PERFORMANCES:
Debut solo performance
as a Carnatic vocalist at the age of 9
years at Eashwara Mangalam Mahaganapathy Temple
Performed and been a part of innumerable recordings on “All India Radio” and “Doordarshan”
on both Regional and National programmes.
Composer,music arranger and vocalist for many a Studio Recordings for Dance Ballets in different styles of
Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam, Kuchipudi and Kathakali dance forms.
Been an integral part
of the music ensemble as a lead vocalist
for innumerable dance performances, shows and “Arangetrams”
with renowned Dance schools in Mumbai,Pune,Surat,Satar,Chennai,New delhi,Kolkatta,Baroda,Nagpur ,Nasik, Bengaluru,most of Kerala and many other cities in India. New
York, Houston and other cities in the United States of America. Amsterdam, Switzerland,
Norway, Italy, France andGermany to name a few places abroad from the
year 1987
till date.
Accompanied legendary Gurus such as Shri Kelucharan
Mahopatra,Kalaimamani
Kadirvelu Pillai, Guru Ramaswamy Bhagavatar Smt Chitra Vishveshwaran,Shri Vempatti Chinnasatyam,
Kottakkal Nandakumar,
Padmabhushan Smt Darshana Zhaveri,
Guru Raji Narayan,
Guru Smt Raghu,Dr. Sandhya Purecha, Smt. Mandakini
Trivedi, Shri Deepak Mazumdar,Smt Kousalya Reddy.Shri Jayarama Rao and many other artistes and
performers.
Performed and continue
to as a lead Vocalist in various bands that create Fusion Music and
perform live jugalbandis with other genres of music for eg. Hindustani \ vocal and instrumental
(Following are a couple
of the links on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opPvCPI-raw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GobBH3Z_lPQ
Performed and continue
to be an Independent artist of Carnatic
vocal music.
The following are a couple of links on
youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGiWZ5aq0fU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOEe03mr_5s
Performed as an
accompanying artist for Dancers of: Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and
Kathakali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExMxs9ClthU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbXTrs0rfg.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awS4Q_UPraI
WORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Founder/Director of “Shrutilaya Fine Arts “, Vashi under
auspices of which conduct festivals of Dance and Music to
Preserve, promote and propagate India’s diverse and rich Cultural Heritage. To extend
a platform for upcoming budding artistes of Dance and Music, both Vocal and
instrumental.
Presently also Conducting
customized workshops in “Music Therapy” to release Stress and regain Mental and Physical
well-being on request for Corporate Companies, MNC’s and Government organizations for people
in high stress jobs.
Independently composed
and set music for adaptations from great literary works;
Kalidas’
“Shakuntalam”
Dasopant
Margam
”Ganga”
”Ardhanari”
”Gandhi”
”Vitthalagaatha”
“Satyavaan and Saavitri”
“KATHA”-depicting the story of Gandhari
and Kaikeyi,
“Mandodari-Seeta”,
“Stree”
and many other for Mohiniattam and Bharatanatyam
styles.
Have been a faculty of
Bharata College of Fine Arts & Research Centre, Dadar, Mumbai
Conduct personal
classes for beginners/amateurs and professional singers.
Invited to judge various music competitions, at
school and college level.
Invited as Examiner for examinations conducted in
Music for Carnatic Vocal.