Vandana Vishwas (born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian singer, musician, and composer and architect of Indian descent. She performs North Indian classical music based expressive song forms such as
Ghazals,
Bhajans,
Geet Geet may refer to:
Media
* geet (song), a traditional Hindi or Urdu song
* ''Geet'' (1944 film)
* ''Geet'' (1970 film), a Bollywood film directed by Ramanand Sagar
* ''Geet'' (1992 film), a Bollywood film directed by Parto Ghosh
* ''Geet'' (TV ...
and
Thumri
Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dr ...
. She is a resident of
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Career
Vandana released her debut music album 'Meera – The Lover...' in 2009. It is a musical story of the sixteenth century Indian poet
Meera Bai
Meera, better known as Mirabai and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition.
Mirabai was born into a Rathore ...
. In January 2013, she released her second music album 'Monologues', which is a collection of contemporary
Ghazals,
Nazm
''Nazm'' () is a major part of Urdu and Sindhi poetry that is normally written in rhymed verse and also in modern prose-style poems. is a significant genre of Urdu and Sindhi poetry; the other one is known as ''ghazal'' ().
is significantly ...
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Thumri
Thumri () is a vocal genre or style of Indian music. The term "thumri" is derived from the Hindi verb ''thumuknaa'', which means "to walk with a dancing gait in such a way that the ankle-bells tinkle." The form is, thus, connected with dance, dr ...
s. Her single, 'Samarsiddha' is the theme track for identically titled Hindi novel authored by a UK based novelist Sandeep Nayyar, which was released in July 2014. Vandana released her third music album 'Parallels' in 2016 which topped RMR charts for 4 weeks consecutively. It is a collaboration of south Asian music with several western and ethnic music genres such as Flamenco, African, Rock, Country, Ballad, New Age.
Discography
Awards
Silver medal at Global Music Awards 2016in World Music and Female vocalist categories
in World Music category
by Indo Canadian Arts & Culture Initiative
*[http://www.mississaugaartscouncil.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171:2012-marty-award-winners-announced&catid=1:latest Established Performing Arts at Mississauga Arts Council's Marty Awards 2012]
Honourable mentions
*17th International Billboard Song Contest 2010
*Esongwriter.com song Contest]
Nominations
*TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2010, 2014 & 2015 – Best World Music
*World Artist of the Year at The Indies, the Independent Music Awards 2010
*K.M. Hunter artist Award for Music 2010 by Ontario Arts Council, Canada
*2010 & 2011 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada
*7th TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2014 – Best World Music
References
External links
Official WebsiteArticle in Toronto StarArticle in Weekly VoiceArticle in All About JazzArticle in India Current
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Living people
1970 births
Singers from Lucknow
Musicians from Lucknow
Indian emigrants to Canada
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Musicians from Mississauga
Canadian women composers
Canadian classical musicians
Canadian musicians of Indian descent
Expatriate musicians in India
Canadian expatriates in India
21st-century Canadian singers
21st-century Canadian women singers
21st-century Canadian women musicians