‘Guru’ Jnan Prakash Ghosh

Hindustani Classical Music – Tabla and Harmonium of Farukhabad & Punjab gharana Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He was the grandson of Dwarkanath Ghose (1847–1928), who founded Dwarkin in 1875 and invented the “Dwarkin harmonium”, popular in West Bengal, India. He was trained in vocals by Girija Shankar, Mohammed Sagir Khan and Mohammed Dabir Khan. He took tabla lessons from Ustad Masit Khan of the Farukhabad gharana and became his senior disciple and later from Ustad Feroze Khan of the Punjab gharana. He worked for 15 years in All India Radio as a producer of music. He wrote pieces in classical music, light music, modern, orchestral, choral, and percussion styles. He was the founder of Sourav Academy of Music and closely associated with the ‘Sangeet Research Academy’. He has composed and directed music to a number of popular gramophone records sung by various artistes. One of his compositions was called Chaturang – involving tabla, pakhawaj, kathak and tarana.