Deobrat Mishra is an Indian Sitar, Surbahar and a music composer. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of Hindustani classical music. The Son of Pandit Shivnath Mishra, a legend of Sitar from this Gharana, he has an energetic and innovative playing style, with typical features like selectivity, melody and rhythmic complexity. His playing style is very original and unique in the sense that he plays Benarasi Thumri on the sitar, combining it with Dhrupad and Khayal styles of singing, creating a rare new style
Born in 1976, he represents the 7th generation of the Benares Gharana tradition.
He started by studying vocal music with his father at the age of five and began his sitar lessons a year later. That same year, after only six months of studying the sitar, he gave his first public performance on stage.
In 1994, he was chosen to receive the award of Young Sitar player of India by Youth Festival. In 2000 he received award of Sur Mani in Mumbai. His many projects include music workshops, solo performances for radio and television as well as world music programs with Indian and European artists. Moreover, he provides music lessons at the Academy of Indian Classical Music, the school he founded along with his father, Pandit Shivnath Mishra, in 2006. He is also a performing member of groups like India Meets Europe in Luxembourg. Indo-European Music Ensemble in Italy, Trio Benares and Embryo in Germany, and Open Strings in Austria, and Soul of Benares in India.
With his Father and nephew, Prashant Mishra on Tabla, their group , “Music of Benares” tours around the world annually.
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