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<div>{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kushal Das<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| occupation = Musician<br />
| module = {{Infobox musical artist<br />
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| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| instrument = {{flat list|<br />
*[[Surbahar]]<br />
*[[Sitar]]<br />
}}<br />
| label = {{flat list|<br />
*Ocora<br />
*Peshkar<br />
*India Archive Music<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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Pandit '''Kushal Das''' (pronunciation:{{IPA-bn|kuɕəl dɑːs|}} {{lang-bn|কুশল দাস}}), born in Kolkata in 1959, is an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] [[sitar]] and [[surbahar]] player.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kushal was born in a musical family in Kolkata. His grandfather Bimal Das was an [[esraj]] player and his father and uncle were both sitarists. His father Sailen Das was a disciple of Lakhsman Bhattacharya and [[Ravi Shankar]]. His uncle Santanu Das was a disciple of [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<br />
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He started his training under the guidance of his father and uncle. Later he received training from Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and from Ajoy Sinha Roy (a disciple of [[Allauddin Khan]]) and took vocal lessons from Manas Chakraborty and Ramkrishna Basu.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Kushal has participated in many concert festivals in India and abroad, including:<br />
* The Doverlane Music Conference (Kolkata)<br />
* ITC-SRA Sangeet Sammelan (Kolkata)<br />
* Swami Haridas Festival (Delhi)<br />
* Bengal Classical Music Festival (Dhaka)<br />
* Philharmonie (Paris)<br />
* Darbar (Queen Elizabeth Hall, UK)<br />
* Theatre de la Ville (Paris)<br />
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He is a top-grade musician at [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sitar and Surbahar|url=http://www.raga.info/indian-music/musicians/Kushal-Das.html|accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref><br />
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==Discography==<br />
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Raga – Bilaskhani Todi & Sohini from “Ocora Radio France”(France).<br />
Raga – Desh & Mishra Pahadi from “Peshkar” (Germany).<br />
Raga – Aabhogi & Sindhu Bhairavi from “Mavas Music” (India).<br />
Raga – Marwa (Sur-Bahar) from “Ocora Radio France” (France).<br />
Raga – Kaushi kanada & Jhinjhoti from “Rhyme Records” (U.S.A).<br />
Raga – Malkauns, [[Gorakh Kalyan]] & Bharavi from “Sumani” (U.S.A).<br />
Raga – Marwa (Sitar) from “India Archive Music” (U.S.A).<br />
The Divine Soul-Raga – Ahir Bhairav, Bageshree & Folk Tune from “Bihaan Music” (India).<br />
Double CD [A] Raga- Mishra Shivaranjani, Mand, Mishra Kafi & Madhyam Se Bhairavi. [B] Raga- Nat Bhairav from “TIM International Music Company” AG, Pastels (Germany).<br />
Essence of time – 11 Ragas from “Rhyme Records” (U.S.A). <br />
Bandishana – from “Bihaan Music”<br />
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