Rajeev Janardan (born 1967), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani gharana (school), taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee. He is married to guitar player Kamala Shankar, with whom he performs. They live in New Delhi.
Jaranadan comes from Kerala, and started to learn the guitar at the age of 12 when living in Benares. He trained as a singer before switching to the sitar, studying with Mukherjee.
At the age of 15, Janardan won the All I...
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Rajeev Janardan (born 1967), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani gharana (school), taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee. He is married to guitar player Kamala Shankar, with whom he performs. They live in New Delhi.
Jaranadan comes from Kerala, and started to learn the guitar at the age of 12 when living in Benares. He trained as a singer before switching to the sitar, studying with Mukherjee.
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.
Following on from good reviews for a performance at the India International Centre in 1996, he has performed extensively both within India and overseas, including Switzerland in 2008. In his playing, he strives to blend gayaki ang (vocal style) and tantra ang (instrumental style). It is characterised by accurate meend,...
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