Rajeev Janardan

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Rajeev Janardan (1967-), is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani (Etawah) gharana (school), taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee. He is married to guitar player Kamala Shankar, with whom he performs together.

At the age of 15, Janardan won the All India Music Competition. He has also won the Prayag Sangit Samiti All-India Music Competition and the Sur Singar Samsad competition in Mumbai, and at the age of 19, he became an A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. In his playing, he strives to blend gayaki ang (vocal style) and tantra ang (instrumental style). It is characterised by accurate meend, advanced surlagao, fast and clear taankari in gat and dirdir and chikari variations in jhala.

Janardan also has a master's degree in psychology.

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