Abhisek Lahiri

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Abhisek Lahiri
Abhishek Lahiri Sarod.jpg
Born1983
Howrah, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Years active1994 - present
SpouseSomdatta Chatterjee (m. 2017)
Parents
  • Pt. Alok Lahiri (father)
  • Kajal Lahiri (mother)
AwardsPresident Award, GiMA nominations, Anun lund rej memorial award, The Telegraph School award
Website http://sarodabhisek.com/

Abhisek Lahiri (born 24 September 1983) is an Indian classical sarod player with training in the three major gharanas of sarod which are Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana, and Senia Bangash (Gwalior) from his father and guru Pt. Alok Lahiri. Primarily he belongs to the Maihar gharana.

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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". That year he gave his debut performance abroad in Holland at the "World Kinder Festival" where he was named as a 'Wonder Kid', leading to concerts through Europe, U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh, and Singapore. He performed with his father, Pandit Alok Lahiri, as the first Indians at the European Parliament in France, Cannes World Music Festival and also in Canada Culture Days in Toronto.

Abhisek formed a world music trio named IONAH with Japanese guitarist Hideaki Tsuji and Indian tabla player Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty. [1] He is also part of the EMME collective (East Meets Middle East) of Chicago, USA. [2]

In 2017, Abhisek was sent to Morocco and Cyprus as a Cultural Delegate of India by the ICCR, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India. [3] Abhisek's music albums "Sparkling Sarod" received a nomination at GiMA (Global Indian Music Academy 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

Major Performances (International)

Major Performances in India

• Saath-Saath Festival in Mumbai, organized by legendary Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia • 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 • 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 • 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 • Dr Arun Kumar Sen Smriti Samaroh in Raipur

Album

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