Kumar Bose | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 April 1953 |
| Origin | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | classical musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Tabla |
Pandit Kumar Bose (Bangla পন্ডিত কুমার বোস), born 4 April 1953, is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.[1]
Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, a tabla player, taught him his first lessons in rhythm.[citation needed]
His mother Vidushi Bharati Bose was a sitarist and disciple of Dabir Khan and Ali Akbar Khan[2] Bharati received several awards in her career, including recognition as an All India Radio Artist and the President's Award for Best Sitar Performance in 1956. She guided her son with the basic forms of classical music and helped him to groom himself into professional tabla player.[citation needed]
His brother Acharya Jayanta Bose is an internationally reputed composer, lyrist, harmonium soloist and singer, while his brother Debojyoti Bose is a sarod player and music director.[citation needed]
Bose's first teacher was his father. After his father's death,[3] he was taught by Kishan Maharaj (1923–2008).
Bose gave his first public performance at the age of 4. By 14, he performed abroad and has played at almost every major music halls in the world since. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican Centre in London, the Kremlin in Moscow, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in New York, and at various venues throughout India. In addition to that, Kumar Bose performed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.[4]
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