Suvir Misra ( sa, सुवीर मिश्र, ) is an Indian player of Rudra Veena, Saraswati Veena, and Surbahar. He is unique in being a left handed artist who has mastered all the three veenas of the

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- the Rudra Veena, the Saraswati Veena and the Surbahar. He is the inventor of

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Early life

Suvir Misra was born in Harda, Madhya Pradesh and belongs to a family of musicians. He has studied at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. He started his journey into music at the age of 12.

Personal life

He joined

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in 1993, and currently is working as a Commissioner of Customs, Customs and Central Excise, Mumbai

Career

Suvir was trained in the Rudra Veena by

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and simultaneously studied dhrupad from Nirmalya Dey. He learnt the

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singing style from K.N.Ienger and learnt sitar from N.R.Rama Rao. He studied tabla under Bandu Khan of Ajrara gharana. Suvir found inspiration in Veena from S. Balachander of the Karnatic tradition. He believes that older themes in classical music don't have much importance to modern Indian living and, to popularize classical music, contemporary themes should be used. For this he introduced modern Hindi mukta chhanda poetry within Dhrupad composition structure, and also used newer themes in Hindi literature instead of traditional Awadhi language or

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. Suvir Misra plays and also makes the Rudra Veena. Suvir has performed on various platforms within India.

Significant works

* His efforts have brought back Karnatic Saraswathi Veena into the mainstream

Hindustani Hindustani may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Hindustan (another name of India) * Hindustani language, an Indo-Aryan language, whose two official norms are Hindi and Urdu * Fiji Hindi, a variety of Eastern Hindi spoken in Fiji, and ...

classical music scene. * He has also developed a unique fingering style to play fast taans of Khayal. * He is the inventor of

. * Suvir Misra has been trying to bring extinct Veenas, like Jantari, Kinnari etc., back to life.

Musical style

Suvir prefer to play the Rudra Veena, Saraswati Veena and Surbahar in the ''Gayaki Ang'' (Vocal Style). This style integrates all the subtle characteristics of the human voice into the performance.

References

External links

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