Website Ganapriya.com Name Nachiketa Sharma | Role Vocalist · ganapriya.com Genres Indian classical music | |
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Occupation(s) Composer, vocalist, Software Engineer Albums Ramrang - A tribute to Pt. Ramashreya Jha - Vol1, Guru Naman, Sumiran Karle Similar People Basavaraj Rajguru, Mallikarjun Mansur, Gangubai Hangal, Purandara Dasa, Venkatesh Kumar | ||
Nachiketa Sharma, Hindustani Classical Singer, USA was interviewed by Jayaprakash Nagathihalli 1992
Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi (Kannada: ನಚಿಕೇತ, Devanagari:नचिकेत, IAST: Naciketā) is a Hindustani Classical vocalist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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- Nachiketa Sharma Hindustani Classical Singer USA was interviewed by Jayaprakash Nagathihalli 1992
- ttIndian Classical Vocal by Nachiketa Sharma Part on Yahoo Video2flv
- Background
- Discography
- References
ttIndian Classical Vocal by Nachiketa Sharma - Part on Yahoo! Video2.flv
Background
Born in Dharwad, Karnataka, Shri Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi was initiated into Hindustani classical vocal music by his parents. His formal study began in Madras under Shri B. N. Simha and later under Shri B. Hanumantachar. His rigorous and extended pedagogy came under the virtuoso, late Padmabhushan Pandit Basavraj Rajguru. Nachiketa has extensively performed in cities across India and North America. He runs Rajguru Sangeet Vidyaniketan, a school of music in the memory of his guru in Cupertino, California, a school for both adults and kids. Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi was also a senior teacher at the Sangeetaanjali College of Music, Fremont for over 20 years until the institution closed its doors in October, 2015.
Discography
Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi is a regular on local Bay Area TV introducing and demonstrating Hindustani Classical music to viewers. He is also actively involved in composing music for many local (http://naatak.org) as well as international-level organizations (http://www.akkaonline.org/2014/).
His classical renderings as part of the Swaralahari TV series are available here: http://www.swaralahari.org/site/concertlist.php