Tabla maestro Shankar Ghosh dies at 80 Tabla maestro Shankar Ghosh dies at 80

Legendary tabla player Shankar Ghosh died at the age of 80 due to pneumonia, cardiac problems and old age complications.

• Recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award was the creator of the all-drum orchestra Music of the Drums – later called the Calcutta Drum Orchestra.
• He was also conferred with ITC Sangeet Research Academy award andUstad Hafiz Ali Khan award.

Apart from India, he was also collaborated with international artists like Greg Ellis, Pete Lockett and John Bergamo.