Bickram Ghosh

Bickram Ghosh is an Indian classical tabla player.

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

Career Ghosh has performed with Ali Akbar Khan 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 Mira Nair production, Little Zizou.

Ghosh founded his music company, Melting Pot Productions, in October 2010. thumb Ghosh performing fusion music during 2nd Guwahati International Music Festival. 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, Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi Chauhan.

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

Year Album Record label 2001 Drums of India: Father and Son Biswas 2003 Definitive Collection- Rhythm & Zen Sony Music 2003 Best of Swar Utsav Music Today 2003 Rhythmscape Navras 2007 Pulsating Drums (with Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi) Music Today/Living Media 2007 Drum Invasion Music Today 2007 Beyond Rhythmscape Sagarika Music 2008 Interface (with Rahul Sharma) Thoughtify 2008 Folktail Thoughtify 2009 The Kingdom of Rhythm (with Pete Lockett) Saregama 2009 Journey with the Master Percussionists of India Drumzine 2009 Decade of Great Fusion 2000-2009 EMI Virgin 2009 Electro Classical Sony BMG 2009 White Note Sony BMG 2010 Tablasphere Veecon Music & Entertainment 2011 Blazing Drums Times Music 2011 Talking Drums: Masters of Percussion Music Today 2011 Tagore Lounge Veecon Music & Entertainment 2011 Transformation Sony Music 2013 Nazrulaana Times Music 2014 The Music Room Times Music

Collaborations

Year Album Record label 1997 Chants of India- Ravi Shankar/ George Harrison EMI Angel 1997 Nomad Christmas Nomad/Music of the World 2000 Cello- Barry Phillips Gourd 2000 India: Jewels of the Subcontinent Latitudes/Music of the World 2001/2002 The Afro-Indian Project: Travels with the African Arc Music 2002 Kora So Far- Ravi (J.P. Freeman) Terra Nova 2002 Axiom of Choice- Unfolding Narada 2002 Brain Washed- George Harrison Capitol/EMI 2008 One- Bickram Ghosh and the Mezcal Jazz Unit Saregama

Classical solo

Year Album Record label 1996 Talking Tabla Music of the World 1998 Language of Rhythm: Drumming From North & South India Music of the World 2004 Tabla Odyssey Music Today 2006 Drumscape [DVD] Saregama 2008 Pride of Bengal- Pandit Shankar Ghosh and Bickram Ghosh RPG

Classical accompaniment

Year Album Main Artist Record label 1995 Mukundarasam: Songs of Lord Krishna Dr. Balamurali Krishna Chhanda Dhara 1995 Twilight Melodies Ajoy Chakrabarty Chhanda Dhara 1996 Thumris Ajoy Chakraborty India Archives 1996 Kirvani Tarun Bhattacharya Music of the World 1998 Anoushka Anoushka Shankar EMI Angel 1999 Raga Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2) Ravi Shankar EMI Classics 2000 Mental Bliss Tarun Bhattacharya Mind of Light 2000 Anourag Anoushka Shankar EMI Angel 2001 Vairagya Ajoy Chakraborty Navras Records 2001 Live at Carnegie Hall Anoushka Shankar EMI Angel 2001 Full Circle: Carnegie Hall (Grammy winning title) Ravi Shankar EMI Angel 2001 Hypnotic Santoor Tarun Bhattacharya Biswas 2002 In Portrait Ravi Shankar Naxos 2002 Raga Basant Mukhari Tarun Bhattacharya India Archives 2004 Raga Rasa: That Which Colors The Mind Kartik Seshadri Traditional Crossroads 2005 A Spiritual Journey Tarun Bhattacharya Universal Music 2005 Rise Anoushka Shankar Angel Records 2006 Raag Rageshri Tarun Bhattacharya Universal Music 2008 Musical Horizon Tarun Bhattacharya Horizon 2010 Crossroads Tejendra Narayan Majumdar Indya 2011 The Very Best of Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar EMI Classics

Experimental accompaniment

Year Album Main Artist Record label 1992 Songs of Nature Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tarun Bhattacharya, Ronu Majumdar Original Music Impressions 1993 Travellers Tale Ronu Majumdar Magnasound/ OMI 2005 Spirits U. Rajesh, Pete Lockett Living Media India/ Music Today 2006 Golden Krithis Vol. 3 – Beginning of the Beginning A. Sivamani, Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, Bickram Ghosh, Kalaimamani M.K.S. Siva, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Fontana India 2008 Monsoon Melodies U. Rajesh Kosmik

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