Name Sipra Bose Role Singer | ||
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Moner duar khole ke ke gu sipra bose
Sipra Bose (1945 – April 22, 2008) was a noted singer in the Hindustani classical music tradition from Kolkata, India. She is noted for her rendering of light classical (Ragpradhan) songs in Bengali.
Contents
- Moner duar khole ke ke gu sipra bose
- Early Life
- Raga mishr pilu thumri smt shipra bose
- Mentorships
- Professional Career
- References
She started her musical training under Chinmoy Lahiri, and was introduced into the Thumri and Ghazal of the Lucknow gharana under Begum Akhtar. She also worked with Naina Devi of the Benaras gharana and Pandit Ravi Shankar.
Her ghazal renditions, especially her enunciation of Urdu, has been noted by critics. She is also remembered in Odisha for singing some memorable Oriya movie songs and duets.
She died from a heart attack in Kolkata on April 22, 2008. Her husband is Gobindo Bose, a noted Tabla player. They have two sons and one daughter.
Early Life
Sipra Bose was the first child of her parents. While she wasn’t part of a particularly musical family, her parents supported her interest in music regardless and arranged for her to take music lessons.
The first instrument she learned how to play was the harmonium, which she acquired from her mother who had brought it from her parent’s home.
Raga mishr pilu thumri smt shipra bose
Mentorships
Sipra Bose studied music under the renowned Bengali vocalist Chinmoy Lahiri. He was famous for his Khayal form of singing and his renditions of Ragpradhan songs in Bengali, the latter of which greatly influenced Bose’s own music. Under his mentorship, Bose learned the art of the raga, which she applied to her musical skills as a vocalist and instrumentalist.
Among the other genres of Indian classical music she learned from Chinmoy Lahiri was thumri. During one particular thumri performance, she was noticed by a famous Ghazal vocalist, Begum Akhtar, also known as Maliika-e-Ghazal or “Queen of Ghazals.”
After that momentous event, Sipra Bose moved to Faizabad to continue her musical studies under Begum Akhtar. There, she expanded her knowledge of classical Indian music even further into the traditions of ghazal, dadra, chaiti, jhula, and kajri.
Sipra Bose continued her mentorship until Begum Akhtar died in 1974. She pursued further musical studies under Naina Devi, a vocalist renowned for her mastery of thumri, dadra, and ghazal. She also studied under the world-famous sitarist Ravi Shankar, who is best known in the West as the musician who introduced the Indian classical genre to The Beatles.
Professional Career
Sipra Bose’s first album was titled Thumri - The Music of Love and officially launched in 1984. She went on to make four more albums. Her last album was titled Thumri, released in 2000.