About Rishabh Dhar
Rishabh Dhar - a career spanning for almost 15 years of performing across the globe. The countries which have hosted Rishabh's performances so far are: UK, Holland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Italy,Canada, USA, Middle East, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, South Africa and China. Rishabh Dhar comes from a very well known musical family from Kolkata.His mother, famous Dhrupad singer Smt.Ashoka Dhar Nandy, has been a Cultural Ambassador of India for decades.Rishabh has been trained according to the traditions of his country on one of the oldest and most exciting and versatile North Indian Classical percussion instruments, the Pakhawaj. Having born into a reputed musical family of Kolkata, I was strongly influenced by various forms of Indian classical music from childhood.Since the age of 3, I started learning " Pakhawaj ", one of the oldest and most exciting and versatile North Indian Classical percussion instruments ever, under the guidance of Pandit.Rajib Lochon Dey & Pandit.Apurba lal Manna(of LalaKebal Kishan Gharana),Pandit .Vittal Das Gujrati and Pandit.Manik Munde(of Nana Sahab Panse Gharana). I also studied the South Indian Ghatam & Konnakol(speaking the rhythm) under the guidance of Pandit. S.Shekhar. My mother, Smt.Ashoka Dhar Nandy , who has been a student of Dhrupad Maestro Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar(Senior Dagar Brothers), is one of the first female Dhrupad vocalists from India. She has been the cultural Ambassador of India for decades. Since the age of 19, I started connecting with open minded musicians from all over the world & have shared the stage with the likes of Victor Wooten, Steve Zerlin, John Wubbenhorst, Trilok Gurtu & many more. My experience, musical overview, passion and devotion gave him the opportunity to become a guest lecturer in Venlo. I started working with AMC since the year 2000 and also became a visiting faculty in Alandi Institute ( Venlo). In 2005, I was invited by the Conservatory of Rotterdam to be part of a special project called One world Many Music's. In 2006 I had started my first own World Music Project "TAALMANTRA".
Rishabh Dhar - a career spanning for almost 15 years of performing across the globe. The countries which have hosted Rishabh's performances so far are: UK, Holland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Italy,Canada, USA, Middle East, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, South Africa and China.
