Abhijit Pohankar

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Abhijit Pohankar
Born(1975-06-29)29 June 1975
Origin Mumbai, India
GenresIndian classical/fusion/world music
OccupationClassical instrumentalist/music producer

Abhijit Pohankar (born 29 June 1975, in Mumbai) is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He plays classical music on the keyboard. [1]

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Early life

Abhijit was born to Indian classical vocalist Ajay Pohankar. He is the grandson of Susheela Pohankar of the Kirana Gharana. He learned for some time with santoor player Shivkumar Sharma [ citation needed ].

Career

After playing classical music on a keyboard, he started venturing into world music and fusion music. His biggest album was Piya Bawari with his father Ajay Pohankar, and in that album he experimented with classical music fused with lounge music. His latest project/band is called Panch Tatva and also Urban Sufis where he experiments with Sufi Music and electronica.

He has done collaborative concerts with artists including Ajay Pohankar, Ghulam Ali (Pakistan), Hariharan, Rajan-Sajan Mishra, Anup Jalota, Pankaj Udhas, Vishwamohan Bhatt, and Sonal Mansingh. He has also composed the title track of the 2003 film Boom, by Kaizad Gusted and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Bo-Derek. His final tracks, Thumri Funk and Masters of Fusion: A Definitive Collection, were released with EMI in 2012.

Discography

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "CITIES". Archived from the original on 23 August 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Awards won by Abhijit Pohankar". 21 November 2018.
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