Kumar Bose

Kumar Bose
Pandit Kumar Bose (Bangla পন্ডিত কুমার বোস), born 4 April 1953, is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.
Family
Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, a tabla player, taught him his first lessons in rhythm.
His mother Vidushi Bharati Bose was a sitarist and disciple of Dabir Khan and Ali Akbar Khan 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.
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.
Music career
Bose's first teacher was his father. After his father's death, he was taught by Kishan Maharaj (1923–2008).
Performances
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.
Achievements
Received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to music.
Discography
Drums of India -Tabla Solo HMV STCS 850792
Ustad Vilayet Khan HMV STCS O4B 7265
SMRITI – Pt. Ravi Shankar HMV CHIX 1026
Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt HMV STCS 02B 6279
Enchanting Folk Melodies on Instrumental Trio HMV HTCS 02B 2708
SITAR VADAN- Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol -I VENUS VCBG – 015
SITAR VADAN – Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol-II VENUS VCBG – 016
AFTAAB-E-SITAR-Ustad Vilayet Khan EMI STCS 04B 7208
INSTRUMENTAL TRIO – Vol-I HMV STCS 850318
INSTRUMENTAL TRIO- Vol-II HMV STCS 850319
SPIRIT OF FREEDOM CONCERT – Pandit Ravi Shankar
Pandit Ravi Shankar Music Today
The Golden Trio HMV
Pandit V. G. Jog – Violin Recital
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Concord Records 05-16
CDs released are
Raga Ragini – Indian Quintet Chhanda Dhara SP 84188
Genesis Milan CDCH 287 RC690
Spirit of India Chhanda Dhara SP 83688
Ravi Shankar Inside the Kremlin BMG Records
Nishat Khan EMI CD PSLP 5441
Unique Ravi Shankar Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70991
Brilliancy and Oldest Tradition – KISHEN MAHARAJ AND KUMAR BOSE Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70493
Golden Jubilee Concert – Pt. Ravi Shankar Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70390
Sublime Sounds of Sitar Oriental Records CD 116
Pandit Ravi Shankar OCORA @558674 HM90
Darbar Music Festival – 2006 Darbar Music
See also
Kishan Maharaj
Shankar Ghosh
Zakir Hussain
Chandra Nath Shastri
Anindo Chatterjee
Swapan Chaudhuri
Yogesh Samsi
Ananda Gopal Bandopadhyay
Rajkumar Misra
References
External links
Official site
1953 births
Hindustani instrumentalists
Indian drummers
Living people
Musicians from Kolkata
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Tabla players
Hindustani composers
Indian male classical musicians