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Nachiketa Sharma (Sanskrit:नचिकेता, IAST: Naciketā) is a gifted and accomplished Hindustani Classical vocalist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Background
Hailing from Dharwad, Karnataka, Shri Nachiketa Sharma was initiated into Hindustani classical vocal music by his parents at the age of 12. His formal study began in Madras under Shri B. N. Simha and later under Shri B. Hanumantachar. His rigorous and extended pedagogy came under the virtuoso, late Padmabhushan Pandit Basavraj Rajguru. Nachiketa Sharma has extensively performed in cities across India and the United States. He runs the Rajguru Sangeet Vidyaniketan school of music in Cupertino, California, a school for both adults and kids, bridging the gap between non-resident Indians and Indian culture and music. Nachiketa Sharma is also a senior teacher at the Sangeetaanjali College of Music.
A day in the Vidyaniketan begins with students coming in and first paying obeisance to the goddess of learning and music, Saraswati in a traditional manner before they begin their lessons. A thorough teacher, Nachiketa does not start with just a song or bandish in a particular raga. He describes the raga that the students will learn with notations, exercises and detailed information like chalan, pakad, samay, similar ragas, and tops it with a discussion of each and every word of the bandish, what they mean, highlighting the literary interpretation of the bandish, the mood, the aesthetics, and its historical or mythological significance. There is also a discussion of the tala (music) and the tabla bols for that particular tala, important information for students to be able to synchronize beats with their singing. So, the student's learning here is manifold and not restricted to just music. It is an amalgamation of the language and literature that accompanies the music he teaches.
Discography
- Samarpan (May 2002)
- Hindustani Vocal (May 2000)
- Dasa compositions in Kannada - Rama nama payasa (May 2002)
- Vachanas in Kannada - Neenolidare (May 2002)
- A two-CD Hindustani album titled Guru Naman consisting of nine raagas (May 2007)
- Sumiran Karle comprising of seven Hindi bhajans, of which three are composed by Nachiketa himself. (May 2007)
For details, go to the Ganapriya website.
Nachiketa Sharma is a regular on local Bay Area TV introducing and demonstrating Hindustani Classical music to viewers. Some of his complete program recordings of demonstrating and performing different raagas and raaga-based bhajans on CALAA's Mood India TV program are located here.
(Alternatively you can see it here)
Audio samples of his live concerts are posted on the Dheemtana website under Artists > Bay Area Gurus > Nachiketa Sharma.
See some clips of live performances of Nachiketa Sharma on YouTube:
- Nachiketa's lecture-demonstration on raaga Yaman
- Charandas Bhajan
- Mata Saraswati Sharada
- Durge Maharani
- Private Concert at Bengaluru, India
See also
External links
- Musical Nirvana --includes some introductory material, raga descriptions, artist biographies and discographies, and a glossary; information on both Hindustani and Carnatic music.
- ITC Sangeet Research Academy --scholarly organization devoted to the promotion of Hindustani classical music; includes information on artists past and present, Hindustani sangeet (theory), and current events in the Indian classical world.
- Rajan Parrikar on Ragas --Theory of Hindustani classical music; beautiful descriptions of the subtle nuances of many different ragas; includes numerous samples and clips of famous vocalists past and present (including Nachiketa Sharma), for every raga.
- Hindi Film Songs Based on Ragas project
- Swar Ganga: Indian Classical Music