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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Sabareesh Prabhaker<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|08|05|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = {{flagicon|India}} [[Thrippunithura]], [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]]<ref name="profile" /><br />
| genre = [[Fusion (music)|Fusion]], [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]], [[World music|World]]<br />
| occupation = [[Violin]]ist<br />
| instrument = [[Violin]]<br />
| years_active = 2001-present<br />
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'''Sabareesh Prabhaker''' (born 5 August 1989) is an Indian [[violin]]ist. He comes from the musical family of the ''[[Cherthala]] sisters'' ([[Malayalam]] drama artists),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/82237/12/12_conclusion.pdf | title=Kerala drama stage history conclusion | accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref> his grandmother Janaki being one of the six.<ref name="profile" >{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/raga-and-riff/article8005884.ece | title=RAGA and riff | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | work=Priyadershini S. | date=19 December 2015 | accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Sabareesh was born in a musical family as one of the grandson of late Janaki of ''Cherthala Sisters''. He is born on 5 August 1989 to Chandrasekharan Pillai & Vanaja Chandrasekhar.He studied [[vocal music]] under Tomy Thomas, P.Subramaniam and got trained violin under T. M. Abdul Hazeez at the age of 5. He completed [[Bachelor's degree#Music|BA in music]] (vocal) at [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]] and did [[Master of Arts|MA]] in violin at [[RLV College of Music and Fine Arts]] securing first rank. He had initially joined the Trichur Engineering college for under graduation studies, but dropped it. While at school he secured 1st prize thrice in [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] youth festival in violin in consecutive years. While at college, he was 3 times winner at [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala|Mahatma Gandhi University]] inter-university arts festival and he was one of the rare south Indians who became the inter-university national winner in violin. Recognizing his skills and qualifications, Mahatma Gandhi University granted him a special permission to do [[Postgraduate|PG]] in violin and he also acquired a scholarship in the field of violin as a carnatic (instrument) by [[Ministry of Culture (India)]].<ref name="profile" /><ref name="manorama" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/SabareeshPrabhaker/info/ | title=Facebook Official page - Info | website=[[Facebook]] | accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He began his professional career at the age of 12. In early 2016 a [[Cover version|cover]] album, created by his band Immortal Raaga<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/immortal-raaga/article8005866.ece | title=Immortal Raaga | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=19 December 2015 | accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref> was recognised by the [[BBC]] in the [[BBC Radio|Radio]] Play category.<ref name="manorama" >{{cite web | url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/music/interviews/interview-with-violinist-sabareesh-prabhakar.html | title=Violin play that reaches BBC | publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]] | work=Lakshmi Vijayan | date=2 August 2016 | accessdate=3 August 2016}}</ref> The technical beauty of [[A. R. Rahman]]’s music and the consummate beauty of [[Ilaiyaraaja]]’s compositions are his ultimate experiences. He was invited to team up with percussionists [[Sivamani (percussionist)|Sivamani]] and [[Mattannoor Sankarankutty|Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar]]. He also played along with Alappuzha Karunamurthy.<ref name="profile" /><br />
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