Sunday, September 22, 2013
DEBASIS CHAKROBORTY ( born 9
June 1961) is an Indian classical slide guitar player who
belongs to the Senia-Maihar Gharana. Chakroborty was born in Calcutta, India,
and was groomed in the atmosphere of music from his childhood. He began
learning guitar from his father Sh. Madhusudan Chakroborty. He then came under
the tutelage of Pt. Barun Kumar Pal, a renowned guitarist from Kolkata and
Pt. Jotin Bhattacharya, an eminent Sarod player and senior disciple of Ustad
Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib of Maihar Gharana. Later on, Debasis became a
disciple of the guitar maestro Pundit Brij Bhushan Kabra.
Debasis's style of playing combines both Gayaki and Tantrakari
Angs. He is still following the oldest tradition of playing Sarode, Sitar and Veena with
his modified Hawaiian guitar, which has its own beautiful technical
virtuosity and three octave advantages. His purity of style, uniqueness of
imagination and total absorption with melody coupled with his brilliant
technique in which “Tantrakari” and “Layakari” are prominent and make his
recital enchanting. He is an “A” grade artiste of Broadcasting Corporation of
India (All India Radio & Television) in both Hindustani Classical and
light music and performed in the prestigious National programme. He is an I.C.C.R. empanelled
artiste under the Ministry of external affairs, Govt. of India. He visited
several Universities and institutions around the world(including Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia) as visiting faculty/ Artist in Residence and
performed in many prestigious concerts and conferences which were widely
appreciated. At present, he lectures in the Department of Music, Institute of
Visual Performing Arts & Research, Mangalayatan University, Aligarh.
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