Sangeet Ratna Prabir Bhattacharya is one of the torchbearers of the new generation of Sitarists. He continues the internationally acclaimed legacy of the Maihar Gharana. Prabir has been extensively trained by the doyen of Maihar Gharana, Pt. Deepak Choudhury, a senior disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar.
His musical journey started in 1988 at the tender age of 12 with his father Sri Amal Kumar, and under the tutelage of Pt. Deepak Choudhury, he developed into an artist of great maturity and aesthetics.
He is the recipient of prestigious National Scholarship, sponsored by Govt. of India. He has also been awarded the title of ‘Sangeet Visharad’ by the Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, and of ‘Sangeet Ratna’ by the Sarba Bhartiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad, Kolkata. Recently, he is empanelled with ICCR, a project of Govt. of India.
