Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | V. M. Bhatt |
Origin | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
Genres | Indian classical music |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) |
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Years active | 1965–present |
Website | www |
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,[1] known professionally as V. M. Bhatt, is an Indian Hindustani classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan veena (slide guitar).[2][3][4]
Personal life
Bhatt lives in
Pandit Ravi Shankar.[7]
Career
Bhatt is best known for his
Jerry Douglas. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival, organized by Eric Clapton, allowed his playing to reach a larger audience. In 2016, he performed a duet that has been released online with Kapil Srivastava, another leading Indian guitarist and the founder of Guitarmonk[8][9]
The folk musician
Matt Malley also plays a Mohan veena and is a student and friend of Bhatt. Australian musician Lawrie Minson
also learned Mohan veena from Salil.
Select discography
- 1992 - Guitar A La Hindustan, Magnasound (India)
- 1992 - Saradamani, Water Lily Acoustics
- 1993 - Gathering Rain Clouds, Water Lily Acoustics
- 1993 - A Meeting by the River (with Ry Cooder), Water Lily Acoustics
- 1995 - Bourbon & Rosewater (with Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer), Water Lily Acoustics
- 1995 -
- 1996 - Saltanah (with Simon Shaheen), Water Lily Acoustics
- 1996 - Jie-Bing Chen), Water Lily Acoustics
- 1996 - Sounds of Strings, Music today, India
- 1997 - Iruvar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, A. R. Rahman)
- 2002 - Indian Delta (with Sandeep Das), Sense World Music, U.K.
- 2008 - Mohan's Veena, Times Music, India
- 2010 - Desert Slide, Times Music, India
- 2010 - Mohan's Veena II, Times Music, India
- 2011 - Groove Caravan, Deeksha Records, Canada
- 2012- "Morning Mist", Bihaan Music, Kolkatta, India
- 2014 - OMKARA - The Sound of Divine Love (with Rupam Sarmah)[10]
- 2015-"Vishwa Ranjini"-Bihaan Music, Kolkatta, India
Awards
- 1993
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1998[12]
- Padma Shri, 2002[13]
- Padma Bhushan, 2017[14]
References
- ^ "Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performs for a cause - Times of India". The Times of India. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Make the Mohan Veena, but Inform Us". The Indian Express. 6 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "'String' Operation: Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, father of Mohan Veena". The Indian Express. 7 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "2018". BBC Music Events. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Paachak, Piyush (13 November 2005). "My mother still teaches me music". The Tribune. Chandigarh, India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Ramanath, Renu (18 October 2005). "Reinventing tradition". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
- ^ Banerjee, Meena (8 March 2019). "The septuagenarian sitar exponent Manju Mehta has made an indelible impression on audiences and critics alike - The Hindu". The Hindu.
- ^ "BroadwayWorld". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "DailyNewsOnline". DailyNewsOnline. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ "Omkara: The Sound of Divine Love". Omkara - The Sound of Divine Love. Rupam Sarmah. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "SNA: Awardees List". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Year wise list of recipients (1954-2014)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Padma Awards 2017 announced". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
Further reading
- Hunt, Ken (Oct. 1994) "A straight Bhatt ... the Grammy-winning, Cooder-collaborating inventor of the Mohan Vina" Folk Roots, Oct. 1994; pp. 42–45
External links
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