Abhisek Lahiri is an Indian classicalsarod player with training in the three major gharanas of sarod which are Shahjahanpur, Maihar gharana and Senia Bangash from his father and guru Pt Alok Lahiri. Primarily he belongs to the Maihar gharana
Early life
Abhisek started performing in public at an early age of 11 years though he got his first break in national level in 1997 when he was invited by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to play at "Saath Saath Festival" and that year he also gave his debut performance abroad in Holland at the "World Kinder Festival" where he was named as an 'Wonder Kid'. That was just the commencement of an outstanding prodigy's lifelong commitment towards music which later laid to extensive concerts through Europe, U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Bangladesh, Singapore etc apart from all over India. He with his father Pandit Alok Lahiri possesses the dignity of performing as the first Indians at the Europe Parliament in France, Cannes World Music Festival and also in Canada Culture Days in Toronto. Abhisek has created an amalgamation with the Japanese Guitarist Hideaki Tsuji and his group Ionah and EMME of Chicago, USA which represents world music and has got worldwide recognition. In the year 2017 Abhisek has been sent to Morocco and Cyprus as a Cultural Delegate of India by the ICCR, Ministry of Culture, Govt. Of India. Abhisek's music albums "Sparkling Sarod" got nomination at GIMA in 2010 and in 2014 again his album "Mood Of Puriya Kalyan" got nominated along with the legends of our country such as Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Rashid Khan and many more.
Awards and recognition
Nominated twice for Global Indian Music Awards as best Hindustani Classical Album- Instrumental, alongside legends of music world:
Anun Lund Rej Memorial Award from the Norwegian Consulate
Certificate of Appreciation from Rotary International Club & Lions Club- Toronto
The Telegraph School Award as an outstanding talent in Eastern Classical Music, presented by Chief Minister of West Bengal
President Award in Sarod through All India Radio Music Competition
Sangeet Ratnakar & Sangeet Visharad from Sabrbharatiya Sangeet o Sanskriti Parishad
Jadubhatta Purashkar from Salt Lake Cultural Association
National Scholarship for outstanding performance in Sarod, from the Ministry of Human Resources & Development and Tourism & Culture, Govt of India- New Delhi
• Saath-Saath Festival in Mumbai, organized by legendary Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia • RIMPA Festival in New Delhi • All India Radio Music Festival in Shimla • Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata • Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan in Jalandhar • Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Golpark • Sangeet Natak Academy Sangeet Pratibha Festival in Gwalior • National Center for Performing Arts - Mumbai • Biswa Banga Sammelan on behalf of Govt. of West Bengal • Basanta Utsav in Jorasanko Thakurbari - Kolkata • Saptak Music Festival - Nasik • West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Concert - Kolkata • India Habitat Centre in New Delhi • Jnana Pravaha Music Festival, presented by Sangeet Ashram, Kolkata • Arohi Music Festival- Mumbai • Isha Yaksha Festival in Coimbatore • Anirban Sangeet Sammelan - Kolkata • Saltlake City Music Festival - Kolkata • Ballygunj Maitreyi Music Circle - Kolkata • Paramparik Music Festival - Kolkata • Sangeet Piyasi - Kolkata • Swaramayee Gurukul - Pune • Bhairav Kalyan Utsav’05 & Smriti Utsav’ 09 in Mumbai • Kalibari Music Festival - Lucknow • Music Festival in Assam & Tripura • Culturall Music Conference in Allahabad • Sangit Parishad Kashi in Varanashi • Ustad Rahimat Khan Sangeet Samaroh in Dharwad • Ustad Rajjab Ali Khan Sangeet in Dewas • Dr Arun Kumar Sen Smriti Samaroh in Raipur
