Shri Abhay Nayampalli
Instrument / Art Form: Carnatic Guitar
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One of the very few artists in the world exploring the complex art of Carnatic Classical Music the predominantly western instrument, the guitar.
Abhay is a senior disciple of legendary Mandolin Vidwan, Late Padmashree U Srinivas and is a disciple of legendary violinist Vid. A Kanyakumari.
Awarded with the title of Sangeeta Kalaaratnam, he has over 1000 concerts to his credit, both in India and abroad.
Abhay has played with some of the best Indian artists such as Shankar Mahadevan, Taufiq Qureshi, Rakesh Chaurasia, Purbayan Chatterjee, Louis Banks, Ravi Chary, Sridhar Parthasarthy, Aditya Kalyanpur, Ojas Adhiya.
His style reflects his reverence and maintenance of undiluted traditional Carnatic Classical essence along with his openness to newer styles of playing including Blues and Jazz.
Abhay aims to establish guitar as a mainstream instrument in Carnatic Classical Music and take it to the world.