BIKRAM MALHAR

BIKRAM’S BASIC EDUCATION IN INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC STARTED IN 1993. AT THAT TIME HE WAS LEARNING MUSIC FROM VARIOUS TEACHERS IN DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS, BUT LATER IN 1995, FORTUNATELY HE FOUND HIS MUSIC GURU SHRI OM PARKASH THAPAR FROM JALLANDHAR, PUNJAB. SINCE THEN HE HAVE BEEN LEARNING
CONTINUOUSLY FROM GURU JI.

BIKRAM’S LINEAGE OF MASTERS COMES FROM SHRI VISHNU DIGAMBAR PALUSKAR JI, PT. ONKAAR NATH THAKUR JI, PT. VINAYAKRAO PATVARDHAN JI, SHRI BALWANT RAI JASWAL JI AND THEN HIS GURU JI SHRI OM PARKASH THAPAR JI. HE HAS GOT HIS EDUCATION IN TWO GHARANAS THAT IS PUNJAB AND GAWALIOR STYLES OF SINGING.

IN FORMAL EDUCATION OF MUSIC HE DID:

• MASTER'S DEGREE IN MUSIC VOCAL FROM GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, AMRITSAR AND
• GRADUATION WITH MUSIC FROM PUNJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH.

BIKRAM IS:

• SANGEET VISHARAD IN MUSIC VOCAL AND TABLA FROM PRACHEEN KALA KENDRA, CHANDIGARH
• SANGEET VISHARAD IN MUSIC VOCAL FROM BHATKHANDE SANGEET VIDIYAPITH, LUCKNOW
• DIPLOMA IN GURMAT SANGEET FROM PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIYALA

BIKRAM HAS PERFORMED IN MANY MUSIC FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS IN INDIA AND NOW HE IS TRYING TO DEVELOP AS A CLASSICAL SINGER AND MUSICIAN IN MELBOURNE AND ALL AROUND AUSTRALIA BY PERFORMING PROFESSIONALLY IN VARIOUS CONCERTS AND TEACHING MUSIC.


TABLA - MR. MAHINDER SINGH

BIKRAM’S TABLA ACCOMPANIST ARTIST IS MR. MAHINDER SINGH. HIS GURU JI'S IS USTAAD PARAMJIT SINGH.