Nandini Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion. She is the daughter of

Sangeeta Shankar Dr. Sangeeta Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music. Early life Sangeeta Shankar, was born in Banaras in a musical family to N. Rajam and T. S. Subramaniyan. Sangeeta started her training at a very early age in ...

and granddaughter of

N. Rajam N. Rajam (born 1938) is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music. She remained professor of Music at Banaras Hindu University, eventually became head of the department and the dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Uni ...

Early life

Shankar started her training when she was 3 years old and gave her first public performance at 8. She gave her first full-fledged solo performance at the age of 13 years. She plays violin in the ''Gayaki Ang''.

Personal life

Nandini Shanker is grand daughter of Indian violinist Padma Bhushan

and her mother Dr Sangeeta Shanker is also highly acclaimed violinist. Nandini married the renowned Carnatic music fusion artist, Mahesh Raghvan on 9 May 2021.

Education

Nandini Shankar excelled in academics. She completed her

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in commerce, and is a qualified Indian Chartered Accountant (ICAI). She completed her M.A. in Music.

Performing career

Shankar performed at

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in 2016. Countries in which she has performed include the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland , the

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, France,

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, Belgium,

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, Hungary, the UAE, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore. She has performed at festivals including the

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, Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Yaksha (festival),

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, Aarohi for Pancham Nishad, ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan, MERU in Netherlands, Jaya Smriti organised by

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, Temple of Fine Arts, Bhilwara Sur Sangam, The Association of Performing Arts of India,

T. N. Krishnan Trippunithura Narayana Krishnan (6 October 19282 November 2020) was an Indian Carnatic music violinist. Along with Lalgudi Jayaraman and M. S. Gopalakrishnan he was considered part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic music. He was awarded the Mad ...

Foundation, Delhi International Arts Festival, Bengal Music Foundation, and

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. She has been telecast in

Idea Jalsa Idea Jalsa is a music reality series on Indian classical music aired on Zee TV. It is hosted by TV anchor Durga Jasraj and Annu Kapoor. History Idea Jalsa a brainchild of Durga Jasraj and Vikram Shankar, started on 17 February 2006, inaugurated ...

and made a music video with her sister

Ragini Shankar Ragini Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion. She is the daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar and the granddaughter of the renowned Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam. Early life Shankar began her training at the ...

. She is a part of Sakhi, India's first all-girl Indian classical musical band, formed by

Kaushiki Chakraborty Kaushiki Chakraborty (born 24 October 1980) is an Indian classical vocalist and a composer She attended Sangeet Research Academy, and was one of the exponents of Patiala gharana. Her repertoire covers pure classical, ''Khyals, Dadras, Thumr ...

. She is also a part of 'inStrings', a fusion band combining various genres from across the world. She resides in Mumbai.

Discography

Awards and honours

Sangeetendu Pandit

Lalmani Misra Lalmani Misra (11 August 1924 – 17 July 1979) was an Indian classical musician. Initiation into music Lalmani learnt ''Dhruvapada (Dhrupad) Dhamar'' in the tradition of Shankar Bhatt and Munshi Bhrigunath Lal. He learnt ''Khayal'' singing w ...

Kishor Adhyeta Award, 2007
Jaya Smriti presented by Hema Malini, 2012
Jashn-e-Youngistan presented by the Vice-President of India, enkaiah Naidu 2018

References

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1993 births Living people 21st-century violinists