Debasis Chakroborty
Background information
Born (1961-06-09) 9 June 1961
Calcutta, India
GenresIndian classical music, Hindustani classical music, World music
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, Associate Professor
Instrument(s)lap slide guitar
Years active1991–present
Websitedebslide.com

Debasis Chakroborty (born 9 June 1961) is an Indian classical slide guitar player from Senia-Maihar Gharana.

Chakroborty was born in Calcutta, India, and began learning guitar from his father Sh. Madhusudan Chakroborty. He then came under the tutelage of guitarist Pandit Barun Kumar Pal from Kolkata, and Pandit Jotin Bhattacharya, a sarod player and senior disciple of Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib of Maihar Gharana. Later on, Debasis became a disciple of the guitarist Pundit Brij Bhushan Kabra.

Debasis's style of playing combines both Gayaki and Tantrakari Angs. He follows the oldest tradition of playing sarode, sitar and veena with his modified Hawaiian guitar, which has a three-octave range.

He is an "A" grade artiste of Prasar Bharati in both Hindustani Classical and light music,[1] and performed in the National programme. He is an ICCR empanelled artiste under the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. He has performed at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia as visiting faculty and artist in residence.[2] At present, he lectures in the Department of Music, Institute of Visual Performing Arts & Research, Mangalayatan University in Aligarh.

Discography

  • 2012 – " Soul Mate" ecstasy on Slide Guitar, Label: Mountains Meet the Sea Productions-Australia,India,Switzerland
Solo with Sam Evans (Tabla)
  • 2008 – Charukeshi, with Robert Burke, Stephen Magnusson, Sam Evans[3]
Associated Works
  • 2008 – Creatures at the Crossroads, with Gian Slater
  • 2010 – Tumbling into the Dawn, with Lior[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ANNUAL ARTISTE LIST OF AIR KOLKATA AS ON 01.01.2020" (PDF). Prasar Bharati.
  2. ↑ McPherson, Gary E.; last Welch, Graham F., eds. (1 August 2012). The Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 898. ISBN 978-0199730810.
  3. ↑ "Sam Evans - Biography". 2drums.net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Tumbling into The Dawn at Discogs


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