Abhijit Pohankar (born 29 June 1975, in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
) is an Indian classical instrumentalist. He plays classical music on the keyboard.
Early life
Abhijit was born to Indian classical vocalist
Ajay Pohankar
Ajay Pohankar (born 24 February 1947) is an Indian classical vocalist belonging to Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani classical music.
Background and career
Ajay Pohankar ( mr, अजय पोहणकर) was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Prades ...
. He is the grandson of Susheela Pohankar of the Kirana Gharana. He learned for some time with
santoor
The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It is ...
player
Shivkumar Sharma
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.
Career
After playing classical music on a keyboard, he started venturing into world music and fusion music. His biggest album was Piya Bawari with his father Ajay Pohankar, and in that album he experimented with classical music fused with lounge music. His latest project/band is called Panch Tatva and also Urban Sufis where he experiments with Sufi Music and electronica.
He has done collaborative concerts with artists including Ajay Pohankar, Ghulam Ali (Pakistan),
Hariharan,
Rajan-Sajan Mishra,
Anup Jalota
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,
Vishwamohan Bhatt, and Sonal Mansingh. He has also composed the title track of the 2003 film ''Boom'', by Kaizad Gusted and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Bo-Derek. His final tracks, ''Thumri Funk'' and ''Masters of Fusion: A Definitive Collection'', were released with EMI in 2012.
Discography
*''Deeper Zone'', Ninaad Music (1998)
*''Syntileting Synthesizer'', Neelam Audio (1999)
*''Dharohar'', Times Music (2000)
*''Shanti'', Times Music (2001)
*''Tranquility'', Sona Rupa (2000)
*''Ekanth'', Times Music (2001)
*''Piya Bavari'', Times Music (2002)
*''Sajanwa'', Music Today (2004)
*''Kamasutra'', Freespirit Eecords (2004)
*''Koyaliya'', Universal Music (2004)
*''Piya Bavari Again'', Times Music (2006)
*''Urban Ragas'', HMV (2007)
*''Navkaar Mantra'', HMV (2007)
*''Thumri Funk'', EMI (2012)
*''Masters of Fusion: A definitive collection'', EMI (2012)
Awards
* The Youth Icon of Music Awards from Rotary Club.
* Della Technia Award for Excellence in Music.
* Tata AV Max Award for the Best Music Album, Piya Bawri in 2002.
References
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1973 births
Hindustani instrumentalists
Living people
Musicians from Mumbai