Anupam Shobhakar is a highly talented and award winning musician....

About Anupam
Anupam Shobhakar is a highly talented and award winning musician with an extensive experience in performing for live audiences in concert halls and theaters all over the world featuring classical and world fusion performances. Apart from being nominated for the first round of Grammies this year, Anupam has also been a member of the Pangean orchestra comprising of 50 Arizona's most diverse musicians.

He gained remarkable knowledge from a very young age and demonstrated proficiency in playing musical pieces in a historically accurate manner. Having a very high degree of self motivation, Anupam can express musical ideas profoundly because of which he has been able to collaborate from various musicians around the world, noteably Italy, France and the United States where he currently resides.

Background
Anupam hails form the Maihar gharana and he has studied under the keen guidance of Ustaad Aashish Khan(son of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan and grandson of the legendary Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan, who is acknowledged as the greatest figure in North Indian music of the 20th century). Anupam also learnt from stalwarts such as Ma Annapurna Devi and Pandit Satish Vyaas before starting out on his own mystical journey of music, experimentation and performance.

Anupam has always believed in the power of 'tayaari' which means a perpetual preparedness for new musical ideas. This comes from his extensive 'riyaaz' which is basically practicing the instrument on a daily basis without fail.

Musical Aptitude
Anupam has a profound first hand knowledge when it comes to composing, arranging, recording and finally mastering. He has an unparalleled capacity when it comes to putting 2 completely diverse musical idea into one composition while retaining the strongest elements of harmony, melody and rythm. It probably stems out of his prodigous aptitude for the technical side as well as the artistic side of music. He is capable of not only understanding the complex rythm timings but is also capable of explaining these to anyone from a layman to a session's musician whom he is recording with.

Anupam Shobhakar, is a professional sarod player

Anupam Shobhakar, is a professional sarod player. Anupam was born, in the east Indian state of Calcutta, but he was raised in India's financial capital city of Bombay, where he continues to reside. Though Anupam's parents are not musicians, Anupam's grandfather, Shri Bhavani Shankar Shovakar, was an accomplished sarodist trained in India's classical tradition by Jitendranath Banerjee, father of the legendary sarodist Nikhil Banerjee. Anupam has been practicing his craft since the tender age of 8, and he currently studies under renowned sarod guru Ustad Aashish Khan.

Anupam has recorded two albums of his own compositions; "Mysterious Awakening," (HMV 2004) and "Wine of the Mystic" (Times Music 2006). "Dream Theory," was released in 2008 by Times Music.

Anupam has toured internationally, at major music festivals such as Canada's Vancouver Folk Festival, MTV's Independence Rock Festival, in India, Oman's Muscat Festival, and Italy's Roma Rock. Anupam has also dedicated his talents to charitable events such as YWCA India's Concert for Peace, raising money for the survivors of the Gujarat earthquake.

Anupam has also collaborated with several musicians from all over the globe, including Alessandro Gandola, Ivan Tucakov, Gordon Gridna, and Healther Schmid to name a few.
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