Famous table player Shankar Ghosh, is in coma

Kolkata: The famous tabla player Shankar Ghosh is in coma, due to heart complication, his family members said.

He is under treatment at a private hospital following heart complications. On Monday, his condition deteriorated further. He was under constant observation in the ICU.

“He is in coma,” his son Bickram Ghosh, a noted percussionist, told IANS.

The 80-year-old exponent of the Farrukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music underwent an angioplasty at the hospital, where he was admitted two days ago.

A recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1999-2000, Ghosh has taken forward the concept of tabla ensembles — large number of tabla players showcasing their talent together.

He has toured a number of countries to play solo or with celebrated classical musicians like sitarists Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan and violinist Pandit V.G. Jog and earned rave reviews.