DEBU CHAUDHURI

About:

• Pandit Devabrata (Debu) Chaudhuri (1935 – 2021) was an Indian sitarist and teacher.
  
  
• He is considered one of the greatest sitar player of the era with Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee.
  
  
• He is regarded as one of the leading proponents of Senia Style (or Gharana).
  
  
• He created 8 new Ragas viz. Bisweswari, Palas-Sarang, Anuranjani, Ashiqui Lalit, Swanandeswari, Kalyani Bilawal, Shivamanjari and Prabhati Manjari (in memory of his wife Manju).
  
  
• He has authored three books on Indian Music namely ‘Sitar and It's Techniques’, ‘Music of India’ and ‘On Indian Music’.
  
  
• He was a disciple of Mushtaq Ali Khan. In 2010 he started the UMAK (Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan) Center for culture in memory of his ‘’guru’’ Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan.
  
  
• He was conferred the Padma bhushan and Padma Shri awards.