{{short description|Indian classical tabla player (born 1966)}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bickram Ghosh | image = Bickram Ghosh 2020 1.jpg | caption = Bickram Ghosh | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1966|10|20}} | birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal | origin = India | instrument = Tabla, kanjira, vocal percussion | genre = Indian classical music | occupation = Music composer, percussionist, actor | years_active = | label = Folktronic, Angel, Music Today, Saregama, Music of the World | website = {{URL|bickramghosh.com}} | spouse = {{marriage|Jaya Seal Ghosh|2004}} | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Bickram Ghosh''' is an Indian classical tabla player.
==Early life== Ghosh started learning tabla from his father, Pandit Shankar Ghosh.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Ratnottama |date=22 May 2012 |title=Can We Equate Seniors and Juniors, Wonder Musicians |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-22/kolkata/31813928_1_manna-dey-honour-padma-awards |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126065505/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-22/kolkata/31813928_1_manna-dey-honour-padma-awards |url-status=dead |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>
==Career== Ghosh has performed with Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Ravi Shankar.<ref>* {{cite book |editor-last=Arnold |editor-first=Alison |date=2000 |title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia : the Indian subcontinent (Volume 5) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&pg=PA63 |location=New York |publisher=Garland Publishing |page=63 |isbn=0-8240-4946-2}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianmusictalks.com/dec-mailer/mn2.html |title=Rhythmscape Celebrates 10yrs of Neo Fusion Music |website=Indian Music Talks |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124012131/http://www.indianmusictalks.com/dec-mailer/mn2.html |archivedate=24 January 2013 |url-status=usurped |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> The band also released their second album, ''Transformation'', which went on to win the Best Fusion Album at the Indian Recording Arts Awards 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chaudhuri |first=Dibyajyoti |date=4 June 2012 |title=Bickram Wins Award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/Bickram-wins-award/articleshow/13805820.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126110119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-04/news-interviews/32030372_1_bickram-ghosh-fusion-albums-studios |url-status=live |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaloud.com/2011/12/28/troikala-the-art-within-a-trio-bickram-ghosh-papon-and-rachel-sermanni/ |title=Troikala - the Art within a Trio: Bickram Ghosh, Papon and Rachel Sermanni |date=28 December 2011 |website=Music Aloud |type=Blog |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> He performed as part of a fusion Sufi act, "Sufusion" with vocalists Ambarish Das and Parvati Kumar, keyboardist Indrajit Dey, and drummer Arun Kumar.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chaudhuri |first=Dibyajyoti |date=5 June 2012 |title=Bickram Ghosh Concert in Kolkata |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-05/parties/32055121_1_bickram-ghosh-concert-sound |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103171245/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-05/parties/32055121_1_bickram-ghosh-concert-sound |url-status=dead |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liveinconcert.in/sufusion/artists.asp |title=Sufusion |date=2 June 2012 |website=Live in Concert |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708012520/http://www.liveinconcert.in/sufusion/artists.asp |archivedate=8 July 2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
Ghosh collaborated with Sonu Nigam to compose the music for the film ''Jal''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bickram Ghosh-Sonu Nigam Team Up, Combine Marwah-Purva With Armenian Duduk! |website=Planet Bollywood |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=n032811125046 |accessdate=30 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918031000/http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=n032811125046 |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ghosh has scored music for the Mira Nair production, ''Little Zizou''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Arora |first=Chandna |date=10 March 2008 |title=Bickram Ghosh Tells All... |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Bickram-Ghosh-tells-all/articleshow/2849605.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103135908/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-10/news-interviews/27744418_1_anoushka-bickram-ghosh-music |url-status=live |newspaper=The Times of India |archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref>
Ghosh founded his music company, Melting Pot Productions, in October 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicaloud.com/2010/09/08/on-the-beaten-track-interview-with-tabla-maestro-bickram-ghosh/ |title=On the Beaten Track- Interview with Tabla Maestro Bickram Ghosh |date=8 September 2010 |website=Music Aloud |type=Blog |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gima.co.in/oty-winners_2012.php |title=GIMA Awards 2012 - Winners |website=Global India Music Academy |accessdate=8 October 2012}}</ref>
In June 2012, Ghosh performed a concert "One World Fusion Extravaganza" at Shilpakala Vedika auditorium in Hyderabad to mark World Music Day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/bickram-ghosh-rock-hyderabad-world-music-day |title=Bickram Ghosh to Rock Hyderabad on World Music Day |date=20 June 2012 |website=Radio and Music |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Salvadore |first=Sarah |date=23 June 2012 |title=World Music Day concert at Shilpakala Vedika organised by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/music-events/World-Music-Day-concert-at-Shilpakala-Vedika-organised-by-the-Andhra-Pradesh-Tourism-Department/articleshow/14339874.cms |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>
He appeared in an episode of MTV Roots.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mtv.in.com/roots/artists.php?id=77 |title=MTV - Roots - Artist - Bickram Ghosh |website=MTV India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926041739/http://mtv.in.com/roots/artists.php?id=77 |archivedate=26 September 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
==Personal life== He married actress Jaya Seal in 2004, and have 2 boys.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wynne-Peters |first=Janine |date=30 October 2004 |title=Making Sweet Music |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041030/asp/weekend/story_3902819.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205054731/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041030/asp/weekend/story_3902819.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 December 2004 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>
==Discography== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2026}} '''New-age experimental'''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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'' || The Times Group|Times Music |- | 2014 || ''The Music Room'' || The Times Group|Times Music |}
'''Collaborations'''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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'''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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'''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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)<ref name=list>{{cite news |last=Suhasini |first=Lalitha |date=4 October 2005 |title=Percussionist Bikram Ghosh revisits his roots in the folk fusion album called Folktail |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=151414 |newspaper=Mumbai Newsline |publisher=The Indian Express |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222093323/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=151414 |archivedate=22 February 2006 |accessdate=3 April 2009}}</ref> || 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'''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 |}
==Filmography== ===Acting credit=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !Role !{{Refh}} |- |2004 | ''Hotath Neerar Jonnyo'' | | |- |2005 |''Ek Mutho Chhobi'' |Photographer | |- | | ''Choy'' | | |}
===Music composition credit=== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" style="background:#B0C4DE" |Bengali film |- |- !Year !Title !Note !{{Reference column heading}} |- |2004 || ''Hotath Neerar Jonnyo'' | | |- |2004 || ''Iti Srikanta'' | | |- |2005 || ''Devaki'' | | |- |2008 || ''Neel Rajar Deshe'' | | |- |2009 || ''Piyalir Password'' | | |- |2009 || ''Risk'' | | |- |2012 || ''Nobel Chor'' | | |- |2013 || ''Aborto'' | | |- |2015 || ''Kadambari'' | | |- |2015 || ''Ebar Shabor'' | | |- |2015 || ''Har Har Byomkesh'' | | |- |2015 || ''Swade Ahlade'' | | |- |2016 || ''Eagoler Chokh'' | | |- |2016 || ''Byomkesh Pawrbo'' | | |- |2017 || ''Durga Sohay'' | | |- |2017 || ''Dhananjay'' | | |- |2018 || ''Aschhe Abar Shabor'' | | |- |2018 || ''Guptodhoner Sondhane'' | | |- |2018 || ''Byomkesh Gotro'' | | |- |2019 || ''Basu Poribar'' | | |- |2019 || ''Durgeshgorer Guptodhon'' | | |- |2019 || ''Mitin Mashi'' | | |- |2019 |''Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan'' | | |- |2020 || ''Asur'' | | |- | rowspan="2" |2021 || ''Golondaaj'' | | |- |''Avijatrik'' | | |- | rowspan="7" |2022 ||''Mahananda'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"|''Tirandaj Shabor'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"| ''Maayakumari'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"|''Khela Jokhon'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"|''Byomkesh'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"|''Karna Subarner Guptodhon'' | | |- |style="background:#ffc;"|''Iskaboner Bibi'' | | |- |2023 |style="background:#ffc;"|''Raghu Dakat'' | | |}
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="4" style="background:#B0C4DE" |Hindi film |- !Year !Film !Note !{{Reference column heading}} |- |2009 || ''Little Zizou'' || with Giuliano Modarelli | |- |2010 || ''Gumshuda'' || | |- |2013 || ''Sooper Se Ooper'' || | |- |2014 || ''Jal'' || | |- |2016 || ''Chowky'' || Promotional song | |- |2016 || ''Happy Anniversary'' || | |- |2016 || ''Band of Maharajas'' || | |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Bickram Ghosh}} * [http://www.bickramghosh.com/ Official Website] * {{IMDb name|id=1901403}}
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