About Artist

Debasis Chakroborty

Early years:

One of India’s foremost Indian Classical Guitar players, Debasis was groomed in the atmosphere of music from childhood. He began learning guitar from his father Shri Madhusudan Chakroborty in early childhood and later he took guidance from Pt. Barun Kumar Pal and Pt. Jotin Bhattacharya. His quest for learning the intricacies of guitar techniques and its aesthetical appeal inspired him to become a disciple of the guitar maestro Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra in the traditional Guru Sishya Parampara of the Senia - Maihar Gharana.

His Repertoire:

Debasis's style of playing combines both Gayaki(Vocal) and Tantrakari (Instrumental) 'Angs' (genres). He is following the oldest style of playing Sitar, Sarod and Veena with his modified Guitar, which has its beautiful tecnical virtuosity and three octaves advantage.His purity of style, uniqueness of imagination and total absorption with melody make his recital enchanting. He is equally adept with light classical compositions and folk styles of rendering.

Footprints:

He is an “A” grade artiste of All India Radio and Television in both Hindustani classical and light music. He is an empanelled artiste of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations under the Ministry of external affairs, Govt. of India. He is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Art, Mangalayatan University, Aligarh. He has been invited several times to different world renowned Institutions as visitor including Monash University, Melbourne-Australia and California State University, Fresno,USA.

Achievements / Honours & Major Performances

 Receipient of “Kala-Bhushan” award from Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Agra.

 Receipient of “Swar-Mani” award from Braj Lalit Kala Manch and Bharat Sevashram Sangh, Vrindavan.

 Associate Professor(Instrumental music), Mangalayatan University, Aligarh.

 “National Programme” & Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, Doordarshan (TV) and Akashvani (All India Radio)

 HCL Concert Series at Indian Habitat Centre – New Delhi

 Classical Music Conference – West Bengal State Music Academy.

 “Varanasi Music Festival” – Varanasi

 “Gangotsav”- A prestigious music festival organized by the Ministry of Tourism& Youth Cultural Department, Govt. of West Bengal.

 “Ustad Allauddin Kahn Music Conference” – Jointly organized by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre , Indian Museum & Baba Allauddin Memorial Committee.

 “Vishva Bharati”, Santiniketan

 “Ustad Bhadur Khan music conference”

 “Rama Krishna Misson” – New Delhi & Belur Math.

 Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy.

 Chakradhar Music Festival, Raigarh

 Annual Classical Conference Org. by Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra.

 “Surajkund Festival” organized by Haryana Tourism

 Taj Mahotsava – 2006, Agra

 Performed in the 27th International Congress on Music Education at Kualalampur, Malaysia and Singapore, 2006.

 Radhika Mohan Maitra Music Conference, 2008,Kolkata

 Performed in the 28th International Congress on Music Education at Bologna, Italy, 2008.

 Invited by Monash University,Melbourne, Australia as visiting academic faculty.

 Invited to perform at 29th World conference on Music Education at Beijing, China.

 Performed at WFMT2011 world conference at Seoul, Korea, July, 2011.

 Performed in Illawara folk Festival & Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 2015.

Performed in Japan,2017.

Performed in Houston, Austin and California, 2017.

Conducted Classical Guitar workshop at California State University, Fresno, 2017.

 Performed in many other prestigious music conferences throughout the country & abroad and enthralling the audiences by his brilliant performances.

Kala Sudha London(U.K) Tour Announcement

Debasis Chakroborty will be participating in an extensive concert tour to London U.K where he is scheduled to perform at a series of concerts under the banner Kala Festival organized by KalaSudha,U.K.

FOR DETAIL OF THE EVENTS:

https://www.kalasudha.com/events