# 5, 6th cross, II Phase
Manjunatha Nagar
West of Chord Road, Bangalore 10
Ph: 23388566,  9341260175
Email: shekhargemini@gmail.com

Initially, SHEKHAR GEMINI had been a self-taught musician but later noted musicians and teachers like Dr. Murari Sharma and The late Narain Prasad ji groomed him in the fineries of music.

His teaching / performing expertise lies in different styles of Vocal Hindustani Classical & light Music, namely - Khayal, Thumri, Ghazal, Bhajan, Vandana, Bhav Sangeet and Folk Songs.

In Instrumental Music, he is capable of teaching virtually every possible Musical Instrument He has been teaching Music ( Vocal & Instrumental ) up to the post graduate level for the past 26 years and expertise in VOICE CULTURE to improve the singing quality for light music and Playback Singing, as well.

Apart from giving concerts, he has been giving "Lecture cum Demonstration" quite frequently, in many a Cultural and Educational Institutions, in and around Bangalore. In 1998, he completed his tour, consisting of his concerts and lecture cum demonstration, in various towns and parts of the USA and received radio coverage & rare reviews at large by the music lovers and event managers in America. He has musically composed over 500 Songs, in almost all-prevalent Singing Styles of North Indian Music. BIJLIYAN, his debut album of Ghazals, released in 1997, gave a new dimension to Ghazal Singing. Also, it was the very first Ghazal Album to ever come out from Bangalore.Apart from being Music Teacher, he is a well-known name in Bangalore as a Music Composer, Arranger and Director, as well as Project Consultant for Music Audio/Vedio Albums. He has also formulated an ideal Syllabus for the various levels of music learning. In Musicology. His book - "The Philosophy of Music" the only one in this field, was published, in the State Award-Winning Magazine -"KALA DARSHAN" of Rajasthan. At present, he is working on two albums, simultaneously - KABIR (Bhajans) and LORI (Lullabies).