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Albums Concerto For 20 Sitars, Rash Behari Datta: 20 Sitars Similar Baluji Shrivastav, Irshad Khan, Rais Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilayat Khan | ||
rhythma a special song composed by rash behari datta
Rasbehari Datta was born in an illustrious family of intellectuals. His late father Ranbir Singh 'Amar' ("Amar Abadabadi") was a famous author, journalist and poet of the country. His maternal grand father was a well known tabla player, who served both All India Radio Lahore and Jullundur. His late father introduced him to music at the age of five. Later he continued his study of sitar playing in the Patiala Gharana (School) at Patiala, then at a music academy at Chandigarh. He finally completed his training under Pandit Uma Shankar Mishra, the equally famous disciple of world-renowned Pandit Ravi Shankar.
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Educational background
Apart from acquiring a bachelor's degree in Arts, he is proficient in many languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and English.
Achievements
Rasbehari Datta started giving performances from All India Radio when he was 18 years old and from there he never looked back. Today he has carved a place for himself amongst the few leading sitar players of the present generation. Apart from performing in all the prominent music festivals and music conferences throughout the country. He has had the distinction of performing in the National Programme of Music by All India Radio and Doordarshan (T.V.) many times.
Achievements as composer
Rasbehari is on the panel of Music Director for Film Division (a Government of India's department for making films)and he has about hundred films to his credit including many award-winning films. He has comprised music for many T.V. serials and stage ballets including "Gangavataran", a ballet he comprised in New York (USA). In addition to these achievements, Rasbehari was a conductor to the famous National Orchestra of All India Radio and has many beautiful orchestral compositions to his credit.
Discography
Songs
Raga Mishra-Bhairavi1998
Raga Charu-Keshi2008
Slow GAT in Rupak TaalRash Behari Datta: 20 Sitars ยท 2010