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She has performed internationally and follows the Gayaki Ang technique of reproducing the human voice on the violin. She passed on the tradition to her daughters Ragini Shankar and Nandini Shankar. Their family includes her husband Shankar Devraj and son-in-law Mahesh Raghvan.
Performing career
Shankar started accompanying her mother at the age of 13, and gave her debut solo performance when she was 16. She plays the 'Gayaki Ang', a style often referred to as the 'Singing Violin,' which aims to convey the emotions of a human voice from the violin.[1]
Entrepreneurship and Other Projects
In 1999, Shankar worked on ‘Swar Sadhana’ – a TV Series – to educate the masses about Indian Music. This series was created to increase awareness and reach of Indian classical music. 'Swar Sadhana' utilized an experimental story format and featured various prominent celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Javed Akhtar, Zakir Hussain, Birju Maharaj, Jagjit Singh, Naushad, Amol Palekar, Pankaj Udhas, Yukta Mookhey, Kanak Rele, Suresh Wadkar, N. Rajam, Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan, Annu Kapoor, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, and many others.[2] This educational series is currently available on YouTube as 'Knowledge Series'.[3] Twenty years later, between 2020 and 2021, Shankar would work on another educational series that would be available on YouTube. Dubbed '22 Shrutis Simplified,' it aims to help learners understand and apply the knowledge of the 22 shrutis.[4]
In 2015, Shankar founded School of Music in Whistling Woods International with Subhash Ghai, which she would head until 2021. She remains a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Institution.[5] Since 2014, she also teaches violin at the Rajam School of Violin, a virtual school for learning the coveted ‘Gayaki Ang’ from the family of N.Rajam.[citation needed]
Since 2022, Shankar has been providing educational courses for media professionals and music students on music production.[6] She is the founder and director of a music company, Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd., which consists of a storehouse of classical music and other products.
Awards
Sangeeta Shankar received the Sangeet Natak Academy award in 2021 from the President of India[7][8] for her work in music education. Her workshops, seminars, and educational videos have opened Indian classical music and culture to different sectors - the masses, children, young music directors, media professionals, music students & musicians.
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