Nikhil Ghosh
| Nikhil Ghosh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 28, 1918 Barisal, East Bengal, British India |
| Died | March 3, 1995 (aged 76) India |
| Occupation | Musician Music teacher Author |
| Known for | Tabla |
| Spouse(s) | Usha Nayampally |
| Children | Nayan Ghosh, Dhruba Ghosh, Tullika Ghosh |
| Parent(s) | Akshay Kumar Ghosh |
| Awards |
Padma Bhushan Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award |
Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh (1918–1995) was an Indian musician, teacher and writer, known his proficiency on the percussion instrument of tabla. He founded Sangit Mahabharati, an institution of music in 1956, and performed on various stages in India and abroad. A recipient of the Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award, his style was known to have been aligned with the Delhi, Ajrada, Farukhabad, Lucknow and Punjab gharanas of music. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1990, for his contributions to Music.
Nikhil Ghosh was born on 28 December 1918 at Barisal, a small village in East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) in British India as the younger brother of Pannalal Ghosh, a known flautist of Hindustani classical music. After early training in music from his father, Akshay Kumar Ghosh, who was a locally known sitarist, he trained in vocals and tabla under several noted musicians such as Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Amir Hussain Khan and Jnan Prakash Ghosh, and started performing on stage accompanying some of the notable musicians of his time, which included Faiyaz Khan, Hafiz Ali Khan, Allauddin Khan, Omkarnath Thakur, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Pannalal Ghosh, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Vilayat Khan, Bhimsen Joshi, Nikhil Banerjee, Jasraj, Amjad Ali Khan and Shiv Kumar Sharma.
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