Abhisek Lahiri
# Abhisek Lahiri

Abhisek Lahiri (born 24 September 1983) is an Indian classical sarod player with training in the three major gharanas of sarod which are Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana, and Senia Bangash (Gwalior) from his father and guru Pt. Alok Lahiri. Primarily he belongs to the Maihar gharana.

## Early life

Abhisek started performing in public at an early age of 11 years though he got his first break in national level in 1997 when he was invited by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to play at "Saath Saath Festival". That year he gave his debut performance abroad in Holland at the "World Kinder Festival" where he was named as a 'Wonder Kid', leading to concerts through Europe, U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh, and Singapore. He performed with his father, Pandit Alok Lahiri, as the first Indians at the European Parliament in France, Cannes World Music Festival and also in Canada Culture Days in Toronto.

Abhisek formed a world music trio named IONAH with Japanese guitarist Hideaki Tsuji and Indian tabla player Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty. He is also part of the EMME collective (East Meets Middle East) of Chicago, USA.

In 2017, Abhisek was sent to Morocco and Cyprus as a Cultural Delegate of India by the ICCR, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India. Abhisek's music albums "Sparkling Sarod" received a nomination at GiMA (Global Indian Music Academy Awards) in 2010 and in 2014, again his album "Mood Of Puriya Kalyan" got nominated along with the legends of our country such as Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Rashid Khan and many more.

## Awards and recognition

* Nominated twice for Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) as best Hindustani Classical Album- Instrumental, alongside legends of music world:
* Anun Lund Rej Memorial Award from the Norwegian Consulate
* Certificate of Appreciation from Rotary International Club & Lions Club- Toronto
* The Telegraph School Award as an outstanding talent in Eastern Classical Music, presented by Chief Minister of West Bengal
* President Award in Sarod through All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition
* Rashtriya Gaurav Award from New Delhi
* Ustad Afzallur Rahman Memorial Award from Brahmanberia, Bangladesh
* Empaneled member Artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi
* Sangeet Ratnakar & Sangeet Visharad from Sabrbharatiya Sangeet o Sanskriti Parishad
* Jadubhatta Purashkar from Salt Lake Cultural Association
* National Scholarship for outstanding performance in Sarod, from the Ministry of Human Resources & Development and Tourism & Culture, Govt of India- New Delhi

## Major Performances (International)

* Darbar Festival, London
* Sacred Music Festival, Strasbourg - France
* Europe Parliament - France European Parliament
* Canada Culture Days, Hamilton - Canada
* World Music Day Festival - Cannes
* Theatre de la Ville- Paris Théâtre de la Ville
* Tropen Theatre – Amsterdam
* RASA Theatre- Utrecht
* Musée Guimet- Paris
* India Night Festival, Stuttgart - Germany
* FIMU Festival- Belfort, France
* Raag-Mala Music Society- Edmonton and Calgary
* Virasat Foundation, Surrey - Canada
* TSS Multicultural Festival, Toronto
* The Malhar Group Spring Fest - Hamilton Canada
* Shilpakala Academy & Alliance Francaise de Dhaka - Bangladesh
* India Culture Centre, Tokyo - Japan
* International Classical Guiter Festival
* Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Japan
* University of Victoria, Vancouver
* Eye on India Festival, Chicago
* Indian Music Society of Minnesota, Minneapolis
* Basant Bahar, San Francisco Bay area
* Sangitabhimana Festival – Colombo, Sri Lanka
* Rialto Festival, Cyprus
* Vollubillis International Festival, Morocco
* Sifas Festival, Singapore

## Major Performances in India

* Saath-Saath Festival in Mumbai, organized by legendary Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia • RIMPA Festival (Ravi Shankar Institute) in New Delhi • All India Radio Music Festival in Shimla • Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata • Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar • Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Golpark (Kolkata) • Sangeet Natak Academy Sangeet Pratibha Festival in Gwalior • National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA) - Mumbai • Biswa Banga Sammelan on behalf of Govt. of West Bengal • Basanta Utsav in Jorasanko Thakurbari - Kolkata • Saptak Music Festival - Nasik • West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Concert - Kolkata • India Habitat Centre in New Delhi • Jnana Pravaha Music Festival, presented by Sangeet Ashram, Kolkata • Arohi Music Festival- Mumbai • Isha Yaksha Festival in Coimbatore • Anirban Sangeet Sammelan - Kolkata • Saltlake City Music Festival - Kolkata • Ballygunj Maitreyi Music Circle - Kolkata • Paramparik Music Festival - Kolkata • Sangeet Piyasi - Kolkata • Swaramayee Gurukul - Pune • Bhairav Kalyan Utsav’05 & Smriti Utsav’ 09 in Mumbai • Kalibari Music Festival - Lucknow • Music Festival in Assam & Tripura • Culturall Music Conference in Allahabad • Sangit Parishad Kashi in Varanashi • Ustad Rahimat Khan Sangeet Samaroh in Dharwad • Ustad Rajjab Ali Khan Sangeet in Dewas • Dr Arun Kumar Sen Smriti Samaroh in Raipur

## Album

* Sparkling Sarod
* Mood of Puriya Kalyan
* Genius of Sarod
* Rhythm Redefined
* Musical Sojourn
* Parampara
* Ionah Trio
