Jyoti Goho (born 1953) is an Indian Classical Musician from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

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. He is well known for Harmonium accompaniment. He belongs to

Kirana Gharana Kirana gharana is one of the Indian classical khyal gharanas, and is concerned foremost with perfect intonation of notes (swara). Singing style The central concern of the Kirana style is swara, or individual notes, in particular precise tuning ...

. He is working in

Indian classical music Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

industry from last 40 years and is a Musician Faculty at ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, India.

Early life

Jyoti Goho was born on 13 May 1953 in

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

to Shri Shyam Sundar Goho & Late Smt Bela Goho. He belongs to a musical family. He completed his school level education from Khudiram Bose Central Collegiate School, Kolkata & college education from

Seth Anandram Jaipuria College Seth Anandram Jaipuria College is a public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. It was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1945 at 10, Raja Nabakrishna Street in North Kolkata. It runs three shifts: Morning, Day, and Evening. ...

, Kolkata. He holds a bachelor's degree in arts. He was Inspired by his mother’s melodious voice, thus he developed keen interest in music from his childhood, His parents carefully nurtured his interest in Music. He got training in harmonium playing from Shri Deb Kumar Banerjee. He also holds very profound knowledge of Hindustani vocal music in which his Gurus were Pandit A.Kanan, Shri Sanat Banerjee & Shri Biren Bose.

Career

Jyoti Goho started performing Live as a Harmonium accompanist in various classical music programme & shows from the year 1976. Jyoti Goho accompanied many times with Pandit

Bhimsen Joshi Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi BR (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the '' khaya ...

who praised Jyoti Goho as an extremely supportive Harmonium accompanist. Goho has performed in many major music conferences of India & abroad. Some of the countries where he has performed are Canada, U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Dubai, Australia and New Zealand, China etc. Other than Harmonium accompaniment in Live Shows, Jyoti Goho Played Harmonium in many music albums of various artists like Pandit

Ajoy Chakraborty Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 25 December 1952) is an Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He was given Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020. Early li ...

, Ustad Rashid Khan etc. His son

Sourabh Goho Sourabh Goho (Bengali: সৌরভ গোহো) is an Indian Tabla Player who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion music. He belongs to Farukhabad gharana. He is the son of renowned Harmonium Maestro, Pt. Jyoti Goho. Early life Sour ...

is an Indian Tabla Player who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion music.

Awards

* Jnan Prakash Ghosh Award 2014 from Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty * Batuk Nandy Smriti Samman 2015 * Choughule Samman 2014 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goho, Jyoti Living people Indian male classical musicians 1953 births Musicians from Kolkata Seth Anandram Jaipuria College alumni University of Calcutta alumni