AZEEM AHMED ALVI WAS BORN ON 20TH AUGUST, 1986. HE BELONGS
TO THE FAMOUS DELHI
GHARANA. HE IS THE SON OF USTAD SAYYED AHMED ALVI, WHO IS AN
"A" GRADE ARTIST OF ALL INDIA RADIO AND A SITAR PLAYER. AT
FIRST, AZEEM TOOK HIS TRAINING FROM HIS FATHER AND LATER FROM MOHSIN ALI KHAN
AND YET HE IS THE DISCIPLE OF THE FAMOUS SITAR MAESTRO USTAD SHAHID PARVEZ
KHAN.
AZEEM STARTED LEARNING SITAR WHEN HE WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD. HIS FIRST
STAGE PERFORMANCE WAS IN THE TENDER AGE OF 12. HE GOT 1ST POSITION
IN SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY
MUSIC COMPETITION HELD IN GHAZIABAD
IN 2003. HE HAS BEEN AWARDED BY ROTARY CLUB OF INDIA IN 2000. HE HAS ALSO BEEN
AWARDED THE NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. HE
HAS PERFORMED IN MANY PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS LIKE HARBALLABH MUSIC FESTIVAL,INDIAN
MUSIC FESTIVAL IN JAPAN , INDIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL IN SPAIN AND FRANCE ,
KARIA FESTIVAL IN KARIA(JAPAN), NAMASTEY INDIA FESTIVAL (TOKYO), DEEPAWALI
FESTIVAL YOKOHAMA(JAPAN) ETC. AZEEM WORKED WITH A FAMOUS GUITARIST HARRI STOJKA
IN HIS UPCOMING MOVIE GYPSY SPIRIT
HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY TRAVELLED IN MANY CONTRIES LIKE JAPAN, VIETNAM,
MALAYSIA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE,SPAIN, FRANCE ,ITALY,GERMANY , AUSTRIA AND
MANY MORE…
HE HAS PERFECT SENSE OF 'SUR AND LAYA'. AZEEM IS A VERY PROMISING AND
TALENTED YOUNG SITAR PLAYER OF THE PRESENT GENERATION.