AVIRBHAV VERMA TABLA WIZARD
Born in a family of musicians, Avirbhav
grew up in an environment, which was promoted with soulful music. Son of
illustrious Tabla Player, Late Shri
Pawan Kumar Verma, he
learnt the first lesson in the feet of his father. After the untimely demise of
Shri Pawan Kumar Verma in January 2000, Avirbhav
continued his lessons of Tabla from his grandfather
Guru Pt. Lachman Singh Seen, one of the pillars of
Punjab Gharana; a name that is adored and admired by
music lovers and critics.
The untimely departure of the beloved father did create
an irreplaceable gap in Avirbhav’s life but because
of the deeply embedded inspiration, Avirbhav always
felt the presence of his father guiding him at every step. Avirbhav
accompanied his father in Indonesia and entire Europe where he gained priceless
fame and exposure. In the absence of his father, the responsibility fell on the
shoulders of his mother, Smt. Gandharv Verma, a trained vocalist and a Radio-TV artist. Her
constant guidance went a long way in strengthening Avirbhav
on rearing the dream of his father. Elder brother, Swarit
Verma a talented Tabla
Player is now well settled in Melbourne, Australia and is a reservoir of
inspiration to his younger brother.
As time progressed, Avirbhav
carved a place for himself among lovers and critics of music and on the basis
of his performances in Punjab Kala Bhawan, he was
selected to visit U.K. under Shropshire Punjab
Cultural Exchange (a project by Heritage, Patiala Shropshire
County, England). Avirbhav’s name was recognised at the Vishnu Digamber
Sangeet Sammelan held in
Agra where he carved the appreciation of distinguished lovers of music. Avirbhav has also accompanied reputed vocalist and
instrumentalist like Pandit Vidhya
Dhar vyas, Mrs Aarti Alankalekar,
Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Pt.
Manu Kumar Seen, Ms Riyazvi, Sh. Dinesh
K Mahavir, Sayeed Khan, Mr B.S Narang and many more popular
personalities. In the year 2004, Avirbhav visited
Canada and performed at a concert organised by Ragmala Society in Calgary and Adminton,
Beinf, Kananaskis and
Prince George B.C.
After years of priceless training under his grandfather Ustad & Sangeetacharya Lachman Singh Seen, Ustad of
Punjab Gharana, Avirbhav
and Swarit have gained noticeable command on Peshkar, Keyda, Pranas, Charkadar Tukras, Gats and Laggis, Chakradar Tahais and have
accomplished perfect balance of Dayan and Bayan. Avirbhav’s Guru and music lovers feel that he will shine as
a jewel in the World of Music.
Recognising the virtuosity and depth of his art, Govt. of Punjab through the
Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Avirbhav
was awarded a Certiifcate of Merit by the Chief Minister
of Punjab, Mr. Amarinder Singh at Kapurthala.
Avirbhav has won innumerable prestigious prizes at
the Punjab University Youth Festival. He was adjudged as the “Best” in
percussion category at Zonal and Inter- Zonal festival held at Chandigarh and Mukerian in 2004 and 2005 respectively. He got the first
prize in percussion category at Zonal and Inter Festival held at Chandigarh and
Ludhiana in 2005. He has been a regular performer at Hariballabh
Sangeet Sammelan at Jalandhar and his performances have been highly appreciated
by all.
Performances, Accompaniments and Jugalbandhi
Avirbhav accompanied Pt. Vidya Dhar
Vyas Ji (vocalist) who gave
his blessings to him and was very happy with the performance.
Avirbhav has performed with the French Band group “ERIK TRUFFAS” where his Tarang Solo was highly appreciated and his jugalbandhi with the drums was given a standing applause.
Avirbhav also got a chance to accompany the renowned artist, Mehmood Dholpuri Ji and his son Fakhru Deen in a jugalbandhi of Harmonium
and Sarangi.
Avirbhav performed in Jalandhar at the Hariballabh Basant Maha Utsva in which he performed
his solo Tabla Tarang and
mesmerized the audience.
Recently, Avirbhav performed in
Chandigarh with Pt. Manu Kumar Seen (a well known international and national Sitarist) at Bhaskar Rao Sangeet Sammelan.
Avirbhav performed with two French Artists, Regis Gizavo and David Mirandon in
Chandigarh and Delhi. People were thrilled
by the performance and it was a mind-blowing concert.
Avirbhav has been given, one of the most prestigious awards known as the Tal Mani
Award in Mumbai for his selection in the concert for “Kal
Ke Kalakaar”.
Avirbhav also performed at Shri Satguru
Partap Singh Ji Sangeet Sammelan at Chandigarh
with Baljeet Singh and performed a marvellous jugalbandhi in a new
technique on Tabla, which left the audience stunned,
and asking for more.
Avirbhav has been performing with number of French bands, he performed with a
French group here in India through the alliance francaise,
which was performed at 17 plaza, Chandigarh, and it was excellent performance.
Avirbhav was selected to go to Korea, and represent India in Tabla,(Individual Tabla) in The III
Delphic Games 2010 Jeju. 9-15 September 2009. Jeju, republic
of Korea.
Avirbhav visited England (North Somerset), he taught their in schools and colleges,
regarding music. And his teaching skills were very much appreciated by the
schools and colleges principals. He was given an appreciation letter by the
education department of England.
Avirbhav recently performed in Calcutta (kolkatta) Pracheen kala Kendra, in the
award ceremony. His performance was highly appreciated by the audience, and the
Pracheen kala kendras registrar, Mrs. Shobha Koser ji.
26th December-2010
Avirbhav is recently selected as a model for the carolyns modeling agency, from cannada,
he is further continuing with it.