| Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Also known as | V. M. Bhatt |
| Born | July 27, 1950 |
| Origin | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Occupations | Mohan Veena/Slide Guitar Player |
| Instruments | Mohan Veena |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Website | Official site |
| Notable instruments | |
| Mohan Veena(Modified slide guitar), Vishwa Veena(Modified Slide Guitar | |
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt also known as V. M. Bhatt (born July 12, 1950) is an Indian slide guitar player. Bhatt is the creator of the Mohan Veena.[1] He performs Hindustani classical music and won a Grammy Award in 1994.
It is for his Grammy winning album A Meeting by the River with Ry Cooder and other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists like Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and Jerry Douglas, that Bhatt is best known, although exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival, which was organized by Eric Clapton, does allow for this side of his playing to reach a larger audience.
He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998 and the Padma Shri in 2002.[2][3]
Folk musician Harry Manx, who studied with Salil Bhatt and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan Veena. Counting Crows' Bassist Matt Malley also plays a Mohan Veena and is a student and friend of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.Australian Musician Lawrie Minson also learnt Mohan Veena from Salil and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Contents |
Vishwa Mohan lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, with his two sons and his wife.[4] His elder son Salil Bhatt is a renowned Mohan veena player (and also a player of the Satvik veena), his album Slide to Freedom Part II was nominated for the Canadian JUNO AWARD and also featured in pre-grammy nominations list , while his younger son Saurabh Bhatt is a well known composer.Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's grandson Satvik Bhatt is also a musician and a Limca Book Of World Record holder for being world's youngest Mohan Veena Player at the age of 3 and a half years and also for identifying 45 ragas at the age of 3 and a half years. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's parents late Manmohan Bhatt and late Chandrakala Bhatt were also teaching and performing musicians who imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt. [5]
His nephew, Krishna Bhatt, plays the sitar and tabla.