Partha bose biography

Partha Bose is acknowledged as a rising star in the world of classical Indian music.
A professional musician, who entered the SIXTH DECADE in Life's Journey in January 2022 and enjoys world-wide acclaim.
Born into a family of industrialists in Kolkata (known as Calcutta then) in 1962, little Partha's life was all but decided.

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Partha Bose

Partha Bose is acknowledged as a rising star in the world of classical Indian music. Initiated to the Sitar at age 6, Partha went through intensive training in the truest traditions of Guru Shishya Parampara under the tutelage of Pandit Monoj Shankar of the Maihar Gharana. In academic pursuits too he showed flashes of talent and graduated in Economics from Presidency College, University of Calcutta. The young virtuoso first broadcast over All India Radio at the age of 11 and began performing in music festivals
and on television in his teens. Gradually the promising youngster blossomed into a mature musician – lauded by connoisseurs all over India as a leading instrumentalist of his generation, representing an imaginative synthesis of the musical heritage of Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee, coloured by his own creativity. Sterling performances at prestigious venues in India, including Dover Lane Music Conference (Calcutta), India International Center (New Delhi), Maha Mrityunjay Mahotsav (Varan

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Partha Bose

The Sitar Maestro

...in search of

IMAGERY of SOUND in SPACE..

Journey

The story begins in 1968 when a six-year-old boy from a family of industrialists in Kolkata, India, was initiated to SITAR under GURU Pandit MONOJ SHANKAR of MAIHAR GHARANA - to pursue music as a hobby. Intensive training, rigorous practice & above all, Destiny chalked out his career as a professional musician, who entered the SIXTH DECADE in Life's Journey in January 2022 and enjoys world-wide acclaim.

Music-lovers rejoice as they find the 'Maihar Magic' lives on - beyond Ravi Shankar & Nikhil Banerjee - promising more heart-touching melodies in the years to come.

Top-ranking MUSIC FESTIVALS & NATIONALLY REPUTED ORGANIZATIONS have featured PARTHA BOSE in memorable performances.
Some of them - including SAWAI GANDHARVA-BHIMSEN, HARIBALLBH, SAPTAK, DOVER LANE, TANSEN GWALIOR, AMEER KHAN INDORE, ALLAUDDIN KHAN MAIHAR, VASANTRAO DESHPANDE, SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY, WEST BENGAL STATE MUSIC ACADEMY, VISHNUPUR UTSAV, SA MA PA, SANKAT MOCHAN, BUDHWA MANGAL, Y

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The Music of Maihar: Pandit Partha Bose

World-renowned Sitar maestro Pandit Partha Bose is one of the leading Sitar exponents in India today. With a musical career based on the foundations of the traditional Guru Shishya Parampara spanning five decades, his music tugs at the hearts of the listeners and connects deeply with them. The overwhelming appreciation showered on him by both connoisseurs and critics alike over the decades place him as one of the foremost torchbearers of traditional Sitar playing by the tenets of the Maihar Gharana.

Born into a family of industrialists in Kolkata (known as Calcutta then) in 1962, little Partha’s life was all but decided. He was to study from the best schools, earn his degrees in Engineering and Management, and ultimately settle down to run the family business of timber and steel. When he started learning to play the Sitar with Pandit Monoj Shankar of Maihar Gharana at the age of six, little did the Guru know that a few years down the line, the boy would turn the pre-set “plan” of his life upside down.

Until he turned a teenager, Parth