Harsh Narayan ( hi, हर्ष नारायण;
IAST: ) is an Indian
sarangi
The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...
player based in
Mumbai
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,
India
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.
Narayan is a grandson and disciple of ''sarangi player''
Ram Narayan. His father is the ''
sarod
The sarod is a stringed instrument, used in Hindustani music on the Indian subcontinent. Along with the sitar, it is among the most popular and prominent instruments. It is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound, in contrast with the sweet ...
'' player
Brij Narayan
Brij Narayan ( hi, बृज नारायण; IAST: ) (born 25 April 1952) is an Indian classical musician who plays the string instrument ''sarod''. Narayan was born in the Indian state Rajasthan and began to study ''sarod'' from a young ag ...
. Narayan performed with Ram Narayan at the 57th
Sawai Gandharva music festival.
In 2016,
Times Music
Times Music, a division of The Times Group, is an Indian record label and music publisher. Headquartered in Mumbai, Times Music started operations in 1998 and has a catalogue of more than 60,000 tracks in all languages and genres. Times Music ...
released his first solo album entitled ''Scintillating Sarangi'' featuring the ''ragas'' ''
Puriya Dhanashree'' and ''
Patdeep''.
Discography
*''Scintillating Sarangi'' (2016, Times Music)
*''Dhanurvadya'' (2020, Tala Records) with
Ty Burhoe
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Musicians from Mumbai
Sarangi players