Viraj Amar

Viraj Amar is a young upcoming vocalist of Hindustani classical music. Her gurus include Pandit Vilasrao Khandekar of Gwalior gharana, Smt. Rupande Shah of Saptak School of Music and presently Pandit Rajan Misra of Benares gharana. She started her music career with sitar at the age of 8 under the able guidance of Ms. Manjuben Mehta and her vocal training under Pandit Vilasrao Khandekar at age 10. Since then she has won the coveted Pandit Omkarnath Trophy in both instrumental as well as vocal music and the All India Intercollegiate competition for Hindustani vocals. She is a Sangeet Visharad, a Sangeet Alankar and an A-grade artist on All India Radio where she regularly performs. Her academic achievements consist of a Bachelor of Science in Bio-Chemistry and a Master of Science in Life Science.

Viraj has performed widely in India including performances at the National Center of Performing Arts, Bombay, the Saptak Music Festival, Ahmedabad, Swara Sadhana Samiti, Bombay and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. Viraj was invited to perform vocals at the Indo-Soviet Festival, Russia, in 1988. She was also invited to Otemon Gaukuin University, Japan, as a cultural ambassador in 1990.

For concert performances contact:

Ms. Viraj Amar
47, Brahmin Mitra Mandal Society
Ahmedabad 380 006, India

(91) (79) 657 7594 (Home)
(91) (79) 657 9210 (Facsimile)