Santosh Nahar

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Santosh Kumar Nahar is fast emerging as one of the most exciting young violinists of the North Indian, Hindustani style of Classical Music. He has become a regular and very popular performer at India's most prestigious music conferences and festivals. In India, music is a complete way of life for many families, and Santosh hails from one such family steeped in the traditions of India's classical music. His father, Prahlad Prasad Mishra a renowned vocalist and musician, along with his uncles and elder brothers made sure the young violinist received a comprehensive grounding in the practices of this most refined and revered art form, with further training in the techniques of violin playing coming from Shri T.M.Patnaik. Exposure to different teachers has helped the young violinist to refine his own musical interpretations. Through hours of rigorous practice, Santosh has been able to successfully merge the melodic vocal style, known as gayaki, with the dynamic instrumental, tantrakari style. His performances are laced with fluent taans, elaborate improvised passages, which exhibit stunning virtuosity. The violin is now a well established part of the Indian music scene, introduced into sub-continent in the eighteenth century, and now the most popular bowed instrument in Indian music. The Indian violin is identical to the traditional western violin, but differs from it in tuning and playing position. It is played in a seating posture with the back of the head resting on the coll

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