Adithya Srinivasan is an Indian singer. He is best known for his award winning

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, and international singles in classical,

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, and

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music genres. His notable performances include sharing stage space with Hariharan and opening for Ghulam Ali.

Music career

Adithya's tribute to 6 ghazals originally rendered by

Mehdi Hassan Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...

Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian cl ...

, Hariharan, Ghulam Ali and

Pankaj Udhas Pankaj Udhas (born 17 May 1951) is an Indian ghazal and playback singer. He started his career with a release of a ghazal album titled ''Aahat'' in 1980 and subsequently recorded many hits like ''Mukarar'' in 1981, ''Tarrannum'' in 1982, ''Mehf ...

won him the Singer of the Year Silver Award from Swar Switzerland. Adithya's first international single, Gham-e-Duniya, written by the

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poet

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, featuring a

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finalist, earned a 5-star rating on

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iTunes, and went viral on

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. In 2014, Adithya featured

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nominated pianist Jonathan Wesley and flautist Parth Chandiramani for Tu Hi Dilruba, landing a consideration in the 57th

Awards ballot, and a Silver Award in the

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VIMA Music Awards. Adithya collaborated with

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based composer Sonaljit and Hollywood screen & stage actress Yanna Fabian for Devanke in 2015, landing a consideration in the 58th

Awards ballot, a nomination in the 3rd Radio City Freedom Awards, and a Judge's Special Award in the

VIMA Music Awards. In 2017, Adithya released Aarzu, an all acoustic ghazal written by

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. The single featured musicians from across

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, and was mastered by

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winning engineer at the Abbey Road Studios,

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. Adithya was featured on

winning composer

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's single 900 Voices. In 2020, Adithya's music also served as the main theme song in

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's film Loneliness, based on an account of the prevalent national

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during the

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Corporate career

Adithya studied

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and

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at the

Singapore Management University The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. The university is the only city campus in Singapore. It ranks third in Asia as a specialist university, behind Hong Kong University of Science and Techn ...

. He has worked in

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and

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. He is also a co-founder of The Red Magnet Ventures.

Discography

*2011: ''Ghazal Ka Mausam – A Tribute to the Legends'' *2012: ''Kaash Aisa Koi Manzur Hota'' *2013: ''Gham e Duniya'' *2014: ''Tu Hi Dilruba'' *2015: ''Devanke'' *2016: ''Signature'' *2017: ''Aarzu'' *2023: ''Untitled Ghazal''

Awards

References

External links

Official Website
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