Pandit Sudhir (born 17 February 1974) is an Indian

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in 19th-century India. Khusrau K ...

player of

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. He is known for the vocalistic phrasing of his raga improvisations. He has learnt sitar from the Imdadkhani Gharana, popularly known as the

Etawah Gharana The Etawah gharana is a North Indian school of sitar and surbahar music and named after a small town close to Agra where Imdad Khan (1848–1920) lived. It is also known as Imdadkhani gharana in the honour of its founder, Imdad Khan. Imdad K ...

. He is the son of Sampat Lal, a tabla player of Central India. His grandfather, Badri Prasad, was the court musician of the former principality of Raigarh state, situated in the modern state of Chhattisgarh.

Early life

Born in Nagpur, India, he started learning classical singing from his father Sampat Lal and then at the age of seven started learning vocal and sitar from his uncle Jagdish Prasad. At the age of 14 he started talim (learning/training) in the traditional way under the guidance of

Bimalendu Mukherjee Bimalendu Mukherjee (2 January 1925 - 22 January 2010) was an Hindustani classical music, Indian classical sitar player and music teacher. Mukherjee is a learned and eclectic musician – although he was an Imdadkhani sitar student of Enayat Kh ...

as his Guru.

Performing career and achievements

Sudhir has been awarded B High Certificate by

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and has been em-paneled by the

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. He is gold medalist Sangeet Visharad from Gandharva Mahamandal. He also received national titles at Khel Yuva Utsav at Pune and Jamshedpur. He has performed at many major musical festivals and prestigious stages in

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

and

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. He has also performed at the prestigious Chakradhar Samaroh at Raighar in the year 2011.This Year Program
raigarh.gov. Retrieved 26 December 2011.

References

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