Philharmonic School of Music, Bangalore

The Philharmonic School of Music was established in 2010 under the tutelage of Ashis Biswas, an acclaimed cello player who has a number of years of experience with various reputed orchestras across the country and in the music industry. He had a vision to set up a world class musical institution in Bangalore with an aim to provide the finest musical education for Western Classical Music. The Philharmonic School of Music teaches Western classical instruments – cello, violin, keyboard, guitar and vocals. The School sends students for musical examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, London as well as offers practical career preparation for working musicians with a variety of programs.

About Ashis Biswas:

At the age of eight, Ashis Biswas attended a symphony orchestra performance in Calcutta and took an immediate liking to the cello. Soon after, he started classes with Rev. Fr. Theodore Mathieson at the Oxford School in Calcutta. Four years of training later, a 11-year-old Ashis was part of the quartet that played for Neil Armstrong during his stay in Calcutta. That same year, he performed with the Delhi Symphony Orchestra as its youngest member ever. He never looked back after that.

During his initial playing years, Ashis played with the Delhi Symphony, Caclutta Symphony,Calcutta Chamber Orchestra, and the Bombay Symphony Orchestra and pursued his higher studies in music at the Woodstock School, Dehra Dun. After continuing his training in cello with Anup Kumar Biswas (who now runs the Mathieson Academy in Calcutta ), he stepped into the world of professional performers. In the 90’s,he performed in Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka for a series of concerts.

He then went on to perform across the country with the All India Radio as a soloist and in quartets. Ashis ventured into Indian film music and continued to play for films till 2007. He has since performed for luminaries such as Satyajit Ray, RD Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Ilayaraja and AR Rahman among others.

Between 2003 and 2008, Ashis was a senior faculty with the Bangalore School of Music and taught innumerable young talents who are now full-time performers and teachers. He was also part of the Indo- Sewdish Project.

In 2007, he was the only Indian chosen by the Goodwill Symphony Orchestra in Osaka, Japan to play a series of concerts for world peace and goodwill among citizens In 2010, Ashis Biswas founded the Philharmonic School of Music in Bangalore with an aim to provide the finest musical education for Western classical music. It is his vision and dream to pass on his musical genius to as many people as he can.