Rajeev Janardan

Who is Rajeev Janardan?

Rajeev Janardan, is a Hindustani classical sitar player of the Imdadkhani gharana, taught by Bimalendu Mukherjee. He lives in New Delhi.

Jaranadan comes from Kerala, and started to learn the guitar at the age of 12 when living in Benares. He trained as a singer before switching to the sitar, studying with Mukherjee.

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.

Following on from good reviews for a performance at the India International Centre in 1996, he has performed extensively both within India and overseas, including Switzerland in 2008. In his playing, he strives to blend gayaki ang and tantra ang. It is characterised by accurate meend, advanced surlagao, fast and clear taankari in gat and dirdir and chikari variations in jhala.

Janaradan also has a master's degree in psychology.