19 Facts About Sudhir Nayak

Sudhir Nayak is an Indian classical Harmonium player, a disciple of Pandit Tulsidas Borkar and Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.

Sudhir Nayak is a music composer of repute and is constantly engaged in teaching music to students regularly and through workshops and interactive sessions.

Sudhir Nayak's parents hailing from the South Canara district of Coastal Karnataka, later moved to Mumbai.

Sudhir Nayak retired from his services as a Banker with Canara Bank and is currently engaged in the practice and propagation of Vipassana meditation under the aegis of the Vipassana International Academy.

Sudhir's mother, Suvarny Nayak is engaged in teaching music and performs religious and devotional songs in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani, etc.

Sudhir Nayak holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from Pune university studying at MES's Garware College of Commerce, Pune.

The captivating persona of Pandit Tulsidas Borkar and the subtle touches used by him while playing the Harmonium coupled with the grace with which he approached the instrument, deeply attracted young Sudhir Nayak to pursue learning the art from him.

Sudhir Nayak accompanied Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki on the harmonium for his vocal concerts and assisted him in composing music for different projects.

At an early age, Sudhir Nayak had the honour of accompanying stalwarts in the field of Indian Music like Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.

Sudhir Nayak has performed widely in the US, the UK, the USSR, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, Africa, the Far Eastern and the Middle Eastern countries.

Sudhir Nayak is equally at home with harmonium solo renditions as he is with accompaniment and has composed music for many musical productions.

Sudhir Nayak participates in cross-cultural collaborations being a part of the ensemble 'Koshish'.

Sudhir Nayak has composed music for many projects and albums which have been recorded and published commercially.

Sudhir Nayak conducts workshops related to the Harmonium at different places in India and abroad.

Sudhir Nayak has been invited as a visiting lecturer through the Department of Fine Arts and Music, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Sudhir Nayak has performed and conducted interactive sessions for music students of Stanford, Berkeley, Brandeis, Yale University and Ithaca College, USA, Griffith University, Brisbane and other educational institutions and universities around the globe.

Sudhir Nayak currently teaches a course in Harmonium at the University of Mumbai.

Sudhir Nayak has the honour of having performed along with Pandit Bhimsen Joshi at the Central Hall of the Parliament of India, on the occasion marking the Golden Jubilee celebrations of India's independence and with Shubha Mudgal to mark celebrate 60 years of the Parliament of India.

Sudhir Nayak is married to Bharati Nayak and they have a daughter, Maitreyi.