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Brij Narayan, born in 1952, acquired proficiency
early in the playing of the Sarod under the tutelage of his
father, Pandit Ram Narain, the renowned Sarangi maestro. He
adopted a strict regimen of talim and riyaz from the age of
7.
Then followed a period of brief instruction with Ustaad Ali
Akbar Khan in Delhi. Simultaneously, he went into the rythmic
aspect of music with his paternal uncle, the late Chatur Lal,
the tabla maestro. After Pandit Chatur Lal's untimely demise
in 1965, Brij Narayan returned to Bombay and resumed training
with his father and studied with him extensively. In 1967,
Brij Narayan was one of the youngest musicians ever to be
awarded the President's Gold Medal for standing first in the
all India radio music competition.
After his graduation from Bombay University n 1972, Brij devoted
himself fully towards shaping his career as a Sarod artist.
He has developed and perfected an authoritative and masterly
style, a style that is influenced by various features of Pandit
Ram Narayan's Sarangi treatment, like his taan sequence executions
for example, blended with some special traits derived from
the Sarod playing of Ustaad Ali Akbar Khan. Over the years,
Brij has emerged as an outstanding contemporary musician,
appreciated for his seriousness of approach in dealing with
raga subjects. He has travelled widely as a concert artist
to all the leading music centers in India and overseas to
Europe, Canada and Australia.
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