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Jayanta Bose
Background information
Born
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
GenresHindustani classical and Semi-classical music
OccupationsMusic educator, vocalist, harmonium soloist, tabla player, composer
InstrumentsVocals, harmonium, tabla

Jayanta Bose is an Hindustani classical musician, composer, and music educator.

Family

Bose was born to Biswanath Bose, a Benaras gharana tabla exponent, and the sitarist Bharati Bose.[1] He, along with his brothers Kumar Bose and Debojyoti Bose, belong to the fourth generation of the Bose musical family.[2] His daughter, Maahirii Bose, is a musician and a film director.[3]

Career

Classical music

Bose has performed at the North Kolkata music meet,[4] Girija Devi sur festival,[5] and Malhar music festival.[6] He has accompanied musicians such as Amjad Ali Khan on the tabla.[7] He and his brothers have performed together at stages such as Kala Mandir and Girish Mancha, as a musical trio known as Bosensation.[1][8] The trio also launched a scholarship for young musicians.[9]

International work

Bose has collaboratively performed with Nitin Sawhney at the Ocean music venue,[10] Royal Albert Hall,[11] Victoria and Albert museum,[12] and Montreux Jazz Festival in Miles Davis Hall.[13] He played tabla for the BBC and Open University adaptation of Aphra Ben's play The Rover, composed by Nitin Sawhney and directed by Jules Wright.[14][15] Bose has performed at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, giving a vocal rendition of his self-created raga Sohagranjani.[16]

Compositions and cinema

Bose has composed experimental works, such as ‘tabla symphony’[17] and a Bengali opera.[18] His unreleased compositions were sung by several singers in the archival music series Acharya Pariwar.[19] Singers such as Indrani Sen and Manomay Bhattacharya sang his compositions on his 60th Birthday felicitation concert, while Tanmoy Bose and Tejendra Narayan Majumdar rendered a jugalbandi based on a raga and tala created by Bose.[20] In cinema, his compositions include the song "The Boatman" for Mira Nair's film The Namesake.[21] He also scored the Bengali film Bhagshesh (2018).[22][23]

Bose has publicly stated that after a 12-year international music career, he has shifted his focus from touring and performing to teaching music. He established his own academy in 2002.[15]

Appearances

Bose was featured as a vocalist in the following albums-

Discography

  • Bhagshesh [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2018)[32]
  • Acharya Pariwar (2021)[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Triumphant trio on a musical high". The Times of India. 2003-02-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  2. ↑ Ejaz, Sana (2025-06-24). "Pandit Debojyoti Bose". Darbar. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
  3. ↑ "'Bhagsesh' latest track is a tribute to classical music". The Times of India. 2018-07-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  4. ↑ "Acharya Jayanta Bose to perform at north Kolkata musical meet". The Times of India. 2018-10-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  5. ↑ "An evening dedicated to the queen of thumri". The Times of India. 2018-03-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  6. ↑ "AS GOOD AS EVER". Archived from the original on 2026-09-05. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  7. ↑ Vidwan Maharajapuram V. Santhanam; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Track 1 and 2 - Vidwan Maharajapuram Santhanam, Vidwan M. S. Gopalakrishnan and Vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Track 3 and 4 - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan with Acharya Jayanta Bose, retrieved 2026-09-11
  8. ↑ Tabla: Pandit Kumar Bose, Harmonium: Pandit Jayanta Bose and Sarod: Pandit Debojyoti Bose, Indian Classical Music recitals by Bose brothers, retrieved 2026-09-04
  9. ↑ "Musical trio launches scholarship for young musicians". The Times of India. 2014-04-07. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-07.
  10. 1 2 Thackray, Rachelle (2001-05-27). "Nitin Sawhney". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  11. ↑ "Nitin Sawhney, Royal Albert Hall, London". The Independent. 2001-12-07. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  12. ↑ Abbas, Remi (1999-07-11). "Nitin Sawhney". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  13. ↑ "Person #29650 | Jayanta Bose". mjf-database.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  14. ↑ "The rover". ocul-yor.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
  15. 1 2 "'I'm fusing my poetry with Tagore's'". The Times of India. 2011-08-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
  16. ↑ "Jayanta Bose presents classical music at BSA". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  17. ↑ Niyogy, Dustin Silgardo,Kingshuk (2015-08-08). "Alaap in C minor". mint. Retrieved 2026-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "An ode to the Bard". The Times of India. 2011-08-14. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  19. 1 2 "A musical tribute to Acharya Jayanta Bose on New Year". The Times of India. 2021-12-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
  20. ↑ "Jayanta Bose felicitated on 60th birthday". The Times of India. 2017-01-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-09-06.
  21. ↑ Kumar, Arun (2007-02-22). "The Namesake: a flag of desi creative power". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
  22. ↑ "Film on mother-daughter relationship to hit big screen". The Times of India. 2018-06-06. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  23. ↑ Kumar, Arun (2007-02-22). "The Namesake: a flag of desi creative power". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  24. ↑ "Displacing the Priest - CD Sleeve". SADAA. Retrieved 2026-09-09.
  25. ↑ Abbas, Remi (1999-07-11). "Nitin Sawhney". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  26. ↑ Nitin Sawhney: Beyond Skin Tracks & Reviews | AllMusic, retrieved 2026-10-01
  27. ↑ Lusk, Jon. "BBC - Music - Review of Nitin Sawhney - Human". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  28. ↑ Nitin Sawhney: Human Tracks & Reviews | AllMusic, retrieved 2026-10-01
  29. ↑ "indielondon.co.uk - music - Nitin Sawhney, Philtre". www.indielondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
  30. ↑ "Renaud-Gabriel Pion New York Sketches DUX 1267 : Jazz CD Reviews - 2017 MusicWeb International". www.musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2026-09-09.
  31. ↑ "Renaud-Gabriel Pion New York Sketches DUX 1267 : Jazz CD Reviews - 2017 MusicWeb International". www.musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2026-10-02.
  32. ↑ "Jayanta Bose — Biography, Discography, Albums & Expert Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2026-10-01.

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