Sri. Sandip Ghosh
Sandip Ghosh, a talented young upcoming tabla player, was born in 1982 in music lovers family of Kolkata.He was initiated in Tabla by his supportive parents in the early childhood. He started his career as student under the tutelage of Pt.Gobindo Bose and continued for nine years.
Sandip then came in touch of Pt.Anindo Chatterjee and started taking talim under the keen supervision of him.
He has specialised himself in the superb style of "Farukhabad" gharana and also gained extensive talim of all other gharanas under the able guidance of Pt.Anindo Chatterjee."Sweet Melodious Sound" and "Taiyari" are his other remarkable qualities.
Sandip is a 1st class 1st in "M.A." in "Music" from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.
He is a graded artist of "All India Radio" & "Doordarshan".
He is such kind of player who is good in "Solo" and very reliable "Accompanist" for "Instruments”,” Vocal" & "Dance.
He has performed all over the world at his own abilities. He accompanied several great artists and his enchanting accompaniment gives them a soothing relief.
Ustad Aashish Khan, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Ramesh Mishra, Pt. Amiya Ranjan Banerjee, Pt. Nihar Ranjan Banerjee, Pt. Sohanlal Sharma, Shri Ranajit Sengupta, Pt. Debojyoti Bose(Tony), Shri Purbayan Chatterjee, Smt. Shirin Sengupta, Smt. Koushiki Charaborty Desikan, Shri Snehashish Mozumder, Shri Sugato Nag, Shri Partha Bose, Pt. Padmakar Kulkarni ............... are few among the list.
Sandip has been awarded many times. President's Award, Academy Puroskar, Rajya Sangeet Academy, Dover Lane Music Conference are few of them. He is a "National Scholar" and twice "Gold Medallist" in "South Asian Universities Festival".
Moreover, he got the rare and precious opportunity to play several duets with his legendary guru, the great tabla maestro Pt.Anindo Chatterjee. He also works successfully with "Kyabaat" "Anouraag" & "You & Me" band in Europe and with "Big-Band Orchestra" of "Hamburg Music University".