Pandit Ram Krishna Bose : Biography

Pdt. Ram Krishna Bose was born on Jan. 4, 1960 in Jamalpur Village of Munger district in Bihar. His father Nityacharan Bose and mother Mrs. Ashoka Sundari has five children of whom Ramkrishna was the youngest. He hails from a family that had nothing to do with music. As they did not admire his interest in music so secretly he started learning to play ‘Tabla’ at an early age of five years. His inherent talent become evident at a very early stage. Living in ‘Barobari Tola’ he studied in the Gorang School over there. After the school hours when other children and other members of the family reclined, Khoka Babu. as Pdt. Ramkrishna was addressed those days, used to listen to Tabla recital standing outside the music class near the curtain of the room. Pdt. Ram Prasad Mehta of Banaras Gharana, who taught Tabla at that time, Came to know of this and called him in. He suggested Ramkrishna to fill up the form, take admission and learn music systematically.

Ram Krishna told him of his fathers dislike of music and said that if he came to know of this, he would stop his coming to the class. Looking at his deep interest and ardent desire, Guruji decided to teach him Tabla for five years without taking any fees. Even the examination fees was paid by the Guruji filled with a deep sense of gratitude for this favour child Ramkrishna become a devout disciple of Guruji and served his teachers with ardent devotion.

For five years his training in Tabla continued without his parents knowing about it. He was just eleven them. He learnt playing Sitar from Prof. Ranjit Saha who was a disciple Ustaad Vilayat Khan. Due to his competence he was able to enroll as a student at Shantiniketan where he learnt Sitar for about eight years from Prof. Suresh Misra, also a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan. At Vishwa Bharati. Mr. Bose Studied devotedly and earned scholarship for eight years as a recognition of his talent and merit. He mastered Robindra-Sangeet-Nazrool-Geeti, Tabla, Sitar and Santoor and passed Sangeet Bhaskar examination conducted by Chandigarh University with first position. He also passed M.Mus. examination in all these three disciplines.

Pdt. Ramkrishna Bose practiced classical Vocal along with violinist Anil Bhattacharya and Mukul Guha.
Mr. Bose enjoys playing all the three- Tabla, Santoor and Sitar but he says that the depth of notes is better experienced in Sitar, so he loves Sitar most.