Sundarnath

Sundarnath is a Hindustani Classical Sitar player belonging to the Etawah - Imdadkhani tradition.
Sundar (b.13.01.1988) started learning Hindustani Classical vocal at an early age of 4 from Shri V.M Nagaraj. He started learning Sitar at the age of eight from Ustad Bale khan, a renowned artist from Dharwad, for a decade's period. He has received guidance from Sri Shafique khan and Sri Ramprappana Bhattacharya for a brief period. Now, he is a Ganda-Bandh shagirad of Padma Bhushan awardee Pandit Arvind Parikh, a revered guru, musicologist and Shagird e Rashid of the legendary sitar maestro Aftab-e-Sitar Ustad Vilayat Khan.He is receiving intensive taleem of the intricacies and philosophy of Imdadkhani-Etawah gharana.
At a young age, Sundar has achieved impressive control over the instrument.He has imbibed the nuances and intricacies of the glorious tradition of Etawah - Imdadkhani Gharana. His recitals reveal a good sense of Ragdari as well as clean and effective execution.
He also performs regularly for A.I.R and is a B-High grade artiste of AIR. He is a Post-Graduate in Electronic Media from Bangalore University.