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106_0	Pandit Suman Ghosh is an internationally acclaimed Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the Mewati
106_1	Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music and a torch-bearing disciple of Sangeet Martand Pandit
106_2	Jasraj. He is the founder and President of the Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston
106_3	(CICMH).
106_4	Early life
106_5	Pandit Suman Ghosh was born on 6 January 1967 to Smt. Monica Ghosh and Shri Biman Krishna Ghosh.
106_6	Pandit Ghosh started his musical education under the guidance of his mother and unequivocal support
106_7	of his father. Pandit Suman Ghosh continued his formal training, first under Maestro Pandit
106_8	Shrikant Bakre, a torch-bearer of the great Ustad Amir Khan. Then, he was groomed by Padma Bhushan
106_9	Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh for several years. Finally, Pandit Suman Ghosh underwent several years of
106_10	intense training on and off stage, with the living legend, Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit
106_11	Jasraj.
106_12	Besides pursuing music, he has earned a Bachelor's and a master's degree from University of
106_13	Calcutta.
106_14	Career
106_15	Pandit Suman Ghosh, is a performer of note and is also committed to the cause of spreading
106_16	Hindustani Classical Music and its rich and age-old tradition not only in India, but throughout the
106_17	world. His vision is to enrich every individual by musically awakening their inner spiritual self.
106_18	He has dedicated the past 30 years of his life to selflessly serving the global human community
106_19	through his performances and spreading this tradition through his teachings, thus promoting and
106_20	cultivating this beautiful art in particular and Indian Culture as a whole.
106_21	The Performer
106_22	Pandit Suman Ghosh gave his first full concert at the age of 12. He soon became one of the youngest
106_23	ever artists in All India Radio to perform in three different genres.
106_24	As an established musician, he performs regularly all over the United States, Canada, Europe and
106_25	India. In India, he has performed in several prestigious events like Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram
106_26	Sangeet Samaroh, Saptak Annual Festival of Music and the Malhar Festival. He has also had the
106_27	privilege of singing before Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, both at Rashtrapati
106_28	Bhavan in 2000 and during Dr. Kalam's visit to USA in 2011.
106_29	The Guru
106_30	Pandit Suman Ghosh combines academics and performance with ease. He has done research in
106_31	ethnomusicology funded by many European and American organizations and has given several lectures
106_32	on the complex art of the Indian Classical Music System. He was the only music scholar from India
106_33	to have been invited to present his research at the conference organized by International
106_34	Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) in Vienna, Austria in 1999, in celebration of
106_35	100 years of Sound Archiving.
106_36	In addition to being a performer, Pandit Ghosh has a vision to spread not only this art in its
106_37	purest form, but also other aspects of the Indian Culture, traditions and ethos as well, making it
106_38	accessible to all, far and beyond the Indian Sub-Continent. As a necessary step towards this goal,
106_39	he founded Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston (CICMH), Houston, USA, 2008.
106_40	The Consulate General of India hosted a reception in his honor in 2016 to recognize his
106_41	contributions as a true ambassador of Indian Culture. He has also earned a Lifetime Achievement
106_42	Award from the North American Bengali Conference in 2015.
106_43	Awards and Recognitions
106_44	2016 - Reception by the Honorable Consul General of India in recognition of his work as a true
106_45	Ambassador of Indian Culture
106_46	2015 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, NABC (35th North American Bengali Conf), July 2015
106_47	-"A Night of Musical Bliss", Times Of India,
106_48	2014 -"Virtuoso performer" Concert Review, Times of India
106_49	2011 - Proclamation from the Office of the Mayor of City of Sugar Land for Pt. Ghosh’s ‘tireless
106_50	efforts and motivation on preserving and keeping the ancient Indian tradition alive for present and
106_51	future generations’
106_52	2010 - Tagore Award, India Culture Center of Houston and the Indian Consulate
106_53	2008 -Acharya Varishtha, bestowed by Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj, 2008
106_54	2005 -Gold Medal of Excellence for the MUSICAL SCORING, Hollywood Film ‘Dancing in Twilight’ Park
106_55	City Film Music Festival
106_56	References Homage for a Guru , IAN, 2016
106_57	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/moods-of-%E2%80%9Cashta-prahar%E2%80%9D-musically-unfolded-by-cicm
106_58	h/
106_59	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/on-mission-on-target-india-house-gala-celebrates-a-busy-year/
106_60	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/houston-rath-yatra-2015-a-unique-spiritual-experience/
106_61	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/houston-chariot-festival-shree-jagannath-rath-yatra-2015/
106_62	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/indias-flag-flutters-in-morning-breeze-goals-unveiled-in-evening-r
106_63	eception/
106_64	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/sri-durga-puja-at-vedanta-society-of-greater-houston-brings-in-dev
106_65	otees-despite-the-rain/
106_66	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/confluence-by-tsh-leaves-the-audience-spellbound/
106_67	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/lord-krishna-janmashtami-at-iskcon-of-houston/
106_68	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/republic-day-reception-by-indian-consulate-introduces-new-ambassad
106_69	or/
106_70	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/sweet-srimad-bhagavatam-showers-drench-listeners-from-houston-and-
106_71	around-usa/
106_72	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/pandit-jasraj-vocal-concert-an-epitome-of-musical-spirituality/
106_73	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/consular-reception-for-the-republic-hits-high-notes-for-culture/
106_74	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/classical-concert-reaches-spiritual-heights/
106_75	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/north-south-a-jugalbandi-to-remember/
106_76	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/iaccgh-gala-shows-strides-south-asian-businesses-have-made-during-
106_77	last-decade/
106_78	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/devotees-enthralled-by-houston-area-artists/
106_79	http://www.indoamerican-news.com/indian-artists-perform-at-rice-radio%E2%80%99s-21st-annual-outdoor
106_80	-show/
106_81	External links Official site
106_82	Hindustani singers Living people Mewati gharana 1967 births Place of birth missing (living people)
107_0	Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet,
107_1	playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost
107_2	creatives of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements; and one of the most influential
107_3	figures in early 20th-century art as a whole. The National Observer suggested that, “of the
107_4	artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being
107_5	a Renaissance man.”
107_6	He is best known for his novels Le Grand Écart (1923), Le Livre Blanc (1928), and Les Enfants
107_7	Terribles (1929); the stage plays La Voix Humaine (1930), La Machine Infernale (1934), Les Parents
107_8	terribles (1938), La Machine à écrire (1941), and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1946); and the films The
107_9	Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946), Orpheus (1950),
107_10	and Testament of Orpheus (1960), which alongside Blood of a Poet and Orpheus constitute the
107_11	so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of [the] avant-garde's most successful and
107_12	influential filmmakers" by AllMovie. Cocteau, according to Annette Insdorf, “left behind a body of
107_13	work unequalled for its variety of artistic expression.”
107_14	Though his body of work encompassed many different mediums, Cocteau insisted on calling himself a
107_15	poet, classifying the great variety of his works – poems, novels, plays, essays, drawings, films –
107_16	as "poésie", "poésie de roman", "poésie de thêatre", "poésie critique", "poésie graphique" and

106_0

Pandit Suman Ghosh is an internationally acclaimed Hindustani Classical Vocalist of the Mewati

106_1

Gharana of Hindustani Classical Music and a torch-bearing disciple of Sangeet Martand Pandit

106_2

Jasraj. He is the founder and President of the Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston

106_3

(CICMH).

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Early life

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Pandit Suman Ghosh was born on 6 January 1967 to Smt. Monica Ghosh and Shri Biman Krishna Ghosh.

106_6

Pandit Ghosh started his musical education under the guidance of his mother and unequivocal support

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of his father. Pandit Suman Ghosh continued his formal training, first under Maestro Pandit

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Shrikant Bakre, a torch-bearer of the great Ustad Amir Khan. Then, he was groomed by Padma Bhushan

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Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh for several years. Finally, Pandit Suman Ghosh underwent several years of

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intense training on and off stage, with the living legend, Padma Vibhushan Sangeet Martand Pandit

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Jasraj.

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Besides pursuing music, he has earned a Bachelor's and a master's degree from University of

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Calcutta.

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Career

106_15

Pandit Suman Ghosh, is a performer of note and is also committed to the cause of spreading

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Hindustani Classical Music and its rich and age-old tradition not only in India, but throughout the

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world. His vision is to enrich every individual by musically awakening their inner spiritual self.

106_18

He has dedicated the past 30 years of his life to selflessly serving the global human community

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through his performances and spreading this tradition through his teachings, thus promoting and

106_20

cultivating this beautiful art in particular and Indian Culture as a whole.

106_21

The Performer

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Pandit Suman Ghosh gave his first full concert at the age of 12. He soon became one of the youngest

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ever artists in All India Radio to perform in three different genres.

106_24

As an established musician, he performs regularly all over the United States, Canada, Europe and

106_25

India. In India, he has performed in several prestigious events like Pandit Motiram Pandit Maniram

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Sangeet Samaroh, Saptak Annual Festival of Music and the Malhar Festival. He has also had the

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privilege of singing before Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, both at Rashtrapati

106_28

Bhavan in 2000 and during Dr. Kalam's visit to USA in 2011.

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The Guru

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Pandit Suman Ghosh combines academics and performance with ease. He has done research in

106_31

ethnomusicology funded by many European and American organizations and has given several lectures

106_32

on the complex art of the Indian Classical Music System. He was the only music scholar from India

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to have been invited to present his research at the conference organized by International

106_34

Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) in Vienna, Austria in 1999, in celebration of

106_35

100 years of Sound Archiving.

106_36

In addition to being a performer, Pandit Ghosh has a vision to spread not only this art in its

106_37

purest form, but also other aspects of the Indian Culture, traditions and ethos as well, making it

106_38

accessible to all, far and beyond the Indian Sub-Continent. As a necessary step towards this goal,

106_39

he founded Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston (CICMH), Houston, USA, 2008.

106_40

The Consulate General of India hosted a reception in his honor in 2016 to recognize his

106_41

contributions as a true ambassador of Indian Culture. He has also earned a Lifetime Achievement

106_42

Award from the North American Bengali Conference in 2015.

106_43

Awards and Recognitions

106_44

2016 - Reception by the Honorable Consul General of India in recognition of his work as a true

106_45

Ambassador of Indian Culture

106_46

2015 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, NABC (35th North American Bengali Conf), July 2015

106_47

-"A Night of Musical Bliss", Times Of India,

106_48

2014 -"Virtuoso performer" Concert Review, Times of India

106_49

2011 - Proclamation from the Office of the Mayor of City of Sugar Land for Pt. Ghosh’s ‘tireless

106_50

efforts and motivation on preserving and keeping the ancient Indian tradition alive for present and

106_51

future generations’

106_52

2010 - Tagore Award, India Culture Center of Houston and the Indian Consulate

106_53

2008 -Acharya Varishtha, bestowed by Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj, 2008

106_54

2005 -Gold Medal of Excellence for the MUSICAL SCORING, Hollywood Film ‘Dancing in Twilight’ Park

106_55

City Film Music Festival

106_56

References Homage for a Guru , IAN, 2016

106_57

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/moods-of-%E2%80%9Cashta-prahar%E2%80%9D-musically-unfolded-by-cicm

106_58

h/

106_59

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/on-mission-on-target-india-house-gala-celebrates-a-busy-year/

106_60

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/houston-rath-yatra-2015-a-unique-spiritual-experience/

106_61

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/houston-chariot-festival-shree-jagannath-rath-yatra-2015/

106_62

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/indias-flag-flutters-in-morning-breeze-goals-unveiled-in-evening-r

106_63

eception/

106_64

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/sri-durga-puja-at-vedanta-society-of-greater-houston-brings-in-dev

106_65

otees-despite-the-rain/

106_66

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/confluence-by-tsh-leaves-the-audience-spellbound/

106_67

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/lord-krishna-janmashtami-at-iskcon-of-houston/

106_68

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/republic-day-reception-by-indian-consulate-introduces-new-ambassad

106_69

or/

106_70

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/sweet-srimad-bhagavatam-showers-drench-listeners-from-houston-and-

106_71

around-usa/

106_72

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/pandit-jasraj-vocal-concert-an-epitome-of-musical-spirituality/

106_73

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/consular-reception-for-the-republic-hits-high-notes-for-culture/

106_74

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/classical-concert-reaches-spiritual-heights/

106_75

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/north-south-a-jugalbandi-to-remember/

106_76

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/iaccgh-gala-shows-strides-south-asian-businesses-have-made-during-

106_77

last-decade/

106_78

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/devotees-enthralled-by-houston-area-artists/

106_79

http://www.indoamerican-news.com/indian-artists-perform-at-rice-radio%E2%80%99s-21st-annual-outdoor

106_80

-show/

106_81

External links Official site

106_82

Hindustani singers Living people Mewati gharana 1967 births Place of birth missing (living people)

107_0

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet,

107_1

playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost

107_2

creatives of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements; and one of the most influential

107_3

figures in early 20th-century art as a whole. The National Observer suggested that, “of the

107_4

artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being

107_5

a Renaissance man.”

107_6

He is best known for his novels Le Grand Écart (1923), Le Livre Blanc (1928), and Les Enfants

107_7

Terribles (1929); the stage plays La Voix Humaine (1930), La Machine Infernale (1934), Les Parents

107_8

terribles (1938), La Machine à écrire (1941), and L'Aigle à deux têtes (1946); and the films The

107_9

Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946), Orpheus (1950),

107_10

and Testament of Orpheus (1960), which alongside Blood of a Poet and Orpheus constitute the

107_11

so-called Orphic Trilogy. He was described as "one of [the] avant-garde's most successful and

107_12

influential filmmakers" by AllMovie. Cocteau, according to Annette Insdorf, “left behind a body of

107_13

work unequalled for its variety of artistic expression.”

107_14

Though his body of work encompassed many different mediums, Cocteau insisted on calling himself a

107_15

poet, classifying the great variety of his works – poems, novels, plays, essays, drawings, films –

107_16

as "poésie", "poésie de roman", "poésie de thêatre", "poésie critique", "poésie graphique" and