Shankar Mahadevan
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| Shankar Mahadevan | |
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.jpg) Shankar Mahadevan at Idea Rocks India concert in Bangalore. (April 6, 2013) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | March 3, 1967 Chembur, Mumbai[1] |
| Genres | Indian music, playback singing,composer |
| Occupations | Singer, composer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Associated acts | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Website | www.shankarmahadevan.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Vocals and Veena | |
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio team that composes for Indian filmsand a playback singer. He is a four time winner of the National Award for the Best Male Playback Singer. He is also the founder of the Shankar Mahadevan Academy which conducts online music lessons in Indian music for students across the globe.
Early life [edit]
Shankar Mahadevan was born and raised in Chembur, a suburb of Mumbai,[1] to a Tamil Iyer family from Palakkad, Kerala.[2] He learned Hindustani classical music and Carnatic music in his childhood and started playing the veena at the age of five. He studied music under the guidance ofPandit Srinivas Khale, a well known Marathi music composer. He went to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School in Chembur. He subsequently attended SIES College in Sion and completed his HSC. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai under the auspices of Mumbai University. He worked as a software engineer for Oracle.[3]
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