Mishra, Ramesh

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Name (Latin)
Mishra, Ramesh
Other forms of name
Misra, Ramesh
Ramesh Mishra
Date of birth
1948
Date of death
2017-03-13
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q7289425
Library of congress: n 89269337
Sources of Information
  • Anindo and his tabla, 1992:booklet, p. 6 (comes from a long line of musicians; learnt to play sarangi from his father Pt. Ramnath Mishra, then from late Gopal Mishra; recently he has become a disciple of Ravi Shankar; excellent time keeping; grandson of Baldeo Sahai, grandson of the founder of Banaras gharana)
  • Girija Devi en concert [SR] p1995 :container (Ramesh Misra, sarangi)

Wikipedia description:

Ramesh Mishra (Hindi: रमेश मिश्रा, surname also spelled Misra) (Varanasi, India, 2 October 1948 – New York, U.S., 13 March 2017) was an Indian sarangi player. Mishra comes from a family of sarangi players and studied from an early age from a number of his older relatives. He was a disciple of Ravi Shankar and has made numerous recordings. In addition to his performances of Indian classical music, he has recorded with the American rock band Aerosmith (on the 1997 album Nine Lives). Mishra was awarded a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008.

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