Deobrat Mishra is one of India's premiere and promising young sitar artists.
When he was born, his father sang the Indian musical scales to him at the age of five,
he began teaching him sitar. He learned table from his mother.
At age six he have his first performance, and at age 11 performed for his first time on All India Radio.
He was chosen by the Indian government to receive the award of Best Young Sitarist in India.
He recently received to Jewel of Sound Award, India's equivalent of the Grammy, for his sitar playing.
Pandit Shivnath Mishra and his family have descended from a prominent musical lineage of Benaras Gharana going back several generations. In order to preserve this heritage, so precious to India, and make it accessable to children, Pt. Mishra and his family decided to create the "Benaras Gharana Baccha (Children's) Project.
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