Kamal Sabri

The musical gifted Kamal Sabri is the son of Sarangi master Ustad Sabri Khan and is carrying forward the rich legacy of the Senia Gharana and Moradabad Gharana. Kamal, who is the seventh generation of a distinguished family of traditional musicians, has demonstrated profound versatility in playing the Sarangi. Kamal was initiated and trained by his father in the style of the Senia Gharana (school) of Rampur, Moradabad from the tender age of 5 years and very soon this child prodigy made waves in the musical world with his talent. His musical brilliance and talent as a seasoned accompanist gained immense popularity amongst eminent classical vocalists.

In India Kamal participated in several prestigious festivals over the years like the Harballabh Music Festival in Jallandhar (Dec.1991,2001,2005,2007,), Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior (Dec.2001), Saptak Festival Ahmedabad (2002,2003), Swami Haridas Music festival Mumbai(1995), ITC Sangeet Sammelan(2004), New Delhi, ICCR Festival of Music NCPA, Mumbai and World Peace Concert in Delhi, Sangeet Natak Academy Golden Jubilee Festival Hyderabad (Nov.2003), to name a few. Appreciation by music lovers and rave reviews for his performance came easily and spontaneously.

He has also worked with renowned musicians like Zakir Hussain, Fateh Ali Khan, Hossam Ramzy , Ricky Niles , from Barbados (West Indies), Jukka Tolonen, from Finland, Rondo Vienna Orchestra from Austria and performed with Jan Garbarek, for the King of Norway. Kamal has recorded his genre of music for famous Bands like Massive Attack, One Giant Leap, also for Hollywood and Bollywood films. This multifaceted musician is also a composer, who has delivered powerfully ambient scores for documentary films, such as The Big Question featuring Mel Gibson and Monica Bellucci, Bollywood Boulevard, Mystics of Sufism for BBC, Red Cross , Mother Teresa , Kamal has also composed music for several albums and orchestras like Dance of the Desert ,Sabri Ensemble , Sarangi Funk, Ellam Anggekkai (SouthIndian Album), Tera Naam, Indian Contemporary Music Orchestra,Vienna Chamber Orchestra to name a few. Kamal continues to explore the vast realm of the music world yet retaining the purity of the Indian Classical Music thorough the strains of his Sarangi.

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