Lokesh Anand (born March 13, 1978) is an Indian shehnai player. Lokesh has been learning under
Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj
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, Hence belongs to
Mewati Gharana.
He is empanelled with the
Indian Council for Cultural Relations
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(
Government of India
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). The key characteristics of Anand's Shehnai playing are neat fingering techniques, command over tempo along with richness and clarity in sound.
Lokesh performs solo and in duet and also does fusion.
Early life and training
Anand was born in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
and started receiving training from his father, Kalicharan when Lokesh was 8 years old. His father taught him the basic technique which separates him from others. Later in life, Lokesh received training from Pandit Anant Lal, Pandit Dayashankar and Pandit Jasraj.
Key performances
*
Taj Mahotsav, Agra
* Kal Ke Kalakar Sangeet Sammelan,
Bombay
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* Vishnu Digambar Sammelan, Agra
* A Chinese Concert in Drama
* Harivallabh Festival, Jalandhar
* Sangeet Utsav Patiala
*
Tansen Samaroh, Gwalior
*
Sankatmochan Sangeet Samaroh, Varanasi
*Saptak Festival
* Nepal Festival in Kathmandu
*Sur Benaras
* Festival of India in Tokyo
* Scintillating Melodies in
Kula Lampur
*Saptak Classical Music Festival
*
Akashvani sangeet sammelan
Online Performances
# Online concerts during Covid 19
Background music
Lokesh has played shehnai in background score of bollywood movie
Mimi (2021 Hindi film)
''Mimi'' is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films. A remake of the 2011 Marathi film '' Mala Aai Vhhaychy!'', it stars Kriti Sanon in the eponymous lead who ...
under
A.R. Rehman.
Awards and recognition
* Bhatkhande Sangeet Mahavidyalaya
Lucknow
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*Surmani award in 1997
*Shehnai Ratna Award in 2010
* Sangeet Sadhak in 2004
* Sangeet Ratna in 2005
*Yash Kala Samman
*Abhinav Kala Samman
*Sangeet Kala Gaurav Award
References
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Shehnai players
Hindustani instrumentalists
20th-century Indian musicians
1978 births
Living people