Solo Tabla Magic | Bickram Ghosh | Music of India

#darbarfestival | Modern master Bickram Ghosh believes that “what a tabla player knows is truly established through his solo work”. See him play unaccompanied in this lively demo clip.
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Born in Kolkata to esteemed tabla artist Shankar Ghosh and vocalist Sanjukta Ghosh, Bickram started early (“there are photographs of me at two years old, propped up with pillows and banging away on the tabla”). His experimental style incorporates ideas from early sarod training and his mother’s Patiala vocal gharana, and he also draws inspiration from Carnatic percussion through detailed study with mridangam maestro S. Sekhar. He has accompanied Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar, and played with his cousin Swapan Chaudhuri, but often looks outside classical music too.

Having grown up in a house full of global drums, fusion was a natural step. Collaborators have included George Harrison, Sufi musicians, and the Mezcal Jazz Unit, and his new-age Rhythmscape group continues into its second decade. He has also scored over 25 films, with his soundtrack for Jal earning him an Oscar nomination. Outside of music he completed a Masters degree in English Literature, and has acted as a brand ambassador for the Indian Election Commission, promoting democratic engagement in West Bengal. Hear more of Shankar here:
-Laggi | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXkAXolK_WI
-Interview | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv_4H5nZZfw
-Origins of Tabla | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsQKup9jhs

“My father directs a very interesting all-drum orchestra that’s been around since 1976. All the drums for this band, maybe 50 or 60 different kinds, used to be in our house and as a kid I played around with anything and everything. That experience gave me a wider perspective” (Bickram Ghosh)

Recorded at Darbar in 2015, on location in India:
-Bickram Ghosh (tabla)

The video is part of ‘Musical Wonders of India’ curated by Darbar and the V&A Museum in London. View the full online exhibition at http://www.darbar.org/wonders & http://www.vam.ac.uk/musicalwonders. Special thanks to the exhibition’s donors: Arumugam Raveendran, Charu Shahane, Late Charanjit (Kugi) Vohra, The Helen Hamlyn Trust, Jagdeep Shah, Mohinder Virdee, Nishant Bhaskar, Nomadic Dairy, Ranbir Attwal, Sandeep Kandola, Satish & Divya Jeram, Seetal Mann, Sreecumaar, and Sandeep Virdee.

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