Sharat Chandra Srivastava Raag Jaijaivanti Alaap Live in Berlin Sep 2007

Sharat Chandra Srivastava Owing allegiance to the Senia Gharana, Sharat has been active on the performing circuit for over 25 years. His distinct experimental approach led him to dabble with various genres of music.To this end, he has been a noted member of Indias premier Rock n Roll band Parikrama for the last twelve years. They have performed extensively throughout the country, weaving their own expressive interpretation of Trans-atlantic rock and Hindustani Classical Music. His nascent talent, nurtured since age 7 by renowned violinist Shri Joi Srivastava, his Grandfather/Guru, has lent him rare understanding of the Dhrupad-Ang, a style unique to this Gharana under Guru Shishya Parampara.. This, and such grooming has put him on stage with the likes of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Birju Maharaj, and as an acclaimed soloist he was selected for Sahitya Kala Parishads coveted Yuva Mahotsava. He is a recipient of the national scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India. In year 1998, he got the opportunity to play with Sting at the Channel V awards New Delhi. Sharat has performed across the globe in some prestigious Music festivals like
New Zealand Arts Festival in 2004, The great Arc Festival and the Little Chilli Festival (London), Singapore Arts Festival, Druga Godba Festival (Slovenia), Canada National Day (Toronto), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dubai Jazz Festival,Khajuraho Millennium Festival (India) etc. In the year 2005 he collaborated with the finest jazz musicians from Slovenia to form a world Music Band called Sagar . Among his International projects the latest is a band called India Alba with two very fine Scottish musicians. This is a combination of India Ragas with Scottish Melodies. India Alba has has been very active lately and has played in some big Festivals in Scotland and India including the most popular The Piping Festival' and The Celtic Conncetions in Scotland. Currently, he is working on a World Music project Mrigya which he started in 1999, giving the audiences in India and the West a blend of Indian Classical Ragas with blues, jazz and other forms of music. Mrigya was given the 5 star rating at the prestigeous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the year 2001. Following year the band got the Herald Angel Award for the best band from India. Apart from performing and doing studio work Sharat is a visiting professor in the University of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, where he teaches Indian Violin to mainly string players. In year 2002, he was conducting workshops in Winterthur University, Switzerland. He was teaching the Violin in Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi for 9 years.

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• Hindustani
• Classical
• Violin
• Raag
• Jaijaivanti
• Indian
• Alaap
• Senia
• Gharana
• Dhrupad
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