Today, we are going to watch a live Violin Concert with just three instruments Violin, Tabla and Harmonium. Violin is played by Ms. Ragini Shankar, who is an Indian Violinist, performing the Hindustani Classical Music and Fusion. She started her training at age 4 and her first performance was when she was 11 years old.
Ragini is a Mechanical Engineer who also holds a Master’s degree in Music. She has performed in India as well as various foreign countries on different occasions. Ragini Shankar has been trained by her renowned Violinist mother Mrs. Sangeeta Shankar and grand mother and legendary Violinist Padma Bhushan Dr. N Rajam. Her sister Nandini Shankar is also a Violinist who performs Hindustani Classical Music.
It is really great to have three generations Grand Mother, Mother and Grand Daughters in the same field. Dr. N. Rajam underwent rigorous training in Carnatic classical under her father Vidwan A Narayana Iyer. Sangeetha Shankar began her training at a very early age in Hindustani music under the tutelage of her mother. Nandini Shankar has married another great fusion artist Mahesh Raghavan, who is well known for playing Carnatic Music on iPad on an app called GeoShred. In 2015, Dr. N Rajam, Sangeetha Shankar, Ragini Shankar and Nandini Shankar performed at Pune. They have also performed at Netherlands and other places.
Artist – Ragini Shankar
Tabla – Ramkrishna Manohar
Harmonium – Santosh Ghante
Raga – Bihag
Venue – Theater Hotel de Oranjerie in Roermond, Netherlands
