Partho Sarothy

PLAYS

Sarod

GHARANA

Maihar

Partho Sarathy was born in 1960, and started his musical training under his father who was a disciple fo Pandit Radhika Mohan Moitra. Partho then took lessons for nearly a decade from Ustad Dhyanesh Khan- son and disciple of the legendary Sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Since 1980, Partho has been under the direct guidance of Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar, India's greatest musician. Partho Sarathy's music embodies the true heritage of Hindustani raga music. His virtuosity on the sarod makes his exploration of ragas an exercise in harmony, tranquility and his serious meditative approach makes his music literally soar to unscaled height of fulfillment. Partho is based in Calcutta, the cultural mecca of India and has been performing for the last 30 years in India and all over the world. Blessed with an exceptional artistic temperament, exacting technical precision and a rare aesthetic sensibility, Partho Sarothy is considered one of the most engaging, intelligent and talented instrumentalists in contemporary Hindusthani music. These qualities, which he conjures up on the sarod with such ease, have so far earned him an international reputation of considerable distinction.