Kumar Bose

Pandit Kumar Bose (Bangla পন্ডিত কুমার বোস), born 4 April 1953, is an Indian tabla musician and composer of Indian classical music.

Family
Bose was born in Kolkata in a musical family. His father, Biswanath Bose, a tabla player, taught him his first lessons in rhythm.

His mother Vidushi Bharati Bose was a sitarist and disciple of Dabir Khan and Ali Akbar Khan Bharati received several awards in her career, including recognition as an All India Radio Artist and the President's Award for Best Sitar Performance in 1956. She guided her son with the basic forms of classical music and helped him to groom himself into professional tabla player.

His brother Acharya Jayanta Bose is an internationally reputed composer, lyrist, harmonium soloist and singer, while his brother Debojyoti Bose is a sarod player and music director.

Music career
Bose's first teacher was his father. After his father's death, he was taught by Kishan Maharaj (1923–2008).

Performances
Bose gave his first public performance at the age of 4. By 14, he performed abroad and has played at almost every major music halls in the world since. He has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican Centre in London, the Kremlin in Moscow, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in New York, and at various venues throughout India. In addition to that, Kumar Bose performed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada in 2019 for the Raag-Mala Music Society of Toronto.

Achievements

 * Received the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2007 in recognition of his contributions to music.

Discography
CDs released are
 * Drums of India -Tabla Solo		HMV		STCS 850792
 * Ustad Vilayet Khan		       HMV		STCS O4B 7265
 * SMRITI – Pt. Ravi Shankar		HMV		CHIX 1026
 * Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt		HMV		STCS 02B 6279
 * Enchanting Folk Melodies on Instrumental Trio HMV	HTCS 02B 2708
 * SITAR VADAN- Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol -I	 VENUS	VCBG – 015
 * SITAR VADAN – Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Vol-II VENUS	VCBG – 016
 * AFTAAB-E-SITAR-Ustad Vilayet Khan	EMI		STCS 04B 7208
 * INSTRUMENTAL TRIO – Vol-I		HMV		STCS 850318
 * INSTRUMENTAL TRIO- Vol-II		HMV		STCS 850319
 * SPIRIT OF FREEDOM CONCERT – Pandit Ravi Shankar
 * Pandit Ravi Shankar		       Music Today
 * The Golden Trio		       HMV
 * Pandit V. G. Jog – Violin Recital
 * Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	               Concord Records	05-16
 * Raga Ragini – Indian Quintet		Chhanda Dhara	SP 84188
 * Genesis		               Milan	        CDCH 287 RC690
 * Spirit of India		       Chhanda Dhara	SP 83688
 * Ravi Shankar Inside the Kremlin	BMG Records
 * Nishat Khan		               EMI		CD PSLP 5441
 * Unique Ravi Shankar		       Chhanda Dhara	SNCD 70991
 * Brilliancy and Oldest Tradition – KISHEN MAHARAJ AND KUMAR BOSE Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70493
 * Golden Jubilee Concert – Pt. Ravi Shankar Chhanda Dhara SNCD 70390
 * Sublime Sounds of Sitar		Oriental Records CD 116
 * Pandit Ravi Shankar		       OCORA		@558674 HM90
 * Darbar Music Festival – 2006 Darbar Music