Debu Chaudhuri

Pandit Devabrata (Debu) Chaudhuri ((Bengali: পণ্ডিত দেবব্রত চৌধুরী); 30 May 1935[1] – 1 May 2021) was an Indian sitarist and teacher.

[8][9][10] A few days after his death, his son Prateek Chaudhuri, a renowned sitar player, also died due to COVID-related complications.

He joined Delhi University as a reader from 1971 to 1982 and was the Dean and Head of Music Department from 1985 to 1988.

[12] He received his training in sitar under late Panchu Gopal Datta and Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan.

Bisweswari, Palas-Sarang, Anuranjani, Ashiqui Lalit, Swanandeswari, Kalyani Bilawal, Shivamanjari and Prabhati Manjari (in memory of his wife Manju).

He is considered one of the greatest sitar players of the era with Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ravi Shankar and Nikhil Banerjee.