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The Lakkshya Quartet
An Evening of Strings, Keys & Percussion
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Lakkshya is a quartet, with a rich and traditional Carnatic base, imbibing its energy to bring out their own unique contemporary style. Lakkshya was born out of mutual love and the strong need of expanding their sense and of music. The musicians have performed a wide range of concerts across India, Europe, US and East Africa including Classical Carnatic, contemporary music and collaborative performances with artists from different genres and artforms. Their work is often the result of an equal measure of fun, experiments and an amalgamation of each of their artistic vibes. As a collective, they are always looking forward to collaborating with artists and creating a memorable experience for their audience.
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K.J.Diliip
K.J.Diliip has had the good fortune of having been born in a musical family. His initial training was from his father Shri. K.J.Shyamasharma and grandfather Shri. K.J.Krishna Bhat, who is an accomplished vocalist and violinist. He further underwent advance training under violin meastro Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi M.S.Gopalakrishnan. Diliip has also been playing Violin Duet concerts and also Vocal-Violin duets with his wife Ila Diliip. They have performed with various senior artists in the field of Carnatic music.
He performs across India and has also made a mark abroad, in countries like Canada, UAE, U.S.A, France (in Paris, for the event – ‘The European Night of Museum’ at Musee Guimet), Switzerland, Nigeria, Srilanka and Australia. He has given a LEC-DEM at various places like the Berklee College of Music, Boston, Museeguimet , Paris, Switzerland and so on.
Ila Diliip
Primarily a vocalist, but capable of carrying her own on the violin, Ila, has been performing vocal and violin concerts across India and has been presented in countries such as Switzerland, France and Canada. Her skill has come through in challenging concerts such as Pancha gana Raga Tana Pallavi, Navaragakshara RTP and the 128-unit per cycle tala Simhanandana tala RTP.
Ila is a versatile musician and collaborates with different art forms such as Bharatanatyam, Odissi and many contemporary dance productions, Jazz musicians and has composed music for many productions and plays. She recently made her debut as a playback singer for the South Indian movie (Kannada) called Monsoon Raga.
Aman Mahajan
Aman Mahajan plays improvised music as a medium of exploration, expression and exchange. His work is often reflective, influenced by a diversity of traditional and contemporary forms from around the world, and inspired by a search for unity and connection. His 2019 solo piano album REFUGE explores ideas of home, paying homage to inward journeys.
Mahajan has performed widely on the Indian music circuit, and internationally at venues including Moods (Zürich, 2020), Murszene (Graz, 2019), Jazzwerkstatt (Graz, 2018), Jazz Utsav (New Delhi, 2017) and many more. Focussed on the development of the contemporary improvised music in India, Mahajan also teaches privately from his piano studio in Bangalore, and has been a returning faculty member at the Global Music Institute, Delhi. He curates performances at a few independent venues in Bangalore.
Sunaad Anoor
Sunaad Anoor is born into a family of renowned musicians from Bangalore India. He is the 5th generation musician from his family. Sunaad learnt violin for a few years but was very much inclined towards percussion. He parallel started to learn the percussion instrument Mridangam from his father Vid. Anoor Dattatreya Sharma. His music has the core foundation of Indian Karnatic music but is also influenced by genres like, Hindusthani, Jazz, Latin and folk music. He is known for is spontaneous playing on stage and has a sound of his own which has developed in these years. He has performed all over India with very eminent Musicians from India. He has also performed in Germany and Singapore.
