Shankar Ghosh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Shankar Ghosh

Indian musician

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1935

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 22-Jan-2016

Profession: composer, percussionist, music pedagogue

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Shankar Ghosh

  • Pandit Shankar Ghosh (10 October 1935 – 22 January 2016) was an Indian tabla player from the Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music.
  • He was an occasional Hindustani classical singer where he followed the Patiala gharana.He was awarded the 1999-2000 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Tabla, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.He was at the ICU of the super-speciality hospital on E M Bypass, since mid-December and underwent angioplasty on 14 December 2015.
  • He had been admitted to the hospital following heart ailments, was in coma for past 40 days and died on 22 January 2016.

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