Dr. Aneesh Pradhan
Performer, Composer, Researcher, and Author
Aneesh
Pradhan had a liberal and encouraging familial upbringing, which was coupled
with an intensive period of study under the illustrious tabla maestro Nikhil
Ghosh. His training with this veritable repository of traditional
compositions from the Delhi, Ajrada, Lucknow, Farukhabad and Punjab schools
of tabla playing enabled Aneesh to widen his horizons.Aneesh is today regarded as an accomplished soloist and a perfect foil to
vocal and instrumental music or dance recitals. Aneesh remains a keen student
of music, despite the acclaim he has received over the years from cognoscenti
and general public and by way of awards like the scholarship for advanced
training in tabla instituted by the Government of India and the Aditya Birla
Kala Kiran Award.His participation in Indian music recitals and in cross-cultural musical
collaborations have taken him on extensive tours within India and overseas.
His first solo album distributed by Underscore Records reaches listeners
among a host of others, which feature him as accompanist on national and
international record labels. Broadcasting and television networks have also
recorded him.
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