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{{short description|Indian classical tabla player (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bickram Ghosh
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 150px
| birth_name =
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|20}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| origin = India
| instrument = [[Tabla]], [[Kanjira]],Handsonic, [[Vocal Percussion]].
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = [[Music Composer]], [[Percussionist]], [[Actor]]
| years_active =
| label = [[Folktronic (record label)|Folktronic]], [[Angel (record label)|Angel]], Music Today, [[Sa Re Ga Ma]], [[Music of the World]]
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://bickramghosh.com/ Bickramghosh.com]
| spouse = Jaya Seal Ghosh
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}

'''Bickram Ghosh''' is an Indian classical [[tabla]] player.

==Early life==
He started learning tabla from his father, [[Pandit Shankar Ghosh]], who had played with [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<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 [[Ustad Ali Akbar Khan|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 performs in various avatars. His long-standing band, Rhythmscape, which performs neo-fusion music, celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2011. To celebrate the occasion 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 |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=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-04/news-interviews/32030372_1_bickram-ghosh-fusion-albums-studios |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=dead |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>
Ghosh performs within Troikala with Assamese folk/indie singer [[Angaraag Mahanta|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 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 also 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=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-10/news-interviews/27744418_1_anoushka-bickram-ghosh-music |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103135908/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-03-10/news-interviews/27744418_1_anoushka-bickram-ghosh-music |url-status=dead |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=3 January 2013 }}</ref>

Ghosh launched 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>

==Recent activities==
[[File:Bickram Ghosh pix by Vikramjit Kakati.png|thumb|Ghosh performing fusion music during 2nd Guwahati International Music Festival.]]
On 1 October 2012, Ghosh won the 2012 [[Global Indian Music Academy Awards|Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards]] in the Best Pop/Rock Single category for his composition, Vande Mataram, featuring a host of artists across India, 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, India|Hyderabad]] to mark [[Fête de la Musique|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 who follow his mark of tabla<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==
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'''New-age experimental'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Album !! Record Label
|-
| 2001 || ''Drums of India: Father and Son'' || Biswas
|-
| 2003 || ''Definitive Collection- Rhythm & Zen'' || [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]]
|-
| 2003 || ''Best of Swar Utsav'' || Music Today
|-
| 2003 || ''Rhythmscape'' || Navras
|-
| 2007 || ''Pulsating Drums'' (with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Taufiq Qureshi]]) || Music Today/[[Living Media]]
|-
| 2007 || ''Drum Invasion'' || Music Today
|-
| 2007 || ''Beyond Rhythmscape'' || Sagarika Music
|-
| 2008 || ''Interface'' (with [[Rahul Sharma (musician)|Rahul Sharma]]) || Thoughtify
|-
| 2008 || ''Folktail'' || Thoughtify
|-
| 2009 || ''The Kingdom of Rhythm'' (with [[Pete Lockett]]) || [[Sa Re Ga Ma|Saregama]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Journey with the Master Percussionists of India'' || Drumzine
|-
| 2009 || ''Decade of Great Fusion 2000-2009'' || [[EMI|EMI Virgin]]
|-
| 2009 || ''Electro Classical'' || [[Sony BMG]]
|-
| 2009 || ''White Note'' || Sony BMG
|-
| 2010 || ''Tablasphere'' || Veecon Music & Entertainment
|-
| 2011 || ''Blazing Drums'' || [[The Times Group|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 (album)|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 Music|Gourd]]
|-
| 2000 || ''India: Jewels of the Subcontinent'' || Latitudes/[[Music of the World]]
|-
| 2001/2002 || ''The Afro-Indian Project: Travels with the African'' || [[ARC Music|Arc Music]]
|-
| 2002 || ''Kora So Far''- Ravi (J.P. Freeman) || Terra Nova
|-
| 2002 || ''Axiom of Choice''- Unfolding || [[Narada Productions|Narada]]
|-
| 2002 || ''Brain Washed''- [[George Harrison]] || [[Capitol-EMI|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'' || [[M. Balamuralikrishna|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]] || [[Harold Hagopian|Traditional Crossroads]]
|-
| 2005 || ''A Spiritual Journey'' || Tarun Bhattacharya || Universal Music
|-
| 2005 || ''Rise'' || Anoushka Shankar || [[Angel Records]]
|-
| 2006 || ''Raag Rageshri'' || Tarun Bhattacharya || [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]]
|-
| 2008 || ''Musical Horizon'' || Tarun Bhattacharya || Horizon
|-
| 2010 || ''Crossroads'' || [[Tejendra Majumdar|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==
'''Actor :'''
* ''[[Hotath Neerar Jonnyo]]''
* ''Choy''
'''Music director (Bengali films) :'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
!Director
|-
|2004 || ''[[Hotath Neerar Jonnyo]]''
|[[Subrata Sen]]
|-
|2004 || ''[[Iti Srikanta]]''
|[[Anjan Das]]
|-
|2005 || ''[[Devaki (2005 film)|Devaki]]''
|[[Bappaditya Bandopadhyay]]
|-
|2008 || ''[[Neel Rajar Deshe]]''
|[[Riingo Banerjee]]
|-
|2009 || ''Piyalir Password''
|Raj Basu
|-
|2009 || ''Risk''
|[[Riingo Banerjee]]
|-
|2012 || ''[[Nobel Chor]]''
|[[Suman Ghosh (director)|Suman Ghosh]]
|-
|2013 || ''[[Aborto]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2015 || ''[[Kadambari (2015 film)|Kadambari]]''
|[[Suman Ghosh (director)|Suman Ghosh]]
|-
|2015 || ''[[Ebar Shabor]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2015 || ''[[Har Har Byomkesh]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2015 || ''Swade Ahlade''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2016 || ''[[Eagoler Chokh]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2016 || ''[[Byomkesh Pawrbo]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2017 || ''[[Durga Sohay]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2017 || ''[[Dhananjay (film)|Dhananjay]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2018 || ''[[Aschhe Abar Shabor]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2018 || ''[[Guptodhoner Sondhane]]''
|Dhrubo Banerjee
|-
|2018 || ''[[Byomkesh Gotro]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2019 || ''[[Basu Poribar (2019 film)|Basu Poribar]]''
|[[Suman Ghosh (director)|Suman Ghosh]]
|-
|2019 || ''[[Durgeshgorer Guptodhon]]''
|Dhrubo Banerjee
|-
|2019 || ''[[Mitin Mashi]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2019
|''[[Sagardwipey Jawker Dhan]]''
|[[Sayantan Ghosal]]
|-
|2020 || ''[[Asur (2019 film)|Asur]]''
|[[Pavel (film director)|Pavel]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021 || ''[[Golondaaj]]''
|Dhrubo Banerjee
|-
|''[[Avijatrik]]''
|[[Subhrajit Mitra]]
|-
| rowspan="7" |2022 ||''[[Mahananda (2022 film)|Mahananda]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Tirandaj Shabor''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[Maayakumari]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''[[Khela Jokhon]]''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Byomkesh''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Karna Subarner Guptodhon''
|Dhrubo Banerjee
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Iskaboner Bibi''
|[[Arindam Sil]]
|-
|2023
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Raghu Dakat''
|Dhrubo Banerjee
|}

'''Music director (Hindi films) :'''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
|2009 || ''[[Little Zizou]]'' || {With [[Giuliano Modarelli]]}
|-
|2010 || ''Gumshuda'' ||
|-
|2013 || ''[[Sooper Se Ooper]]'' ||
|-
|2014 || ''[[Jal (film)|Jal]]'' ||
|-
|2016 || ''Chowky'' || {Promotional song}
|-
|2016 || ''[[Happy Anniversary (2015 film)|Happy Anniversary]]'' ||
|-
|2016 || ''Band of Maharajas'' ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

* [http://www.bickramghosh.com/ Official Website]
* {{IMDb name|id=1901403}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Jadavpur University alumni]]
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[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]

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