Ishaan Ghosh is the son and disciple of the

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and

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maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh. Ishaan is a

player from the Farrukhabad Gharana.

Performing career

Ishaan was born on 20 May 2000 to Pandit Nayan Ghosh. He is the grandson of the 20th-century Tabla player

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Pandit Nikhil Ghosh Pandit Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh (28 December 1918 – 3 March 1995) was an Indian musician, teacher and writer, known for his proficiency in the percussion instrument of tabla. He founded ''Sangit Mahabharati'', an institution of music in 1956, and p ...

and the grand-nephew of the

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. His uncle is Pandit Dhruba Ghosh. Ishaan gave his first Tabla solo recital when he was 2 years old. Ghosh has performed with players of

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including his father Pandit Nayan Ghosh,

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, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Nishat Khan, Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, violin legend Dr. N Rajam,

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and Purbayan Chatterjee. He is also a speaker at various youth platforms including

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''ARAJ''

''ARAJ'' is an Indian classical collaboration conceptualized by Ishaan Ghosh and is a group of exceptionally gifted young North Indian classical musicians. Pandit Nayan Ghosh - Musical Mentor and

Ishaan Ghosh -

S. Akash -

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Mehtab Ali Niazi -

Vanraj Shastri -

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Pratik Singh -

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Awards

He was awarded with the ‘Baba Allauddin Khan Yuva Puraskar’ by the

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in 2012, the ‘Achievement Award’ by

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in 2016 & the ‘Rising Star Award’ in 2019.

References

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Performing career

''ARAJ''

Awards

See also

References