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Ashish Sankrityayan is an exponent of the Dagar tradition of Dhrupad singing. He completed his school and university education in Calcutta and Bombay, and started his training in Indian Classical music at an early age, first studying the Sitar and then vocal music. He was trained on the sitar by Ustad Mehboob Khan of Dharwad and received his initial training in vocal music from the renowned sarangi exponent Pandit Dhruba Ghosh.
He was inspired to take up Dhrupad when he heard a recording of the Senior Dagar Brothers and attended a concert of the Rudra Veena maestro Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He has received training in the traditional Indian Guru Shishya system of learning for sixteen years, from three maestros of the Dagar family: Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar and Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar.
He is now receiving advanced training from Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar in Delhi and was recently awarded the prestigious National Junior Culture Fellowship by the Indian National Academy of Music and Dance ( Sangeet Natak Akademi)
Ashish Sankrityayan has
given performances of his art in private and public concerts in India and in
Europe. He is engaged in teaching instrumental and vocal Dhrupad to students in
Europe, where he has conducted several intensive workshops. He has been recorded
by Makar Records of France for a forthcoming CD.
Contact: Ashish Sankrityayan