Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (* 1952 in Jaipur , Rajasthan ) is an Indian guitarist and interpreter of North Indian classical music .
Life
Bhatt comes from a family of musicians and was a student of Ravi Shankar . Since 1970 he has performed in India. He also accompanied his teacher Ravi Shankar on tours. Since the 1990s he has appeared as a soloist in the USA, together with the tabla player Sukhvinder Singh Namdhari . In addition to classical Indian music, Bhatt also plays in fusion projects with western musicians. In 1994 he and Ry Cooder won the Grammy Award for their CD A Meeting by the River as best world music album . Other musicians he performed with were Taj Mahal , Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas. In 2002 he received the Padma Shri award from the Indian state .
instrument
His instrument is a modified slide guitar , which he calls mohan vina , after the Indian stringed instrument group vina . It has three melody and four drone strings as well as twelve sympathetic strings that run over their own bridge . The structure is reminiscent of a sitar . Bhatt plays the instrument with a wire plectrum ( mizrab ) like the sitar player and uses a steel bar, as is also used in the south Indian gottuvadyam and the north Indian vichitra vina . This enables him to create the glissandi and nuances that are important in Indian music .
Discography (selection)
- 1992: Guitar A La Hindustan
- 1992: Saradamani
- 1993: Gathering Rain Clouds
- 1993: A Meeting by the River
- 1995: Bourbon & Rosewater
- 1995: Mumtaz Mahal
- 1996: Saltanah
- 1996: Tabula Rasā
- 1996: Sounds of Strings
- 2008: Mohan's Veena
- 2010: Desert Slide
- 2010: Mohan's Veena II
- 2011: Groove Caravan
Web links
- Sound carrier by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Home Page
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bhatt, Vishwa Mohan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian guitarist and interpreter of Indian classical music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jaipur , Rajasthan |