Nachiketa Sharma

Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi (Kannada: ನಚಿಕೇತ, Devanagari:नचिकेत, IAST: Naciketā) is a Hindustani Classical vocalist in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Background

Born in Dharwad, Karnataka, Shri Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi was initiated into Hindustani classical vocal music by his parents at the age of 12.^[1] His formal study began in Madras under Shri B. N. Simha and later under Shri B. Hanumantachar. His rigorous and extended pedagogy came under the virtuoso, late Padmabhushan Pandit Basavraj Rajguru. Nachiketa has extensively performed in cities across India and the United States. He runs the Rajguru Sangeet Vidya Niketan, a school of music in the memory of his guru in Cupertino,^[2] California, a school for both adults and kids. Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi is also a senior teacher at the Sangeetaanjali College of Music.^[3]

Discography

• Samarpan (May 2002)
• Hindustani Vocal (May 2000)
• Dasa compositions in Kannada - Rama nama payasa (May 2002)
• Vachanas in Kannada - Neenolidare (May 2002)
• A two-CD Hindustani album titled Guru Naman consisting of nine raagas (May 2007)
• Sumiran Karle composed of seven Hindi bhajans, three composed by Nachiketa himself. (May 2007)

Nachiketa (Sharma) Yakkundi is a regular on local Bay Area TV introducing and demonstrating Hindustani Classical music to viewers.

References

External links

• Ganapriya
• Sangeetaanjali
• The Hindu Monday, Jun 09, 2003
• Indian Express, Aug 2010