ghosh at IMDb

• 1966 births
• Living people
• Tabla players
• Indian male classical musicians
• Indian percussionists
• Bengali male actors
• Bengali musicians
• St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni
• University of Calcutta alumni
• Jadavpur University alumni
• Indian film score composers
• World music percussionists
• Musicians from Kolkata
• Indian male film score composers
• Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award