Subrata De born in 1970 at Jamshedpur was initiated in the art of playing Hindustani Classical Music - Sitar at the tender age of seven under the guidance of Sri.Amarjeet Singh of Jamshedpur and later on obtained training from Suramani Bauri Bandhu Sethi of Bhubaneswar, from where he has imbibed the essential elements of Sitar with great devotion and after 10 years he placed himself in the hands of Sitar Maestro Pandit Manilal Nag of Calcutta of Bishnupur Gharana , with strict discipline and sincerity , to learn extensively the Dhrupad and Gayeki Style , Tankari , Alapang , Gatkari etc. of Bishnupur Gharana and now has become an accomplished sitar player . Now , he is involved in various musical organisations as a lecturer in Sitar.

As a professional artist he has been awarded Sangeet Praveen by Prayag Sangeet Samiti , Allahabad and Sangeet Bhaskar by Pracheen Kala Kendra , Chandigarh. Also he has received National Scholarship from Govt. of India Ministry of HRD , Dept. of Culture and he has been selected by Indian Council for Cultural Relation for their panel of Musician. He has been associated with All India Radio as a graded artist since 1990. He has been selected by Sahitya Kala Parishad-New Delhi to perform in Yuva-Mahotsova' 98.

Subrata De

F-93, Katwaria Sarai, Hauz-Khas

NEW DELHI-110016. Tel :6524966 / 6865819 Fax : 6852984

E-Mail : subrata_de@rediffmail.com