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Umashankar, a brilliant performer, is acclaimed as one of the most outstanding Sitar players of the country today amongst the present generation. His Sitar sparkles with the rare combination of virtuosity with technical finesse and a deep sense of aesthetics. His music also reflects the eternal essence of Sitar. Born in Patna (Bihar), he has been groomed in a musical atmosphere since his birth. He is a disciple of World Renowned Sitar Maestro, Pandit “Debu Chaudhuri” Padma Bhushan Awardee. He had initially also been trained during his childhood under “Shri Ashish Chatterjee” of Patna. The immortal,music of the legendary “MianTansen” , the doyen of Indian Classical Music continues to resonate in the Indian psyche mainly through the renowned Senia Gharana, India’s oldest traditional school of music,named after miantansen. The Senia Gharana is characterized by its unmatched tradition and style of playing sitar with only 17 frets, which is a rare phenomenon, whereas all other Gharanas in India play sitar with 19 or 20 frets (parda).
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