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Born into a family of passionate musicians on December 20th, 1962, Pandit Debojyoti Bose has inherited the musical acumen that runs undiluted in his illustrious family. He is a fourth generation musician in the Bose family. His great grandfather Sri Akshay Kumar Bose, a zamindar of Pankobil in Jessore, now in Bangladesh, had a great passion for tabla which was passed on to the generations that followed. His parents, the late Pandit Biswanath Bose, who was a disciple of Pandit Kanthe Maharaj and a tabla legend of Banaras gharana and Smt. Bharati Bose, a keen Sitar player and a disciple of Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, sowed the seeds of music in him. They imparted to their son early lessons in music, resulting in Debojyoti picking up the Sarod at a very young age. He later became a disciple of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and is today considered to be one of the leading artistes of the Senia Bangash gharana. Debojyoti has been inspired and guided by his brothers, Tabla Nawaz Pandit Kumar Bose and Pandit Jayanta Bose along with Pandit Rajan and Pandit Sajan Mishra and Pandit Vijay Kichlu.
A prolific performer, Debojyoti has performed at innumerable venues of prestige across India, which include the Dover Lane Music Conference, Saptak, Harivallabh, Tansen Samaroh and many others. His international concerts have taken him across the USA and UK and also to Indonesia, China, Mongolia , Russia and Bangladesh. He has also performed with several international artistes and has numerous commercial releases to his credit.
A recipient of the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan scholarship (1981), the Kal ke Kalakar award from Banaras Hindu University (1984) and the Anandalok Award (1999), he has been felicitated by Rabindra Bharati University (Kolkata,1989), Visvabharati University (Shantiniketan 2000), and Brown University (2002).
Apart from his performances, he has been the music director for several orchestral productions in India and has scored the music for TV serials, telefilms and several films, including `Hundred Years Of Cinema` by the renowned Mrinal Sen. Debojyoti has also directed music based serials for television.
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