Shivnath Mishra

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Name = Shivnath Mishra


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Born = Birth date and age|1943|10|12|
Benares, United Provinces, British India
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Instrument = Sitar
Genre = Indian classical music
Occupation = Composer, Sitarist
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Label = T-Series, Soundings of the Planet
Associated_acts = Dean Evenson
URL = [http://www.music-of-benares.com/ Official website]
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Pandit Shivnath Mishra (b. October 12, 1943) is an Indian sitarist and composer. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of Hindustani classical music. He is a lecturer and the Head of the Music Department at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.cite news |title=Father and son sitarists plan Eugene concert |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120119284.html |work=The Register-Guard |date=2004-07-30 |accessdate=2008-06-21 ]

Beginnings

Shivnath Mishra was born in 1943 in Benares, United Provinces, British India into a family of professional musicians. He began receiving his initial training in vocal music at the age of five from his father Badar Prasad Mishra and uncle Pandit Mahadev Prasad Mishra. At the age of eight, he started learning the sitar.

Musical career

In 1967, Mishra won the All India Radio competition held at Allahabad. [http://www.soundings.com/artists.asp?rd=detail&aid=31 Pandit Shivnath Mishra at the Soundings of the Planet website.] Retrieved on 2008-06-18. ] This was followed by a gold medal at the All India Music Conference in Calcutta in 1967.

Mishra has toured extensively internationally including to Italy, [cite web |url=http://www.ananda.it/en/retreat/mishra-concerts.html |title=Concerts of Indian Classical Music with Sitarists from the Academy of Indian Classical Music Pandit Shivnath Mishra and Deobrat Mishra |publisher=Ananda Associazione |accessdate=2008-06-21 ] Germany [cite news |title=Tiefgang der Gefühle |url=http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1129192245707.shtml |work=KÖLNER STADT-ANZEIGER |date=2005-10-17 |accessdate=2008-06-21 ] and the United States.

Academy Of Indian Classical Music

Mishra, along with his son Deobrat Mishra, has started the Academy Of Indian Classical Music as a part of their Benaras Gharana Baccha (Children's) Project to make classical Indian music accessible to children. [http://www.benaresmusicacademy.com/page-1 Benaras Gharana Baccha (Children) Project.] Retrieved on 2008-06-20.] The Academy aims to:

# Establish a school for the teaching of Indian Classical music in the traditional Benaras Gharana style;
# Provide scholarships to children to assist them in their learning of this musical style;
# Create opportunities for students and young artists to develop their potential through study and performance;
# Provide right livelihood for qualified and dedicated teachers.

Discography

* Sound of Sitar
* Soul of Sitar
* Sitar Jugalbandi
* Raag Desh - Monsoon Raga (2002)
* Joy (2003)
* Raga Cycle (2004)

References

External links

* [http://www.music-of-benares.com/ The Music of Benares website]
* [http://www.soundings.com/artists.asp?rd=detail&aid=31 The Soundings of the Planet Web Site]