Kavish Seth

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Kavish Seth [1] [2]
Born (1992-01-29) 29 January 1992 (age 32)
Genres Indian classical music, Independent music [3]
Occupation(s)Poet, singer, songwriter & inventor
Instrument(s)Noori [4]
Years active2014–present
Website kavishseth.com

Kavish Seth is an Indian poet, singer, songwriter [5] and an inventor. [6] [7] [8] Kavish has created his own musical instrument called Noori. [9] Noori consists of 18 strings and is shaped like a guitar, but with a wooden frame covered in goatskin to produce percussive sound like a Djembe. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Kavish released his first music video "Hindi Bole" in June 2023. [15]

He was recently awarded as the Most Talented Upcoming Musician by Piyush Goyal, and Devendra Fadnavis in the NavBharat Times award ceremony.  

Personal life

Kavish graduated from IIT Bombay in 2015. He has conceptualized Zubaan, a music project that aims to create platforms for collaboration between independent music artists from different corners of India. Chapters have started in Odisha, Varanasi, Deoria, Kausani, Khetri, Nagpur/ Wardha/ Gadchiroli, Mumbai, Kolkata where around 30 artists have been collaborating and performing all across the mainland. [16] [17] [5] [18]

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