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Amit's performances have been covered by many national news papers in the last 25 years. He featured in The Times of India, The Hindu, The Deccan Chronicle for his recitals. He was interviewed by an Australian Magazine for his achievements in Indian Classical Music. He was interviewed by the Sri Lanka Television (Rupavahini). He featured in several Sri Lankan national newspapers like The Nation, Daily News etc. Here is the snapshot.
Tabla Recital by Amit Bhushan, The Nation (Sri Lanka)
June 18, 2016
The Indian Cultural Center, Colombo will be organizing a Tabla Recital by Amit Bhushan in Banaras Gharana at 6.00 pm on Friday, June 24 at the Indian Cultural Centre located at Gregory’s Road, Colombo 07. Amit Bhusan is an internationally acclaimed Tabla Player from India. He is one of the finest exponents of Banaras Gharana and started learning Tabla at the age of six from Pandit Bachchan Pathak and became a child prodigy within few years of training. He was later trained under the kind guidance of legendry artiste and world renowned Tabla Maestro Padma Bhushan Pandit Samta Prasad. Amit holds a ‘Masters’ in Indian Classical Music. His deep understanding of music, rigorous practice, improvisation and artistic brilliance makes him an effortless recitalist. He has played in several music festivals and concerts in India and abroad in the last three decades. He has performed widely in many countries like Lebanon, Singapore, Germany, Qatar, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Egypt and UAE. He won All India Tabla competition and also is a recipient of Gold Medal in Tabla at Youth Festival, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Culture, Government of India.
Rhythmic Patterns on Tabla, Daily News (Sri Lanka)
June 20, 2016
A Tabla Recital by Amit Bhushan from Banaras Gharana will be held on June 24 at 6 pm at the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo 7. It is organised by the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo. Amit Bhushan is an internationally acclaimed tabla player from India. He is one of the finest exponents of Banaras Gharana and started learning tabla at 6 years from Pandit Bachchan Pathak. He became a child prodigy within a few years of training. He was later trained under the guidance of legendary artist and world renowned tabla maestro Padma Bhushan Pandit Samta Prasad. Amit holds 'Masters' in Indian Classical Music. His deep understanding of music, rigorous practice, improvisation and artistic brilliance makes him an effortless recitalist. He has played in several music festivals and concerts in India and abroad in the last three decades. He has performed widely in many countries such as Lebanon, Singapore, Germany, Qatar, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Egypt, UAE etc. He has also accompanied many eminent musicians such as Pt. Satish Kumar, Anuradha Sriram, Pandit Sriram Parasuram, Ghazal maestro late Pandit Vithal Rao and others. He also likes to write his own tabla-compositions and improvise rhythmic patterns in tabla. He won All India Tabla competition and also is a recipient of the Gold Medal in Tabla at Youth Festival, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Culture, India.
Amit Bhushan from Banaras Gharana, The 'CULTURA' (Sri Lanka)
June 21, 2016
A TABLA RECITAL
Amit Bhushan is an internationally acclaimed Tabla Player from India. He is one of the finest exponents of Banaras Gharana and started learning Tabla at the age of six from Pandit Bachan Pathak and became a child prodigy within few years of training. He was later trained under the kind guidance of legendry artiste and world renowned Tabla Maestro Padma Bhushan Pandit Samta Prasad. Amit holds a ‘Masters’ in Indian Classical Music. His deep understanding of music, rigorous practice, improvisation and artistic brilliance makes him an effortless recitalist.
Indian Cultural Centre, 16/2, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7
Various Other Press Releases
From 1984 - Till Date
An event to remember - The classical instrumental music enthusiasts were in for a treat as we had a mind blowing performance by Amit Bhushan, who took our breath away with a solo performance on the 'Tabla' (Oracle Solution Services India, SSIgnpost Newsletter, Nov 2012)
Above and Beyond - Tabla Maestro (Amit Bhushan) - Amit Bhushan’s Tabla performance at the cultural event was the talk of the Company Day celebrations (Oracle Solution Services India, SCH Newsletter, Nov 2012)
Tech Consultant’s Tabla brings Joy - Few are blessed with the balance of understanding the cold binary logic of efficient software as well as creating soothing sounds of music which brings joy to all. Meet Amit Bhushan, who has studied at elite educational institutions like IIT & IIM, but is also a highly regarded Tabla player (Techgoss - Sydney, Nov 2012)
Techie and The Tabla – Amit Bhushan juggles his IT profession and passion for music without missing a beat (Deccan Chronicle, Oct 2012)
Tabla Player in House - A lucky few got to see him exhibit his talent at this year’s Company Day celebrations. It is indeed our privilege to be associated with Amit Bhushan and to have witnessed the maestro exhibit his talent (Oracle Solution Services India, Daily Post, Oct 2012)
Mind blowing Tabla recital by Amit Bhushan who took our breath with his performance in variety of style. His performance was highlight of the company day celebration (Oracle Solution Services India, SCH Newsletter, Oct 2012)
Tarang: Evening of Melody – A Hindustani Classical Sitar performance by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya. He will be accompanied by Tabla artiste Amit Bhushan (Deccan Chronicle Oct 2012)
Ramprapanna Bhattacharya a young engineer and a sitar virtuoso from Glasgow UK will present a Hindustani classical sitar concert in the Imdadkhani Etawah Gharana or more popularly the Vilayatkhani style of sitar recital. He will be accompanied on Tabla by Hyderabad based Amit Bhushan a Software Professional (The Hindu, Oct 2012)
Tarang presents a sitar concert by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya with Amit Bhushan on Tabla (The Times of India, Oct 2012)
Join us for delightful musical evening, Tarang presents Sitar recital by Ramprapanna Bhattacharya and Amit Bhushan on Tabla (Tarang – Young Jewels of Indian Classical Music, Sep 2012)
Amit Bhushan captivated people with his Tabla Recital (A National Daily, Dec 2000)
Memorable Evening – The self composed Panchveni Taal on Tabla by Amit Bhushan a recipient of many laurels at national levels enthralled the audience (The Hindustan Times, Feb 1998)
Our Pride – We are proud of Amit Bhushan who has distinguished himself as a talented Tablist (Bokaro News, July 1994)
Amit Bhushan selected for CCRT Scholarship (Bokaro Darpan, Dec 1989)
Amit completes Sangeets Prabhakar in Tabla from Allahabad (Mines News, Oct 1988)
Amit Bhushan emerging face in the field of music (Bokaro Darpan, May 1987)
Amit Bhushan wins the All India Music Competion (Ranchi Express, Apr 1987)
Amit Bhushan won All India Tabla Competition (Palamau Times, Mar 1987)
School boy wins All India Tabla Competition (Amrit Bazar Patrika, June 1987)
Those who have heard him perform are impressed by Amit’s talent. He has music in his ear and magic in his fingers (Bokaro News, 1986)
This little musician has appeared in many concerts and won the hearts of the audience (Bokaro News, 1984)