1. Pandit Devabrata Chaudhuri was an Indian sitarist and teacher.
20 Facts About Debu Chaudhuri
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Debu Chaudhuri was conferred the Padmabhushan and Padma Shri awards.
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Debu Chaudhuri was the writer of six books, composer of eight new ragas and numerous musical compositions.
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Debu Chaudhuri is considered a leading sitarist of Post War era.
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Debu Chaudhuri is regarded as one of the leading proponents of Senia Style.
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Debu Chaudhuri was the former Dean and Head, Faculty of Music, University of Delhi.
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Debu Chaudhuri's music is noted for its sweet singing ringing tone.
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Debu Chaudhuri started playing the sitar from four years of age.
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Debu Chaudhuri died as a result of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, on 1 May 2021.
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Debu Chaudhuri was admitted with COVID-19 along with dementia complications.
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Debu Chaudhuri suffered a myocardial infarction around midnight and could not be revived.
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Debu Chaudhuri received his education in the University of Calcutta.
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Debu Chaudhuri joined Delhi University as a reader from 1971 to 1982 and was the Dean and Head of Music Department from 1985 to 1988.
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Debu Chaudhuri has served as a visiting professor at Maharishi International University, Iowa from 1991 to 1994.
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Debu Chaudhuri received his training in sitar under late Panchu Gopal Datta and Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan.
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Debu Chaudhuri started playing the sitar from four years of age.
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Debu Chaudhuri has recorded 24 CDs for 24 hours of the day in the United States.
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Debu Chaudhuri is considered a leading proponent of playing the repeated articulation of the pedal tone with the tonic pitch of the second string string, by pulling the string across the fret that is allowed to die out before the basic alternation stroking is continued.
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Debu Chaudhuri is considered one of the greatest sitar players of the era with Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee.
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Debu Chaudhuri is unique in using the 17 fret sitar while most musicians use the 19 fret sitar.