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Debashish Bhattacharya

Indian Slide Guitarist, Music composer

Debashish Bhattacharya
   Biography
Indian Raga Music thrives on improvisation. No two performances by the same musician produce the same result. For a musician with substance, therefore, the sky is the limit. Debashis's improvisations within the framework of a Raga or within the limitations of the instrument he plays become a novel experience for himself as well as his listeners. Some go beyond and open new horizons in the field of their work. Debashish Bhattacharya is one such most amazing music personalities of the world whose dynamism of artistry and creativity place him as a Genius.

Blessed by the genes of his vocalist parents belonging to the family of musicians for generations, Debashish carries music in his veins. His brother Subhasis is an exponent of Tabla and other rhythm instruments. Sutapa, his sister, is a very popular singer who during her first tour abroad has been popular in Japanese and Canadian festivals. 

Debashish 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, in his thirties only, 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.

He immensely influenced the imaginative ability of his fellow musicians. As a powerful slide guitarist he has already set a new trend among fellow musicians. The composer in him does not believe in the East and the West in music. Universal Human Music is his faith and he believes that it gives peace and joy to the believers.

He has the honour of working with the renowned maestros of the world : Ustad Zakir Hussain from India, John McLaughlin from Monacco, Bob Brozman from USA, Rene Lacaille from France, Takashi Hiriyasu from Okinawa, Lieu Fang from China, Julian Kytasty from Ukraine and many others from all over the Globe. 
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Debashish Bhattacharya
Debashish Bhattacharya
Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya - Guitarist
Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya - Guitarist
Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya
Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya
Debashis Bhattacharya with John Mclaughlin, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Selva Ganesh in Remember Shakti Concert
Debashis Bhattacharya with John Mclaughlin, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Selva Ganesh in Remember Shakti Concert
Debashish showing his invention to Maestro of Santoor Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma at Kolkata
Debashish showing his invention to Maestro of Santoor Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma at Kolkata
Tau Moe with Pt. Debashis & Subhasis in Hawaii
Tau Moe with Pt. Debashis & Subhasis in Hawaii
Debashish with Guru Brij Bhushan Kabra
Debashish with Guru Brij Bhushan Kabra
Debashish with Pt. Kishan Maharaj & Girija Devi
Debashish with Pt. Kishan Maharaj & Girija Devi
   Career
The performer in Debashish has the rare ability to communicate to each one of his listeners through his instrument in every performance. He has introduced a new finger style as well as playing style combining thumb and index finger. This produces finest bole variety, fastest Taanas, and strongest Jhala, which were technically impossible on a slide guitar earlier. A dedicated Guru and pathfinder Debashish has written a syllabus on Indian Classical Guitar, the first of its kind, which includes technical terminologies and abbreviations.

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".
Debashish has featured in different networks as: CNN, ABC, BBC, CBC, Star plus, national television of-South Africa, Greece, India, and Alfa TV of Greece.
 
National program of music-India, radio national concert-India, national public radio-USA, national radio of Holland, Switzerland, radio BBC.

He has performed in American, Canadian, European and African jazz, world music, folk festivals, national slide guitar festival etc. 

He has also performed in 'Remember Shakti' of John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain...the greats in the fields of guitar and percussion respectively.

He has recordings with the following labels : P&M records, river boat records, universal, Sa re ga ma, HMV, music today, Sagarika, India archive music, Rageshree music, Neelam audio, Vestapol video, frequency guide enterprise and many more. Debashish is an endorsee of John Pearse string and Wissenborne.
   Programs

Debashish Bhattacharya presents Slide Guitar recital

Debashish 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.He has the honour of working with the renowned maestros of the world : Ustad Zakir Hussain from India, John McLaughlin from Monacco, Bob Brozman from USA, Rene Lacaille from France, Takashi Hiriyasu from Okinawa, Lieu Fang from China, Julian Kytasty from Ukraine and many others from all over the Globe.
   Awards & Achievements
Debashish 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.

He has the honour of working with the renowned maestros of the world : Ustad Zakir Hussain from India, John McLaughlin from Monacco, Bob Brozman from USA, Rene Lacaille from France, Takashi Hiriyasu from Okinawa, Lieu Fang from China, Julian Kytasty from Ukraine and many others from all over the Globe.
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