Our latest Local Artists Recital will feature Adrian McNeil (Sarod), Viraj Salvi (Vocal), Rahila Iqbal (Vocal) and Vinod Prasanna (Bansuri).

ARTIST BIOS:

Born in Melbourne, Adrian McNeil (Sarod) lived, studied and performed in India for many years. He has made a number of recordings for national television and radio. A guitar student since childhood, Adrian began training in Hindustani music in 1980 as a disciple of Pt. Ashok Roy. He has intensively studied the Sarod and Hindustani classical music with Prof. Sachindra Nath Roy and also the expert vocalist and musicologist, Dr. Ashok Ranade. He has extensive performance experience in Australia, Europe and Asia.

Adrian is an adjunct Professor of Music at Monash University, Australia. His extensive writings on Hindustani music includes the book Inventing the Sarod: A Cultural History.

Viraj Salvi has been learning Hindustani Shaastriya Sangeet (Gwalior Gharana) from Pt. Madhukar Joshi and Vd. Apoorva Gokhale. He has experience performing Shaastriya sangeet, Naatya sangeet, Bhajans, Ghazals & Bhaav geet.

Rahila Iqbal is a leading Melbourne Hindustani Classical vocalist. She began her training under Smt Alka Deshpandey and later continued her learning under Smt Rajyasree Ghosh. She completed her visharad from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya in Khairagarh, India.

Vinod Prasanna was born into one of India's greatest flute-playing families, with more than two and a half centuries of storied musical tradition. He was introduced to the Indian flute called the bansuri by his late grandfather, Vishnu Prasanna ji. His uncle Rajendra Prasanna ji has also taught him and inspired his playing.

Residing in Australia since 2008, Vinod ji is a performing and recording artist, teacher, craftsman and ambassador of the Bansuri.