Owing allegiance to the "Senia Gharana", Sharat has been active on the performing circuit for over 25 years. His distinct experimental approach led him to dabble with various genres of music. His nascent talent, nurtured since age 7 by renowned violinist Shri Joi Srivastava, his Grandfather/Guru, has lent him rare understanding of the "Dhrupad-Ang", a style unique to this Gharana under Guru Shishya Parampara.. This, and such grooming has put him on stage with the likes of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Birju Maharaj, and as an acclaimed soloist he was selected for Sahitya Kala Parishad's coveted Yuva Mahotsava. He is a recipient of the national scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India. In year 1998, he got the opportunity to play with Sting at the Channel V awards New Delhi. Currently, he is working on a World Music project "Mrigya" which he started in 1999, giving the audiences in India and the West a blend of Indian Classical Ragas with blues, jazz and other forms of music. Mrigya was given the 5 star rating at the prestigeous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the year 2001. Following year the band got the Herald Angel Award for the best band from India. Apart from performing and doing studio work Sharat is a visiting professor in the University of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, where he teaches Indian Violin to mainly string players. In year 2002, he was conducting workshops in Winterthur University, Switzerland. He was teaching the Violin in Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi for 9 years.
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