Occupation(s) Violinist Years active 2001-present | Instruments Violin | |
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Born 5 August 1989 (age 27)
Thrippunithura, Ernakulam district, Kerala ( 1989-08-05 ) Genres Fusion, Carnatic, World Website www.sabareeshprabhaker.com Similar Balabhaskar, Roopa Revathi, Masala Coffee, Stephen Devassy, Rajhesh Vaidhya Profiles | ||
Sabareesh Prabhaker (born 5 August 1989) is an Indian violinist. He comes from the musical family of the Cherthala sisters (Malayalam drama artists), his grandmother Janaki being one of the six.
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Personal life
Sabareesh was born in a musical family as one of the grandson of late Janaki of Cherthala Sisters. He studied vocal music under Tomy Thomas, P.Subramaniam and got trained violin under T. M. Abdul Hazeez at the age of 5. He completed BA in music (vocal) at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and did MA in violin at RLV College of Music and Fine Arts securing first rank. While at school he secured 1st prize thrice in CBSE youth festival in violin in consecutive years. While at college, he was 3 times winner at Mahatma Gandhi University inter-university arts festival and he was one of the rare south Indians who became the inter-university national winner in violin. Recognizing his skills and qualifications, Mahatma Gandhi University granted him a special permission to do PG in violin and he also acquired a scholarship in the field of violin as a carnatic (instrument) by Ministry of Culture (India).
Career
He began his professional career at the age of 12. In early 2016 a cover album, created by his band Immortal Raaga was recognised by the BBC in the Radio Play category. The technical beauty of A. R. Rahman’s music and the consummate beauty of Ilaiyaraaja’s compositions are his ultimate experiences. He was invited to team up with percussionists Sivamani and Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar. He also played along with Alappuzha Karunamurthy.
