Bickram Ghosh is an Indian classical

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player.

Early life

Ghosh started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh.

Career

Ghosh has performed with

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and Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ghosh's band, Rhythmscape, which performs neo-fusion music, was founded in 2001. For its tenth anniversary, Rhythmscape collaborated with Greg Ellis to perform in Kolkata and Mumbai, an event organized by Folktronic. The band also released their second album, ''Transformation'', which went on to win the Best Fusion Album at the Indian Recording Arts Awards 2012. Ghosh performs within Troikala with Assamese folk/indie singer Papon and Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni. Troikala was curated and organized by British Council in association with Folktronic. He performed as part of a fusion Sufi act, "Sufusion" with vocalists Ambarish Das and Parvati Kumar, keyboardist Indrajit Dey, and drummer Arun Kumar. Ghosh collaborated with Sonu Nigam to compose the music for the film ''Jal''. Ghosh has scored music for the

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production, '' Little Zizou''. Ghosh founded his music company, Melting Pot Productions, in October 2010. Bickram Ghosh pix by Vikramjit Kakati

On 1 October 2012, Ghosh won the 2012 Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards in the Best Pop/Rock Single category for his composition, Vande Mataram, featuring Indian artists including Sonu Nigam,

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and

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. In June 2012, Ghosh performed a concert "One World Fusion Extravaganza" at Shilpakala Vedika auditorium in

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to mark World Music Day. He appeared in an episode of MTV Roots.

Personal life

He married actress Jaya Seal in 2004, and have 2 boys.

Discography

New-age experimental Collaborations Classical solo Classical accompaniment Experimental accompaniment

Filmography

Actor: * '' Hotath Neerar Jonnyo'' * ''Choy'' Music director (Bengali films): Music director (Hindi films):

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Bickram 1966 births Living people Tabla players Indian male classical musicians Indian percussionists Bengali male actors Bengali musicians St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni Jadavpur University alumni Indian film score composers World music percussionists Musicians from Kolkata Indian male film score composers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award