Devashish Dey has been regarded as one of the leading aspirants and is a Varanasi based Hindustani classical vocalist.
Devashish Dey was born on 26th April in the year 1964. He has received his training in Indian Hindustani classical music under the expert tutelage of Pt. Pashupati Nath Mishra (Disciple of Pt. Mahadev Prasad Mishra - Banaras Gharana) and Pt. Mukund Vishnu Kalvint (Disciple of Padmabhushan Pt. S.N.Ratanjankar - Agra Gharana & Pt. Rajabhaiya Puchwale - Gwalior Gharana). From them he has learnt different genre of Classical music. It includes Classical Vocal (Khayal), Light Classical (Thumri, Dadra, Tappa, Chaitl, Kazri etc.) and Bhajan & Bengali Songs. He has obtained his master degree in Music `Sangeet Praveen` from Prayag Sangeet Samiti - Allahabad. In the field of Academics he has obtained B.Sc.(Hons. in Physics ) from B.H.U. Varanasi.
Acknowledging his talent he has been selected as an `A` Grade artist in Classical Vocal & `B-High` Grade in Light Classical Vocal. He has also won many accolades in All India Radio Music Competition in the year 1985 for the both Classical & Light Classical Groups; Prayag Sangeet Samiti in the year 1984, he won Gold Medal; U.P. Sangeet Natak Academy in the year 1982 (Senior group); awarded `SUR MANI` by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai. He has executed at many highly esteemed festivals at Delhi Gandharva Vidyalaya, Habitat, India International Centre, Maolankar Auditorium, Triveni, Air Force Auditorium; Mumbai Haridas Sammelan, National Centre for Performing Arts; Kolkata Jhankar, Tansen Sangeet Sammelan, Bharatiya Samskriti Samsad; Bangalore Hindustani Sangeet Kalakar Mandali, Bangalore Sangeet Sabha; Allahabad Palusker Jayanti by Prayag Sangeet Samiti; Bhopal Arambh at Bharat Bhavan; Alwar Kala Bharati; Agra Palusker Jayanti at Sur Sadan by Sangeet Kala Kendra; Gwalior Rawatpura Sarkar, At Tansen`s birth place, Baihat; Lucknow Awadh Sandhya by U.P. Sangeet Natak Academy, Sparsh; Varanasi Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh, Ganga Mahotsav, Ninad by ABC, Kislaya by Sangeet Parishad, Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur birth centenary by Samskar Bharati and many others; Abroad Visited EUROPE in the year 1995, 98, 99, 2000 & 2001 respectively.
Devashish Dey has also given lecture demonstration at the B.H.U. Varanasi in the years1991, 2001, Allahabad University in the year1999, Agra University in the year 1992. He has also performed in the Radio Concerts at the cities like Delhi, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and also given performance at the Television centers like CPC Delhi, Lucknow, Gorakhpur.
