18 Facts About Abhay Sopori

Abhay Rustum Sopori was born on 7 June 1979 and is an Indian Santoor player, music composer and conductor.

Abhay Sopori was invited to speak at the international conference TEDx.

Abhay Rustum Sopori was born on 7 June 1979 in the city of Srinagar situated in the Kashmir valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit family.

Abhay Sopori represents the Sufiana Gharana of Kashmir, coming from a family of traditional Santoor players, spanning over nine generations spread over more than 300 years.

Abhay Sopori has a bachelor's and master's degree in Music from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, India and holds bachelors in Commerce from Delhi University and Computers from Indira Gandhi National Open University.

Abhay Sopori was trained in Indian classical music from his childhood, as well as Western and Sufiana music.

Abhay Sopori recorded his first song at the age of 3 for a musical feature for All India Radio composed by his father and was part of his father's grand choral presentation featuring over 8000 voices in Srinagar Kashmir in 1985.

Abhay Sopori presented his first Choral presentation featuring over 100 singers in October 2005 in Kashmir organised by Sopori Academy of Music And Performing Arts.

Abhay Sopori scored the music for the fusion composition titled Haftrang in 2013 performed by the Bavarian State Orchestra of Germany, together with his Kashmiri folk music ensemble Soz-o-Saaz, giving international recognition to Kashmiri music.

Abhay Sopori continues to innovate and experiment with Santoor to further extend its dimensions.

Abhay Sopori has introduced the Open String Concept, together with the Enhanced Sustain Technique, giving a new dimension to the sound.

Abhay Sopori invented, designed and introduced a 30-stringed instrument in 2004 named as Sur-Santoor.

Abhay Sopori has been instrumental in reviving the old Sufiana compositions of his predecessors and adopted them in the Indian Classical scenario and composed and introduced new Khayal compositions.

Raga Nirmalkauns named after Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and Raga MahaKali named after Goddess Mother Kali are Abhay Sopori's newly composed Ragas.

Abhay Sopori has composed music for Films, Telefilms, Short Films, Serials and Documentaries.

Abhay Sopori recently debuted as a composer in Bollywood commercial cinema with Shikara movie and composed the Love theme song Dilbar Lagyo and the Wedding Song titled Shukrana Gul Khile.

Abhay Sopori started working with the State Government of Jammu and Kashmir to expand and accomplish his grandfather's dream and after several years of hard work and dedication, he was able to introduce music as a formal subject in the educational setup of Jammu and Kashmir.

Abhay Sopori is a strong believer of peace and humanity and has been promoting the same ideology preached by Mahatma Gandhi through music.