that he has made with fellow musicians and students have been extremely fruitful with ravi benne his star pupil and friend prakash founded the tremolos indias only surviving accordion ensemble sanjeev mohapatra a software engineer originally from kolkata joined the duo in 1999 after being bowled over by their performance at a concert the tremolos vast and authentic repertoire of tangos polkas mazurkas waltzes and tarantellas never fails to delight audiences wherever they perform prakashs expert tuning has given ravis hohner accordion a light jaunty tone that contrasts beautifully with the fuller more soulful sound of prakashs own instrumentsanjeevs softer toned italian guerrini especially selected by prakash rounds out and provides the perfect balance to the trios spectacular sound we try to preserve the original playing style of the country that each piece is from prakash says in their album dhatri 2008 the tremolos joined forces with dr ravindra katoti one of indias finest harmonium vidwans to produce a truly unique sound that has received rave reviews both in india and in the westthey call the genre milana a confluence of the east and the west where each style retains its individuality seamlessly blending in where the other leaves off all pieces in the album are original compositions with the accordion and western instrument arrangements composed by prakash so is it the accordion that keeps you looking so young i ask prakash as we chatted in the hotel lobby after he had wrapped up his performance for the evening whats the secret he pondered a bit the secret hmma loving family perhaps lots of music and lots of well lets leave it at that he says with a twinkle in his eye