Rajeev Janardan

Rajeev Janardan

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Rajeev Janardan


Background = solo_singer
Origin = India
Instrument = sitar, surbahar
Genre = Indian classical music
Occupation = Musician
URL = nowrap| [http://www.kamalashankar-rajeevjanardan.com/ kamalashankar-rajeevjanardan.com]

Rajeev Janardan (born 1967), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani ( Etawah) gharana (school), taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee. He is married to guitar player Kamala Shankar, with whom he performs together.

At the age of 15, Janardan won the All India Music Competition. He has also won the Prayag Sangit Samiti All-India Music Competition and the Sur Singar Samsad competition in Mumbai, and at the age of 19, he became an A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. In his playing, he strives to blend "gayaki ang" (vocal style) and "tantra ang" (instrumental style). It is characterised by accurate "meend", advanced "surlagao", fast and clear "taankari" in gat and "dirdir" and chikari variations in jhala.

Janardan also has a master's degree in psychology.

External links

* Official web site: [http://www.kamalashankar-rajeevjanardan.com www.kamalashankar-rajeevjanardan.com]


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