Pandit. Kushal Das - Sitar

Shri Kushal Das is one of the foremost sitar players of the country today and a worthy torchbearer of Hindustani Rāga Sangeet in its true spirit and glory. Born in Kolkata, he belongs to a family of instrumentalists of distinction. His grandfather, Shri Bimal Chandra Das was a renowned esraj player while his father Sri Sailen Das and uncle Sri Shantanu Das were sitariyas of repute. He has had the privilege of studying under some great exponents and teachers of music including sitar exponents Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Pandit Ajoy Sinha Roy and vocalists Pandit Manas Chakraborty and Shri Ramkrishna Basu. Deeply influenced by his idol, the great sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Kushal Das’s concerts are marked for their aesthetic appeal and a fine command over technique.

An "A" grade musician of All India Radio and Television, he is a recipient of Sangeet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra of Chandigarh and SurMani from Sur Singar Samsad of Mumbai. Kushal has participated in most of the major music festivals in India, including the Tansen Music Conference, Dover Lane Music Conference, ITC Sangeet Sammelans & Mini Sangeet Sammelans, State Music Academy Annual Conferences, Saltlake Music Conference and numerous All India Radio concerts. His tours abroad have covered Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Italy, while his recent tour to Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Bangladesh was marked with considerable success and appreciation.