Abhisek Lahiri

Abhisek Lahiri (Bengali: অভিষেক লাহিড়ি) (born 24 September 1983) is an Indian classical sarod player with training in the three major gharanas of sarod which are Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana and Senia Bangash (Gwalior) from his father and guru Alok Lahiri.

Early life

He and his father performed at the Europe Parliament in France, Cannes World Music Festival and also in Canada Culture Days in Toronto. Abhisek has created an amalgamation with the Japanese Guitarist Hideaki Tsuji and his group Ionah which represents world music and has got worldwide recognition.^[1] Abhisek's music albums "Sparkling Sarod" got nomination at GIMA (Global Indian Music Awards) in 2010 and in 2014 again his album "Mood Of Puriya Kalyan" got nominated.

Awards and recognition

* Nominated twice for Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) as best Hindustani Classical Album- Instrumental, alongside legends of music world:^[2]
* Anun Lund Rej Memorial Award from the Norwegian Consulate
* Certificate of Appreciation from Rotary International Club & Lions Club- Toronto
* The Telegraph School Award as an outstanding talent in Eastern Classical Music, presented by Chief Minister of West Bengal
* President Award in Sarod through All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition
* Rashtriya Gaurav Award from New Delhi
* Ustad Afzallur Rahman Memorial Award from Brahmanberia, Bangladesh
* Empaneled member Artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi^[3]
* Sangeet Ratnakar & Sangeet Visharad from Sabrbharatiya Sangeet o Sanskriti Parishad
* Jadubhatta Purashkar from Salt Lake Cultural Association
* National Scholarship for outstanding performance in Sarod, from the Ministry of Human Resources & Development and Tourism & Culture, Govt of India- New Delhi

Album

* Sparkling Sarod
* Mood of Puriya Kalyan

References

External links

• Official website