Ragini Shankar | |
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 Ragini Shankar performing at Theatre de la Ville, Paris [2] | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Varanasi, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music, fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist |
| Instrument(s) | Violin |
| Website | www |
Ragini Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion. She is the grand-daughter of the renowned Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam. [3] and the daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar [4]
She began her training at the age of 4 and gave her first public performance as an 11-year-old. [5] She plays violin in the Gayaki Ang, a revolutionary technique to reproduce vocal music on the violin.
Shankar excelled in her education in mechanical engineering and also holds a master's degree in music. [6]
She has performed in various prestigious festivals like the Europalia, [7] MERU, Netherlands, [8] [9] Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, [10] Dover Lane Music Conference, [11] Saptak Festival of Music, [12] Theatre de la Ville, Paris, [13] Theatre de l'Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland, [14] MilapFest, [15] Yaksha (festival), [16] Aarohi for Pancham Nishad, [17] Jaya Smriti organised by Hema Malini, [18] Temple of Fine Arts, [19] Bengal Music Foundation. [20]
She has performed in several countries abroad; the USA, [21] Canada, [22] UK, [23] Netherlands, [8] Switzerland, [24] Germany, France, [25] Belgium, [26] Hungary, Singapore, [27] Malaysia and Dubai. [28] Ragini gives lecture demonstrations and conducts workshops on a regular basis during her travels.
She is known for her collaborations with various artists in diverse genres. Ragini and her sister Nandini Shankar have been signed by Decca Records US, a part of Universal Music Group for a full-length music album for their musical ensemble ‘Taraana’. [29] [30] She is a part of the renowned Bollywood lyricist Irshad Kamil’s The Ink Band, a series of poetry interwoven with music. [31] [32] She is also a part of an Indo-French musical project called Sangata, formed by the noted French composer Thierry Pecou [33] and was covered in an article in Le Monde . [34] Her recent collaborations include inStrings, an innovative fusion band, giving a new sound to popular Indian tunes. [35]
Ragini is a recipient of the distinguished Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award [36] and the Jashn-e-Youngistan [37] [38] Award presented by the Vice President of India. She was a faculty at Whistling Woods International School of Music in Mumbai for 6 years and currently teaches at the Rajam School of Violin. [39] She has appeared on the platform of Talks at Google [40] and Tedx [41] for her talks on Indian music.
She resides in Mumbai.
Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award,presented by Rajashree Birla, 2019 [42]
Jashn-e-Youngistan presented by the Vice-President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, 2018 [43] [44]
Jaya Smriti presented by film actress and dancer, Hema Malini, 2012
| Month/Year of Release | Name | Genre | Artist(s) | Type | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Indian Rivers | Indian Fusion | Ragini Shankar, Nandini Shankar | Single (Album:Taraana) | Decca Records US, Universal Music Group |
| February 2023 | The Land of Spice | Indian Fusion | Ragini Shankar, Nandini Shankar | Single (Album:Taraana) | Decca Records US, Universal Music Group |
| October 2021 | Vaishnava Jana To | Indian Semi-Classical | Ragini Shankar | Single | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| January 2021 | Vibe | Indian Fusion | Ragini Shankar | Single | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| July 2020 | Longing | Indian Fusion | Ragini Shankar | Single | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| March 2020 | Neelambari Live | Indian Fusion | Sandeep Narayan, Ragini Shankar | Album | Sounds of Isha |
| January 2020 | Vande Maataram | Indian Semi-Classical | Sangeeta Shankar, Ragini Shankar, Nandini Shankar | Single | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| May 2019 | Wings in the Sky | Indian Fusion | Ragini Shankar | Single | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| October 2019 | Devi Bhajan in Raga Rageshri | Indian Semi-Classical | Ragini Shankar, Ojas Adhiya | Album | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| September 2019 | Raga of the Rain | Indian Classical | Ragini Shankar, Ojas Adhiya | Album | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
| April 2014 | Asha | Indian Classical | Ragini Shankar, Mukundraj Deo | Album | Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd. |
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