Ragini Shankar

Ragini Shankar
Ragini Shankar performing at a concert
Background information
Born	Varanasi, India
Genres	Hindustani classical music, fusion
Occupation(s)	Violinist
Instruments	Violin
Website	www.raginishankar.com

Ragini Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music and fusion. She is the daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar^[1] and the granddaughter of the renowned Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam.^[2]

Early life[]

She began her training at the age of 4 and gave her first public performance as an 11-year-old.^[3] She plays violin in the Gayaki Ang.

Education[]

Shankar excelled in her education in mechanical engineering and also holds a master's degree in music.^[4]

Performing career[]

She has performed in various prestigious festivals like the Europalia,^[5] MERU,^[6] Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival,^[7] Dover Lane Music Conference,^[8] Saptak Festival of Music,^[9] ,^[10] Yaksha (festival),^[11] Aarohi for Pancham Nishad,^[12] Jaya Smriti organised by Hema Malini,^[13] Temple of Fine Arts,^[14] The Association of Performing Arts of India,^[15] T. N. Krishnan Foundation,^[16] and Bengal Music Foundation.^[17] and also been telecast in Idea Jalsa.^[18] She also has a music video with her sister Nandini Shankar.^[19] and has also recently^[when?] released her first Indian classical music CD.^[20]

As well as appearing all over India, she has also performed abroad in the USA,^[21] Canada,^[22] the UK,^[23] Netherlands,^[24] Germany, France,^[25] Belgium,^[26] Hungary, Singapore,^[27] Malaysia and Dubai.^[28] Ragini gives lecture demonstrations and conducts workshops on a regular basis during her travels.

She has been a faculty member at Whistling Woods International School of Music in Mumbai since its inception.^[29]

She is a part of the renowned Bollywood lyricist Irshad Kamil’s The Ink Band, a series of poetry interwoven with music.^[30] She is also a part of an Indo-French musical project called Sangata, formed by the noted French composer Thierry Pecou^[31] and was covered in an article in Le Monde.^[32] Her recent collaborations include inString, an innovative fusion band which gives a new sound to popular Indian tunes.^[33] She has appeared on the platform of Tedx to talk on Indian music.^[34] She is a recipient of a Cultural Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

She currently^[when?] resides in Mumbai.

Awards and honours[]

Jaya Smriti presented by film actress and dancer, Hema Malini, 2012

Jashn-e-Youngistan presented by the Vice-President of India, Venkaiah Naidu, 2018^{[35] [36]}

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