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{{short description|Indian classical slide guitar player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{No footnotes|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Debasis Chakroborty
| image = DebasisChakroborty1.webp
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|6|9}}<br />[[Kolkata|Calcutta]], India
| genre = [[Indian classical music]], [[World music]]
| occupation = Musician, composer, Associate Professor
| instrument = Hindustani classical slide guitar
| years_active = 1991–present
| associated_acts = [http://2drums.net/tabla/bio.html Sam Evans], [[Lior]], Gian Slater, [http://www.drlovelysharma.com/ Dr. Lovely Sharma]
| website = {{url|debslide.com/}}
}}

'''Debasis Chakroborty''' (born 9 June 1961) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] classical [[slide guitar]] player who belongs to the [[Maihar#Senia Maihar Gharana|Senia-Maihar Gharana]]. Chakroborty was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]], and was groomed in the atmosphere of music from his childhood. He began learning guitar from his father Sh. Madhusudan Chakroborty. He then came under the tutelage of Pt. Barun Kumar Pal, a renowned guitarist from [[Kolkata]] and [[Pandit Jotin Bhattacharya]], an eminent Sarod player and senior disciple of Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib of Maihar Gharana. Later on, Debasis became a disciple of the guitar maestro [[Brij Bhushan Kabra|Pundit Brij Bhushan Kabra]].

Debasis's style of playing combines both Gayaki and Tantrakari Angs. He is still following the oldest tradition of playing [[Sarode]], [[Sitar]] and [[Veena]] with his modified [[Hawaiian guitar]], which has its own beautiful technical virtuosity and three-octave advantages. His purity of style, uniqueness of imagination and total absorption with melody coupled with his brilliant technique in which "Tantrakari" and "Layakari" are prominent and make his recital enchanting.
He is an "A" grade artiste of Broadcasting Corporation of India (All India Radio & Television) in both [[Hindustani Classical]] and light music and performed in the prestigious National programme. He is an [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations|ICCR]] empanelled artiste under the Ministry of external affairs, [[Govt. of India]]. He visited several Universities and institutions around the world( including Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) as visiting faculty/ Artist in Residence and performed in many prestigious concerts and conferences which were widely appreciated. At present, he lectures in the Department of Music, Institute of Visual Performing Arts & Research, Mangalayatan University, [[Aligarh]].

==Discography==
*2012 – " Soul Mate" ecstasy on Slide Guitar, Label: Mountains Meet the Sea Productions-Australia,India,Switzerland
;Solo with Sam Evans (Tabla)
*2008 – ''Charukeshi'', with Robert Burke, Stephen Magnusson, Sam Evans [[Vic Arts Grant]]
;Associated Works
*2008 – ''Creatures at the Crossroads'', with Gian Slater
*2010 – ''Tumbling into the Dawn'', with Lior ([[Lior Attar]])

==External links==
* [https://debslide.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.drlovelysharma.com/ Dr. Lovely Sharma]
* [http://2drums.net/tabla/bio.html Sam Evans]
* [http://www.monash.edu.au/news/releases/show/a-night-of-music-with-friends]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150518062905/http://www.bennettslane.com/gigs.php?eID=1708]
*[http://www.artists-india.com/instrumentalists/Debasis-Chakraborty]

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Indian guitarists]]
[[Category:Musicians from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Slide guitarists]]

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