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Salil Bhatt Creator of Satvik Veena
Creator of the Satvik Veena and heir to a
500-year musical legacy, Salil Bhatt represents the dynamic face of the new
age, Indian musician. Being hailed as the 'Global Indian Musician', Salil has
done it all. From Solo Concerts and International Collaboration to Exotic
Jugalbandis and Global Fusions, Salil has not only managed to marvel audiences
in India, bit also has a big fan base in Canada, Germany, Australia, America,
Taiwan, England, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Saudi Arabia,
Oman, Kuwait, Singapore, Spain, Austria, and Italy. That too, in just a span of
his trailblazing 25-year career!
Having received a Pre-Grammy Award nomination
which speaks volumns of his highly successful international collaborations,
Salil is the harbinger of rare honors for India as he is the first ever
musician to perform inside the Parliament of Germany. He is also the first ever
Indian musician to perform in Iceland and the first Indian musician to be
invited by the Taiwanese Government for artist residency.
Salil V. Bhatt represents the tenth generation of
the famous Bhatt lineage, where music has been flowing for more than five
hundered years. Salil is the son of the legendary slide player and India's
GRAMMY AWARD winner Padmashree Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.Pt. Bhatt is the creator
of the Mohan Veena, a revolutionary instrument which has been hailed as a
discovery in the Indian classical music scenario.
Salil reflects the dynamic style of rendering the
classical nuances on the Satvik Veena in his concerts. His style incorporates
the authentic and systematic exposition of Classical Indian Ragas and the
embellishments of the World Music as well.Salil's baaz [style] assimilates the
'gayaki' [vocal] and 'tantrakari' [instrumental] representations which makes
his playing complete with innumerable variations. Salil specializes in playing
high-speed taans demostrating his great skill on the Satvik Veena. Trained by
his mentor Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Salil follows the Classical Indian Raga
authenticity to its strictest norms and creates the purest picture of every
Raga he plays.
exponent Salil Bhatt has been conferred the prestigious
Maharana Mewar Foundation Award for his outstanding achievements and his
meritorious services rendered in the field of Indian classical music. Salil
Bhatt is the illustrous son of Grammy Award Winner Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Salil Bhatt has created a new version of the traditional veena named as the
'Satvik Veena' for which he is receiving innumerable accolades and rave reviews
all over the world.
List of major awards, honours and titles of Salil
Bhatt:
1- Maharana Mewar Foundation Award
2- Abhinav Kala Samman
3- Mahakal Sangeet Ratan
4- International Achievers Awards
5- Title of "Global Indian"
6- Title of "Prince of Raga"
7- Rag Bhavishya Samman
8- Grass Roots Grammy Nomination
9- Juno Award Nomination
10- Pre Grammy Award Nomination List of Major recording releases of Salil Bhatt:
1- Revitalise
2- Swar Shikhar
3- Sopaan
4- Slide to Freedom (Part I & II)
5- Out of the Shadows
6- Mumbai to Munich
7- Revival of Gavati
8- Relax
9- Karnatikas veena jugal bandi
10- Mohan's veena
Salil is the son of Grammy award-winner, Pt. Vishwa
Mohan Bhatt, the Iconic Indian classical musician.
Major International Achievements
1. First Indian musician to perform in the German
Bavarian parliament in Munich in 2005 celebrating 500 years of Indo-German
cultural relations.
2. First Indian musician to perform in Iceland for the
Prime Minister of Iceland and the entire Icelandic Parliament along with the
President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam in 2005.
3. Did artist residency in Taipei for one month,
imparting music to the Taiwanese students and also collaborating with
Aboriginal singer of Taiwan in 2006.
4. Performed for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC RADIO in remote city of Whitehorse in Canada in 2008.
5. Performed for the Folkways live, in Edmonton Canada
and recorded for the world's most famous Smithsonian museum.
6. Performed for the Queen Elizabeth in New Delhi during
her historic visit to India in 1997.
7. Performed for the historic Indo-Pak summit in Agra
in July 2001, the most important event in Asia at that time for Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpaee and the entire Indian Parliament members along with the
President of Pakistan.
8. Performed the world famous Epcor Centre in Calgary,
Canada in 2008 with musicians from Canada, Iceland, England.
9. Performed extensively in England, Scotland, Ireland,
Wales for Asian Music Circuit tours in 1995 and 2005.
10. Performed in Australia's biggest International
Guitar Festival in Adelaide in 2007.
11. Performed in Chicago World Music Festival in U.S.A
in 2007.
12. Performed in All the International fold festivals
of Canada including Vancouver Folk Fest, Vancouver Island musicfest, Calgary
Folk Fest, Edmonton folk fest, Winnipeg folk fest, Guelph music fest, Canmore
folk fest, South Country fair, Ottawa Folk fest, Toronto music fest, Stan
Rogers Folk fest in Canso [nova scotia, Canada].
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