Abhisek Lahiri

Abhisek Lahiri -Sarod
Native name	অভিষেক লাহিড়ী
Born	1983 Howrah, West Bengal, India
Residence	Howrah , West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Years active	21 years
Known for	Indian Classical Music on [Sarod]
Style	Indian Classical Music
Religion	Hindu
Parents	Pandit Alok Lahiri (father) Smt Kajal Lahiri (mother)
Awards	President Award
Website	http://sarodabhisek.com/

Abhisek Lahiri (Bengali: অভিষেক লাহিড়ি) (born 24 September 1983) is an Indian classical sarod player and the son of Pandit Alok Lahiri. He is from a well known musical family of Kolkata/Howrah. Abhisek is trained in Hindustani classical music on Sarod of the three major gharanas of Sarod which are Shahajahanpur, Maihar gharana and Senia Bangash (Gwalior) by father and guru Pandit Alok Lahiri. Abhisek Lahiri, one of the youngest President Award Winning "A" grade sarod artist of Prasar Bharati and Doordarshan.

Early life

Abhisek started performing in public at an early age of 11 years though he got his first break in national level in 1997 when he was invited by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to play at "Saath Saath Festival" and that year he also gave his debut performance abroad in the Netherlands at the "World Kinder Festival" where he was named as an 'Wonder Kid'. That was just the commencement of an outstanding prodigy's lifelong commitment towards music which later laid to extensive concerts through Europe, U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh apart from India. He with his father Pandit Alok Lahiri possesses the dignity of performing as the first Indians 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 along with the legends of our country such as Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Rashid Khan and many more.

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

Performances

* Saath-Saath Festival in Mumbai, organized by legendary Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia
* Indian Classical Music: An Evening of Sarod, Tabla, and Classical Guitar ^[4]
* Sarod Sandhya: Indian Classical Sarod Concert San Francisco ^[5]
* RIMPA Festival (Ravi Shankar Institute) in New Delhi
* All India Radio Music Festival in Shimla
* Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata
* Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar ^[6]
* Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Golpark (Kolkata)
* Sangeet Natak Academy Sangeet Pratibha Festival in Gwalior
* National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA) - Mumbai
* Biswa Banga Sammelan on behalf of Govt. of West Bengal
* Basanta Utsav in Jorasanko Thakurbari - Kolkata
* Saptak Music Festival - Nasik
* West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Concert - Kolkata ^[7]
* India Habitat Centre in New Delhi
* Jnana Pravaha Music Festival, presented by Sangeet Ashram, Kolkata
* Arohi Music Festival- Mumbai
* Isha Yaksha Festival in Coimbatore
* Anirban Sangeet Sammelan - Kolkata
* Saltlake City Music Festival - Kolkata
* Ballygunj Maitreyi Music Circle - Kolkata
* Paramparik Music Festival - Kolkata
* Sangeet Piyasi - Kolkata
* Swaramayee Gurukul - Pune
* Bhairav Kalyan Utsav’05 & Smriti Utsav’ 09 in Mumbai
* Kalibari Music Festival - Lucknow
* Music Festival in Assam & Tripura
* Culturall Music Conference in Allahabad
* Sangit Parishad Kashi in Varanashi
* Ustad Rahimat Khan Sangeet Samaroh in Dharwad
* Ustad Rajjab Ali Khan Sangeet in Dewas
* Darbar Music Festival, London
* Sacred Music Festival, Strasbourg - France
* Europe Parliament - France
* Canada Cultre Days, Hamilton - Canada
* World Music Day Festival - Cannes
* Theatre de la Ville- Paris ^[8]
* Tropen Theatre - Amsterdam
* Musee Guimet- Paris
* India Night Festival, Stuttgart - Germany
* FIMU Festival- Belfort
* Raag-Mala Music Society- Edmonton and Calgary
* Virasat Foundation- Surrey
* TSS Multicultural Festival, Toronto

Album

* Sparkling Sarod
* Mood Of Puriya Kalyan

References

External links

• Official website