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SANGEET Mishra hails from the renowned Sarangi Gharana (school) of Benaras, India. Since his childhood he had a flair for singing and acquired a high level proficiency in vocal singing under the guidance of his guru and grand father the great maestro late Pandit Narayan Das Mishra. He had a strong inclination and talent in music, and received subsequent training and guidance under his grand father Pandit Bhagwan Das Mishra - the world renowned Sarangi maestro and his father Pandit Santosh Kumar Mishra.

SANGEET has added a new innovation and style to his Sarangi by blending a contemporary approach to this traditional instrument without forsaking its purity. He can play at ease the nuances of the very pure classical Indian form of music and also the contemporary/modern music on Sarangi. He is a versatile performer collaborating with musicians from different genres and styles all over the world and creating new musical language. His performance is well reflected in his achievements in the field of Shastriya Sangeet (Indian Classical Music).

In this short span of his life sangeet has made an endeavor to revive the ancient style of this soul-touching instrument, the Sarangi. He has acquired the 'tantakri' and 'gayaki' style of playing Sarangi from his father and practised it since his childhood. His unparallelled talent allowed his seniors and gurus to call him a child prodigy.

Performances

IN INDIA- Rotary club (Varanasi), UNICEF (Varanasi), Sanskar Bharti (Varanasi), National Scholarship Award Festival (Delhi), Sangit Natak Academy (Lucknow), Gritma (Varanasi), MInistry Of Railways (Alanson), Sangit Sedalia (Gaye), NCZCC (Allahabad), Gaga Mohotshava (Varanasi), Akhil Bharti Kalidas Sangeet Samaroh (Ujjain), Pracheen Kala Kendra (Chandigarh), Sankat Mochan Hanuman Jayanti Samaroh (Varanasi), Trivani Mahotsav (Allahabad), Khajuraho Fest,Mumbai Fest,South India tour,etc

ABROAD- India Festival (JAPAN), AUSTRALIA ,MALAYSIA,

Some sarangi accompaniments

Vocal - Pt. Channulal Mishra, Pt. Amarnath and Pashupati Nath Mishra (Mishra bandhu), Pt. L.K. Pandit , Vidushi Smt Purnima Chowdhary, , Vidushi Smt. Rita Ganguli, Ustad Raja Ali Khan , Vidushi Smt. Dr.Soma Ghosh, etc.

Tabla & Pakhawaj - Pt. Bhawani Shankar, Pt. Kishore Kumar Mishra, Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Pt Sanju sahai, Ustad Sabir Khan, Pt Ishwarlal Mishra, Pt Anindo Chatterji, Pt Shubhash Nirvana, Pt Vijay Ghate, Pt. Kumarlal MIshra, Vidushi Anuredha Pal, etc.

Dance - Vidushi Sitara Devi-ji, Pt.Jayant Kastuwar-ji, Pt.Rajendra Gangani, Vidushi Sunayana Hazarilal, Vidushi Uma Dogra, Pt. Om Prakash Mishra, Pt. Ravi Shankar & Mata Prasad Mishra, Pt. Mahhukar Anand, Smt. Vidhya Despandey, Pt Viresever Gautam, etc.

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Taro Terahara is one of the leading musicians in the thriving and highly competitive Indian classical music scene in Japan. His music comfortably spans the full range from contemplative soulful alaap (slow non-rhythmic introduction) to exciting, rhythmic jhala (fast-paced finale). He has a great command of sur (tuning) and lay (timing), with the ability to compose innovative taans and tihais on the spur of the moment, yet all of this is tempered by a beautiful humility and devotion to the mood and spirit of the raga. His music both engages the mind and touches the heart.

In 1992 he became a student of Mr. Hiroshi Nakagawa (long-time disciple of Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia) and the following year quit graduate school to devote himself entirely to the practice of Indian classical music. He soon went to India for the first time to take lessons from Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. From 1997 he began studies under Mr. Amit Roy (disciple of Pt. Nikhil Banerjee), who is generally seen as the father-figure of Indian classical music in Japan, who has guided and refined Terahara’s musical talents to the point where he has now recorded 2 CDs with tabla accompaniment by none other than the great maestro of tabla, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee: Air (2005) and Mist (2006).

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Shen Flindell's tabla playing is noted for his clear sound, comfortable rhythmic sense, intuitive accompaniment, wide repertoire, adept bayan (bass) and a feeling of sincere devotion to Guru, Saraswati, Music and Tabla, thanks to many blessings from his Guru-ji, Pt. Ashutosh Bhattacharya . Now an established performer in the Indian classical music circles of Australia and Japan, he has also had successful concerts in India, most notably in the annual Ashu-Babu Memorial Concert in honour of his late Guru-ji, already becoming a major event in the Varanasi musical calendar featuring such great artists as Padma Bhushan Debu Chaudhuri and Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan.

Shen has performed with leading Indian classical artists in India, Japan and Australia, including Smt. Raka Mukherjee, Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan, Pinaki Bose, Smt. Gauri Pathare and vocal-sitar duo Debapriya-Samanwaya. Within the field of Indian classical music, he is not only capable in the 4 fields of vocal accompaniment, instrumental accompaniment, Kathak dance accompaniment and tabla solo, but has also given successful accompaniment in Carnatic vocal, Odissi and Bharat Natyam dance performances. Outside the Indian classical sphere Shen is developing a unique style of fusion tabla accompaniment with heavy emphasis on bayan tuning and harmony, as exemplified in his most recent world music group Tibet2Timbuk2, with Tibetan singer Tenzin Choegyal.

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