Jyoti Goho (born 1953) is an Indian Classical Musician from

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. He is well known for Harmonium accompaniment. He belongs to

Kirana Gharana The Kirana Gharana is a Hindustani music apprenticeship tradition (''gharana'') made popular by Bande Ali Khan in the 19th Century and his cousins Abdul Karim Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan. Evolved from the instrumental and vocal Gauharbani dhru ...

. He is working in

Indian classical music Indian classical music is the art music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like ''Shastriya Sangeet'' and ''Marg Sangeet''. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as ...

industry from last 40 years and is a Musician Faculty at

ITC Sangeet Research Academy ITC Sangeet Research Academy is a Hindustani classical music academy run by the corporate house, ITC Ltd. It is located in Kolkata, India. Noted musicians associated with the academy include Ulhas Kashalkar, Falguni Mitra, Ajoy Chakrabarty, ...

, Kolkata, India.

Early life

Jyoti Goho was born on 13 May 1953 in

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to Shri Shyam Sundar Goho & Late Smt Bela Goho. He belongs to a musical family. He completed his school level education from Khudiram Bose Central Collegiate School, Kolkata & college education from

Seth Anandram Jaipuria College Seth Anandram Jaipuria College is a public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1945 at 10, Raja Nabakrishna Street in North Kolkata. It runs three shifts: Morning, Day, and Evening. ...

, Kolkata. He holds a bachelor's degree in arts. He was Inspired by his mother’s melodious voice, thus he developed keen interest in music from his childhood, His parents carefully nurtured his interest in Music. He got training in harmonium playing from Shri Deb Kumar Banerjee. He also holds very profound knowledge of Hindustani vocal music in which his Gurus were Pandit A.Kanan, Shri Sanat Banerjee & Shri Biren Bose.

Career

Jyoti Goho started performing Live as a Harmonium accompanist in various classical music programme & shows from the year 1976. Jyoti Goho accompanied many times with Pandit

Bhimsen Joshi Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition from the Indian subcontinent. He is known for the ''kha ...

who praised Jyoti Goho as an extremely supportive Harmonium accompanist. Goho has performed in many major music conferences of India & abroad. Some of the countries where he has performed are Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Dubai, Australia and New Zealand, China etc. Other than Harmonium accompaniment in Live Shows, Jyoti Goho Played Harmonium in many music albums of various artists like Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Ustad

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etc. His son Sourabh Goho is an Indian Tabla Player who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion music.

Awards

* Jnan Prakash Ghosh Award 2014 from Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty * Batuk Nandy Smriti Samman 2015 * Choughule Samman 2014 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goho, Jyoti Living people Indian male classical musicians 1953 births Musicians from Kolkata Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni University of Calcutta alumni