Rajeev Taranath

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Internationally acclaimed performer, Rajeev Taranath is today one of the world's leading exponents of the Sarod. A distinguished disciple of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, his performances masterfully combine the depth and rigor of the tradition of Hindustani classical music with an inspired imagination and emotional intensity. Hailed a prodigy in Hindustani vocal music, he had been earlier trained by his father Pandit Taranath and other eminent musicians and was a concert and radio artist before he was twenty. Rajeev has toured extensively as a performer in India, Australia, Europe, Yemen and throughout the U.S. He has also composed music for several nationally and internationally honored Indian films. He is the recipient of the Indian Government's highest award in the arts, the Sangeet Natak Academi Award for 1999-2000, given in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of Hindustani Instrumental music. In 1998 he received the prestigious national Award, 'Chowdiah Award for Music' from the Government of Karnataka in India for excellence in the field of instrumental music. He has also received awards from the Indian State Government of Karnataka for his contribution to music,- the Sangeet Nritya Akademi Award in 1993 and the Karnataka Rajya Prashasti in 1996. In 1980 he was the subject of a documentary made for the television in Eden, Yemen, entitled Finnan Min-Al-Hind (Artist from India). Rajeev Taranath's distinctive musicianship demonstrates striking imaginative pow

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Rasarang

Over the Moon

Reflections Around Noon

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Rajeev Taranath - Raga Ahir Bhairav

Manan Meditation

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Swar Kalyan

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Over The Moon - Raga Chandranandan On Sarod

Raga Kafi - Some Facets

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Manan : Meditation

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Over the Moon: Raga Chandranandan (Live at Spitalfields, London, June 1993)

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Indian Classical Music

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Harmony

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