About
Venkatesh Sharma
Venkatesh Sharma as he grew up, was attracted instantly by many kannada film hits, Bhavageetha's and devotional songs which are mostly based on classical ragas. Because of this and his persistent listening habbit of Karnatic music had helped him immensely so that, much before going to his first guru of Karnatic Music, he had the basic under standing of about 20 to 25 ragas. Even Yakshagaana music is fully based on classical music, something which he was most exposed to, in his early years. In his school and college days he has sung all these music forms and won prizes in competitions.
His love for Hindustani Music found its place after he finished his college education. By then, he was already a Karnatic concert Artist performing in Radio and all. The urge for learning Hindustani Music arose at this time juncture. It is only after several years of Karnatic music performances, he developed the skill to perform Hindustani Music. He started singing Hindustani Music parallelly without going for Jugalbandhi Music. Jugalbandhi Concert career started after several cassettes, Cds came out both in Karnatic and Hindustani Music. By that time he was an approved artist in Hindustani and Karnatic Music Category of Radio and Doordarshan.
He has sung for a sanskrit film MUDRAARAKSHASA. His musical album include Ragam Tanam Pallavi in Karnatic and Khayals in Hindustani music. Notable recordings are "Evening Flight" (Evening & Night Ragas) and Raagantharanga - Raag ka Rang (Three ragas sung in both Karnatic and Hinudstani Style) which have made a big mark in the field of Classical Music.
