PANDIT DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA
Debashish was born in a family of vocalists where the stream of Raga music has flown through generations. With Pandit Ajay Chakraborty as guru, he mastered the finer nuances of Patiala, Gwalior, Jaipur and other schools of Indian vocal tradition. His musical and spiritual training under Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra, with whom spent ten years, enhanced and nurtured his aesthetic sense. Thus one can easily find a deep relationship between vocal and instrumental styles in his music. His debut at the age of four was broadcast by All India Radio, Calcutta, and was blessed by the late Ustad Karamatullah Khan of Farukhabad Gharana who accompanied him on the Tabla. At twenty he received President of India Award for winning National Music competition of All India Radio. Debashish,when in his thirties, was awarded the Top Grade, the ultimate honour by the Prasar Bharati Ministry of information and Broadcasting of India. His charisma as a Musician, Composer, Innovator, Revolutionary, Guru, and the Director of international slide Guitar Parivar (family) has attracted devotees of music from all the nooks and corners of the world. Debashish's uncanny sense of musical understanding has established him as a recording artiste whose perfect musicality matches all categories of music be it Indian, or any kind of classical, jazz, blues, folk or Nue Music. He is perhaps the only phenomenon in the History of The World Music and Indian Classical Music who created a TRINITY OF SLIDE GUITARS. Christened as CHATURANGUI, GANDHARVI, and ANANDI, these, according to Bob Brozman are "the new arms and ammunitions to fight against ignorance".
