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Salil V. Bhatt |
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 has been mastering the Mohan Veena for more than twenty years. He is the foremost disciple of Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and one of the youngest and most promising exponents of the Mohan Veena. Salil with his soulful and vibrant music is receiving accolades from the listeners and the press alike.
With a Masters degree in music and an A-grade of the All India Radio, Salil has performed throughout the country as well as abroad and is a regular performer for the A.I.R. & National television network, along with other prime television channels.
Salil has been the celebrity artist in various channels such as Star T.V. (Good Morning Show], Zee T.V. (Morning Zee), Aaj Tak, Star News, Zee News, D.D. 1 (Subah Savare), D.D. 1 (Sanskritinama), DD Metro (Good Morning Metro).
Salil’s music albums Legendary Legacy, Revival of Gavti, In Harmony, Swar Shikhar, Revitalise, Sopaan, Slide to Freedom, Out of the Shadows, Carnatica’s Veena Jugalbandi were all instant hits in their genre.
Salil reflects the dynamic style of rendering the classical nuances on the Mohan 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 Mohan 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.
Salil 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 is the illustrous son of Grammy Award Winner Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Salil 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.
The award function was held at the Udaipur City Palace on the 6th of March, 2005. This award carries Rs. 10,000 ($250)cash and a silver Toran and was presented by His Highness Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur.
Salil Bhatt also gave an exclusive Satvik Veena recital in 2005 in the City Palace, Udaipur for the royal family and was awarded Rs. 50,000 ($1,230) for the recital.
Bhatt will join Canada’s slide guitar masters Doug Cox in a show called Slide to Freedom with Ramkumar Mishra on tablas percussion on April 9 at St. Bart’s Church in Gibsons and on April 10 at the St. James Hall in Vancouver.
For more informationabout Salil V. Bhatt and his skills with the Mohan Veena or Slide to Freedom, visit: www.vtix.com.
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