Bharat Bhushan Goswami (born 1955) is an Indian

sarangi The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked three-stringed instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, Sindhi folk music, Haryanvi folk music, Braj folk music, and Boro folk music (the ...

player.

Early life

Goswami was born in 1955 in

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. He is one of the few sarangi players, which are not from a musical family. He first learned devotional music from his grandfather Amolchandra Goswami.

Career

Goswami learned sarangi first from Kanhaiyalal Mishra of Varanasi. He continued then under the renowned sarangi player Hanuman Prasad Mishra. He has accompanied many vocalists and has performed on many festivals such as Sarangi Mahotsav and

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. Sarangi#Sarangi players in India

References

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