Praveen D Rao is an Indian musician, music director and a lyricist for

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

language songs. He is based in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

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. He plays keyboard, ''

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'' and others.

Early life

He was trained by Pt. R. V. Sheshadri Gawai of Aravinda Sangeetha Vidyalaya and Tabla Maestro Pandit Ravindra Yavagal. Rao has composed music for theatre works, ballets, films, television and commercials.

Music direction

Serials

Films

Original scores for dance and physical theatre productions

Midlands Art Centre, U.K. * PRINCESS AUBERGINE (1995) Chitraleka Dance Company, U.K. * PANCHATANTRA (1994), * KAISHIKI (1995), * RAMAYANA (1996), * CONFERENCE OF BIRDS (2002) Smt. Indira Thiagarajah, London. * BIMBA PRATIBIMBA (1993) Abhinava Dance Company, Bangalore. * DATTA MAHIMA * DWADASHATMA (1994), * SPIRIT OF DANCE (1995), * MANINI (1995), * SAMARPAN SWEEKAR (1998), * SAATH SAAT (2000), * SHRINGAR RAAM (2001), * PREM SHANTHI (2002), * NIGAH (2003), * TA DHA (2004), * MUSHTI (2005), * TAD BHARATHAM (2019) Monica, Belgium. * PATANJALI YOGA SUTRA (2000), * MEERA (2003) Smt. Radha Sridhar, Bangalore. * MEGHADOOTHA (1999) Prabhath International, Bangalore. * SRINIVASA KALYANA (2000) * SHILA BAALIKA (2001), * FLUTE FANTASY (2001), * PISCEAN PASSION (2002) Prabhat Kalavidaru, Bangalore. * CINDERELLA, * KARUNAMAYA SHIVA Nadam Academy of Performing Arts. * ANTARDHWANI Rasika Dance Academy. * YATRA, * DEVANGA MAHIMA Smt. Piali Ray, U. K. * SHYAMA (1993) - Rabindranath Tagore's Musical SAMPAD YUVA, U. K. * A BREATH OF LIFE, * INEQUALITY (1993) Smt. M. P. Suma, Bangalore. * OMKAARA, * VIJAYA KALYANA, * VACHANA VYBHAVA STEM contemporary dance theatre, Bangalore * CROWS - CAWS – FACADES (1995) Gig Payne, U.K. * CONVERSATIONS - PERFORMING ABILITIES OF THE MULTIPLE DISABLED (1994) PAMPA, U.S.A. * PRAKRITI (2004) Sandesha, Mangalore. * LIFE OF JESUS (2002), * JYOTHIRGAMAYA (2003) Smt. Padmini Ravi, Bangalore. * TAMTANA (2004) ISKCON, Bangalore. * CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU (2004) Smt. Supriya Desai, U.S.A. * MAHISHASURA MARDINI, * SRI KRISHNA PARIJATHA (2003) Smt. Maya Rao, Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography, Bangalore. * YASHODARA (2004), * THE DUST OF BRIJ (2003) * SARE JAHAN SE ACCHA (July 2005) Pushpanjali, Manchester. * SNOW WHITE(2004), * RAMAYANA (July 2005) Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore. * NRITYA SANGEETH BHARATHI (2004), * SARVA DHARMA SAMANVAYACHARYA SRI RAMAKRISHNA (2004) Guy Hutchins, Moby Duck Theatre Company, U.K. * MAZE MAKER (Mar 2004), * BOPOLUCHI (Nov 2004), * FIRE GIRL (Jan 2005), * BLOODHANDS (Aug 2005) * GRANNY VAMPIRE (Aug 2006) Sampradaya Dance Creations, Toronto * VIVARTA (Mar 2005) * SHOONYA * PRALAYA North West Dance Alliance, Manchester. * DEVI DIVA (July 2005) Threeaksha, Philadelphia, USA * ABHIKA (2005-2006) * PRAYOG (2007) * NATYA SHASTRA (2018)

Performances

Rao has performed at national and international festivals including Pattadakal Festival, Navaraspur Festival, Lord Mayor's Cultural Event 1994 (Birmingham), World Veerashaiva Conference 1997 (U.S.A.), World Konkani Conference 2002 (Texas), Soorya Festival, and Nishagandhi Festival. He has toured India and abroad performing and conducting workshops.

Other activities

He is the founder of event management NGO Prakruthi that works towards a greener India by bringing people out of hibernation into parks. Prakruthi increases awareness about

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and the culture of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

through music. The Prakruthi Team organizes musical programs all over the state.

Recognition

* Aryabhatta Award - 1998 * Aryabhatta Award - 2000 * Aryabhatta Award - 2010 * Swaramandara Award (Hombale) - 1998 * Swaramandara Award (Hombale) - 2000 * G.V. Athri Award (Upasana) - 2000 * Silicon Jaycees Award - 2003 * Best music director award for ''Guptagamini'', an Etv Kannada serial * 'Kalāvatamsa' title by Gokulam - 2010 * Colors Kannada Best Music Director for 'Chitte Hejje' - 2014 * Colors Kannada Best Music Director for 'Love Lavike' - 2016 * 'Sangeetha Ratnakara' title by Shivapriya School of Dance - 2019 * 'Natya Sangeetha Saraswathi' title by Natyasaraswathi Kuchipudi Dance Centre, Vijayawada - 2019 * Ananya Nritya Puraskar by Ananya Cultural Academy, Bangalore - 2019 * 'Shree Kala Jyothi' by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja - 2021 * 'Kala Chakravarthi' title by Shivapriya School of Dance - 2022 * 'Karnataka Kalashri' State award and title by Sangeetha Nritya Academy - 2022

Other Works

As a composer, Rao created a style of his own. He has scored theatre, ballet, film and television productions. Rao scored the music to Sri M. S. Sathyu's short film ''Namak Ki Kankari'' (1996). As an arranger, he is known for fusing

Hindustani music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sit ...

Carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an ...

with western techniques and arranged background scores for various films. He worked with theatre personalities including Sri A. S. Murthy, Sri B. V. Karanth and B. Jayashri etc. Rao has been involved in theatre in various capabilities. He has worked as a musician, composer, actor and director. He has acted in quite a few

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s on television including ''Asare'', ''Tulasi'', ''Manvantara'' and ''Muktha''. He was commissioned by SAMPAD, UK to compose music for ''Moving Earth,'' a dance and music production that was part of the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. He toured as a part of Chakrafonics, a world music band that addresses genres from Indian classical fusion to world music. Chakrafonics toured the US, UK and Australia (2014-2015).

References

External links

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Praveen D. Rao at Music India

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