From the age of three, Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya became fascinated with the Hawaiian guitars and his desire and passion for this instrument developed into a life long pilgrimage into creating guitars and unique playing styles. The mastery of his instrumental designs and musical techniques has brought great inspiration to the contemporary and traditional music fields. He has become a legend of slide guitar and his musical expressions continues to deeply mesmerized and uplift audiences and fellow artists all over the world. 

 

Debashish Bhattacharya is the designer and creator of his three signature patented slide guitars: Chaturangui, Gandharvi and Anandi, that have received global recognition and become very popular in the unique, enriching, and refined soundscapes each of his instruments offers. 

 

Debashish Bhattacharya follows under the lineage of his beloved gurus Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra, Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty and Late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan as well as his very special parents: Shree Sunil Kumar Bhattacharya and Shreemati Manjushree Bhattacharya, who were all a great source of love, inspiration, mentorship and encouragement for him and his creative approaches and playing styles in music.

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Debashish Bhattacharya has been featured in:

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BILLBOARD TOP 10

SONGLiNES MAGAZINE TOP 10

CENTRAL ASIA WORLD MUSIC TOP 10

ASIA PACIFIC WORLD MUSIC TOP 10 

AMAZON TOP 100 ALBUMS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY

WORLD'S WHO'S WHO ENLISTED ARTIST

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Debashish Bhattacharya was nominated in 2002 and 2009 for GRAMMY NOMINATIONS.

 

He has received awards from:

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2016 SONGLiNES MUSIC AWARD

2007 BBC PLANET AWARD

2005 ASIATIC SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL

1984 PRESENT OF INDIA GOLD MEDAL

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Among the 50 years of playing guitar, Debashish has mentored and fostered a line of young guitarists and musicians, training more than 1000 students, over 3000 of them are his direct and indirect disciples. He has inspired and changed the lives of many.

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In Debashish's travels all around the world, he has received both national and international recognition. His unique approach to contemporary compositions attracted some of the greatest musicians and produced numerous World Music collaborations for the first time in the history of Indian music. He has created a new niche of Hindustani Fusion.

 

Debashish Bhattacharya has worked with internation legends such as:

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American Dobro Guitarist and 12 times Grammy Winner, Jerry Douglas

African Kora Legend Ballake Sissoko

Jazz Guitar Legend John McLaughlin

Moroccan Oud Legend Driss el Maloumi

American Bluesman Bob Brozman

British Singer Martin Simpson

Australian Rocker John Butler

American Rocker Henry Kaizer

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He has worked with great Indian Legends:

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Late Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra

Late Mandoline U.Shrinivas

Ustad Zakir Hussain

Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pandit Swapan Chowdhury

L. Subhramanium

Ganesh Rajagopalan

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Debashish Bhattacharya runs his own guitar-making workshop where he works with the finest local craftsmen in Bengal, supporting 6 Guitar Luthier families that help create his patented instruments to make available for the public.

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He remains humble and a student of music who continues to seek the blessings of God to learn, grow and blossom everyday.