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Kushal K. Das & Jyoti Goho |
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Kushal K. Das, Sitar Player  Kushal
Das, a north Indian solo sitarist was born to a highly enriched
musical family of Calcutta. His grandfather Late Bimal Ch. Das was a
renowned Esraj player while his father Shri Sailen Das and uncle Sri
Santanu Das are sitarist-s of high repute. Kushal started his talim
from the age of seven. He received intensive and rigorous training
in advanced sitar techniques and the art of music making under the
affectionate guidance of Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, the renowned
sitar maestro and academician. He also had the proud privilege of
having learnt from great musicians like, Pt. Manas Chakraborty, Pt.
Ramkrishna Basu and Late Pt. Ajoy Sinha Roy.With a profound knowledge of musical understanding and raga improvisation Kushal is now considered as one of the foremost torchbearers of the tradition of Indian classical Instrumental Music. The critics and connoisseurs have acknowledged him as a worthy successor of his idol, the legendary maestro Late Pandit Nikhil Bandyopadhyay. His concerts are always marked for their aesthetic appeal and insight with a fine command of technical expertise. With maturity as his forte Kushal thus have the predominant virtues of Indian heritage and music. An "A" grade musician of All India Radio and Television, he is a recipient of Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra-of Chandigarh and Sur-Mani form Sur Singar Samsad of Mumbai. Kushal has participated in most of the major music festivals in India. To name a few, Tansen Music Conference, Dover Lane Music Conference, ITC Sangeet Sammelan & Mini Sangeet Sammelans, State Music Academy Annual Conference, Saltlake Music Conference, All India Radio concerts are some of the important ones. His tours abroad covered Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Italy, while his recent tour to Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Bangladesh was marked with considerable success and appreciation Jyoti Goho, Harmonium Player
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legendary Hindustani vocalist, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi regards Jyoti Goho
"very highly as an artist" who is "extremely supportive as a
harmonium accompanist." After his intial training under the guidence
of Late Sanat Banarjee and thereafter Shri Biren Bose, Jyoti bacame
a disciple of Shri A.T.Kanan. Jyoti develpoed he art of playing
harmonium under the tutelege of Shri Deb Kumar Banarjee. Aided by
his knowledge of vocal music,he bloomed into a competent and
sensitive harmonium accompanist. The ability to understand and
adjust according to the mood and spirit of the performance made
Jyoti popular amongst all the eminent vocalists of present
generation. His art took him to places within the country and
abroad. He has enthralled thousands of audiences in USA in ten
different tours with ITC-SRA. He is a full time senior faculty of
SRA, and has recorded in six CDs.