User:Naviin Gandharv


 * Naviin Gandharv is a young multi – talented musician who plays the unique instrument ‘belabaharr’, & the tabla with equal passion & dexterity with his own distinct style which is a blend of the traditional, contemporary music developed from his mentors legendary Ustad Allarakha & Pt. Babulal Gandharv .His association with great maestros has polished him to be a dynamic & versatile performer.

Presently performing music with his band ANURAAJ, which produces music different from all contemporaries,His songs are blended by the nuances of ragas & interesting taal mathematics which is our india's traditional heritage presented in a noble style

Naviin has performed for various musical & other institutions like NCPA ,Essar group, Lakme fashion week ,IMG St Xavier’s college  ,Vedic celebrations, Kanakia art foundation, Indus internationals, Hindustan times, Rotary club, Sahara india, Celebrate bandra, Ruia house, , Osho, Subhash Ghai's WHISTLING WOODS INTERNATIONALS, Jewel of india, Adyatmik raj gurukulam indor stadium Orrissa, Ramnaryan foundation, Gandharva mahavidyalaya, Barsi of omkarnath thakur, VLCC Events, Art des film centre, Museum kala ghoda, Kanha festival, Mayo college Ajmer ,Virasat International fest etc.He is one of the rare artists to be selected by ICCR in both solo  instruments.

Apart from his solo concerts Naviin with his Anuraaj music band including elder brother Devanand Gandharv who is a gifted composer, arranger, keyboardist create wonderful extempore Indian classical with modern tweng & folk music which cuts across cultural boundaries & appeals to people of all classes & backgrounds.The aesthetics which is a speciality of Naviin’s music goes beyond technicalities producing immense pleasure which cant be achieved by mere hard practice.His album Silver Lining is running successfully all over in India & abroad

In fact the legendary artists like Pt.Hariprasad chaurasia,Pt Ram narayan,Anup Jalota & many others blessed him that he is going to turn out into an exiting & promising artist of the future generation.

Albums: "Silver Lining" by Dreams entertainment

About Belabaharr : The Belabahar is a unique instrument that combines the tonal effect of a sarangi with the convenience of a violin. It is not commercially available as a musical instrument, although it is approved by AIR and Doordarshan. Its commercial rendezvous is restricted to a few pieces in the popular bollywood hits like 1942 A Love Story, Gadar, LOC Kargil, Refugee etc.

“The Belabahar certainly gives a better tonal effect than both violin & sarangi.. When Babulal played the instrument to me, I was struck by its resonance and its suitability for playing Hindustani Music. The Artist says, “The violin has four strings; I have added one more string here. This fifth string enables the player to explore the lower octave”. Babulal gave his first solo performance on the Belabahar for the Sur Singar Sawmi Haridas sammelan in 1982. “I can tune it in 15 seconds as I have fixed a fine tuning box at the top of the instrument making it suitable for commercial recordings.” It gas been substituted for most verities of bowing instrument like; dilruba, tar-shehnai, ravanhatta, violin, sarangi etc.”

The Belabahar is a unique instrument that combines the tonal effect of a sarangi with the convenience of a violin. It is not commercially available as a musical instrument, although it is approved by AIR and Doordarshan.

Details of the construction of Belabaharr

1.Tradionaly Indian instrument from the Sarangi family& its principles with the easy teqnique of Violin

2.No operation or modification of any other instrument as has always been done in the case of Harmonium ,Guitar or sitar.Belabaharr has its own individuality

3.A block of 200yrs old Burma teak wood is carved same as in sarod or sarangi .same with the use of skin & it’s a one piece instrument not like Violin which is a joint of plys.the slid wood gives a roundness ,fullness & deep sound suitable for Indian music more

4.There are 5 main strings & 23 sympathetic strings (Tarab) 15 are constructed like Sarod or Sarangi but the remaining 8 strings are constructed in a scientific manner under the finger board which has the 5 main strings on which the bow is used.

5.Under the bridge there is a special leather belt strip which keeps the balance & bears the heavy tension of all the strings

6.Fine tuners are attached at the upper part which enable the artist to tune the instrument instantly in not more than couple of minutes where as it almost takes 15 to 20 mts in other Indian tarab instruments

7.Execept the metal part like strings each & every thing is made by Pt.Babulal Gandharv without the use of any artisan or carpenter

8.It is a versatile instrument which has been almost used in most forms of music such as classical ,folk ,devotional,film music ,contemporary or world music

9.Belabaharr is complete wi th traditional, musical ,visual, spiritual sense

10.The unique sound of Belabaharr has been appreciated by eminent musicians like padma vibhushan Pt.Ram Narayan,Ustad Zakir Hussain,A.R.Rahman,,Marat Bisengaliev,Kenny G,Vanessa Mae,Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar,Ustad Ghulam Ali,Laxmikant Pyarelal.Anup Jalota,Pankaj Udhas,Naushad sahab