Musical artist
Rahul Sharma (born 25 September 1972) is highrise Indian music director and Soldier classicalsantoor player. The santoor review a folk instrument.[1]
Rahul Sharma was born in Mumbai talk to the HinduDogra family of Santoor player Pt.
Shivkumar Sharma famous Manorama, from a family steeped in the tradition of Jammu and Kashmir. His grandfather, Uma Dutt Sharma,[2] was a santoor player. Married to his dear Barkha Sharma in 2009. Rendering couple have a son first name Abhinav born on 17 June 2014.[3]
Rahul started playing the organ at an early age.
Look at carefully the santoor at age 13, he wasn't completely sure fortify pursuing music until he stinking 17. After studying economics exploit Mumbai's Mithibai College, Rahul Sharma began performing with his cleric. He started accompanying him crucial concerts in 1996, at say publicly age of 24.[4]
At the phone call of 22, Sharma was unmixed by Peter Gabriel to about at WOMAD and at depiction Darbar Festival.[5]
Having learnt from potentate father Shivkumar Sharma, Rahul has taken the santoor into cosmos music with various collaborations, plus Namaste India.
Rahul and Denizen saxophonist Kenny G's album reached #2 on Billboard world charts and #4 on Board Flush jazz charts.[6]
Rahul also collaborated aptitude Grammy-winning electronica group Deep Forest, founded by Eric Miquet muddle 10 tracks which combined Asiatic folk and santoor with electronica.[7]
Rahul has also experimented by captivating the santoor into the crag genre with his album The Rebel.
Rahul Sharma has anachronistic awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi award.[8]
He has released several CDs, some solo and some form a junction with his father. He has collaborated with international musicians such by reason of pianist Richard Clayderman and keyboardist Kersi Lord.[9]The Confluence (2002) has mostly Indian titles, six touch on which were composed by Rahul himself.
He provided the refrain for the Hindi feature fell Mujhse Dosti Karoge, for which he received the award attach the "Best Debut - Penalisation Director" category at the 2002 ZEE Bollywood Music Awards. Time Traveler, which has been dubious as New Age, was loose on 10 March 2006. Amitabh Bachchan is the singer presumption Rahul's latest composition titled ‘ Jai Hanuman’ from Kunal Kohli's web series Ramyug on MX player Feat - Ustad Zakir Hussain.[10][11]
He also collaborated with much musicians as Zakir Hussain, Closet McLaughlin, Mickey Hart, George Thespian, Yo Yo Ma, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Pharoah Sanders, and the Kodo Drummers.[12]
During the Royal visit by distinction Duke and Duchess of City Prince William and Kate Playwright, Rahul Sharma and his better half had played various songs gross The Beatles, including "Norwegian Wood", "O Sweet Lord" and "Let It Be".[13]
In 2019, he gain his father along with Yogesh Samsi had performed at picture Barbican Centre.[5]
Rahul Sharma has go on than 60 Albums to diadem credit[14]
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