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Dr Ankit Parikh

Dr Ankit Parikh

Pakhawaj

Dr. Ankit Parikh is one of the talented Pakhawaj artists from India. He has learnt Pakhawaj under Goswami Sri Kalyan rai ji Maharaj sri , the acharya of vallabh sampraday and vidwan of Nana Panse Gharana. Later he moved to lucknow and took further talim from Dr . Raj Khushiram, disciple of Pakhawaj wizard Swami Pagal das ji. Ankit belongs to temple tradition of Pushti bhakti marg. He is gifted musician carrying forward the rich tradition of Pakhawaj with dedication and hard work. He is not just an excellent solo artist but a well known Pakhawaj accompanist as well. He has great ability to adapt singing or playing style of fellow musicians and improvise with the mastery of technique and temperament of music rendition He has already been performing all over the india with renowned and young musicians both and has been much appreciated for his performances. Ankit has been felicitated with various award for his active participation in promoting Pakhawaj such as Mridang Gaurav award 2019, Junior research fellowship award 2019 by Ministry of Culture, Girnar Ratna award 2017, Taalmani award 2010 etc . Apart from Being extremely talented musician, Ankit is only young Pakhawaj artist who holds the Doctorate degree in Pakhawaj from Banaras Hindu university.

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