Abhisek Lahiri

Abhisek Lahiri (born September 24) is an Indian classical sarod player. He trained in the three major gharanas of sarod: Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana, and Senia Bangash (Gwalior), under his father and guru Pt. Alok Lahiri. He primarily belongs to the Maihar gharana. He is a TOP GRADE artist of All India Radio, Prasar Bharati and is widely regarded as one of best Sarod players from India currently performing

Career

Abhisek began performing in public at age 11. His first significant national recognition came in 1997 when Hariprasad Chaurasia invited him to perform at the "Saath Saath Festival". That same year, he made his international debut in the Netherlands at the World Kinder Festival, where he was hailed as a 'Wonder Kid'. This accolade led to performances across Europe, the U.K., the U.S., Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh, and Singapore. Abhisek also performed with his father, becoming the first Indian artists at the European Parliament in France, the Cannes World Music Festival, and at Canada Culture Days in Toronto.

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

In 2017, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations appointed Abhisek as a Cultural Delegate to Morocco and Cyprus. His music albums gained recognition; "Sparkling Sarod" was nominated at the Global Indian Music Academy (GiMA) Awards in 2010, and in 2014, his album "Mood Of Puriya Kalyan" was nominated alongside Indian music legends such as Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain, and Rashid Khan.

Recognition Nominated twice for Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) as best Hindustani Classical Album – Instrumental 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, New Delhi Awarded TOP Grade from All India Radio, Prasar Bharati New Delhi.

Major performances Darbar Festival, London Sacred Music Festival, Strasbourg European Parliament, France Canada Culture Days, Hamilton World Music Day Festival, Cannes Théâtre de la Ville, France Tropen Theatre, Amsterdam RASA Theatre, Utrecht Musée Guimet, Paris India Night Festival, Stuttgart FIMU Festival, Belfort Raag-Mala Music Society, Edmonton and Calgary Virasat Foundation, Surrey TSS Multicultural Festival, Toronto The Malhar Group Spring Fest, Hamilton Shilpakala Academy & Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Dhaka India Culture Centre, Tokyo International Classical Guitar 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 Saath-Saath Festival, Mumbai RIMPA Festival (Ravi Shankar Institute), New Delhi All India Radio Music Festival, Shimla Dover Lane Music Conference, Kolkata Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan, Jalandhar Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Golpark, Kolkata Sangeet Natak Academy Sangeet Pratibha Festival, Gwalior National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai Biswa Banga Sammelan, 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, Kolkata Arohi Music Festival, Mumbai Isha Yaksha Festival, 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, Mumbai Kalibari Music Festival, Lucknow Music Festival, Assam and Tripura Cultural Music Conference. Allahabad Sangit Parishad Kashi, Varanasi Ustad Rahimat Khan Sangeet Samaroh, Dharwad Ustad Rajjab Ali Khan Sangeet, Dewas Dr Arun Kumar Sen Smriti Samaroh, Raipur

Albums

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