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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian sarod player (born 1957)}}<br />
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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
|name = Vikash Maharaj<br />
|image = Pandit_Vikash_Maharaj.jpg<br />
|caption = Vikash Maharaj<br />
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|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist <br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|7|01}}<br />
|origin = [[Varanasi]], India<br />
|instrument = [[Sarod]]<br />
|genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]], [[jazz]]<br />
|occupation = Musician <br />
|label = Hammer Musik, Panchnaad<br />
|associated_acts = Prabhash Maharaj, Abhishek Maharaj, Joshua Geisler, [[Tom Bailey (musician)|Tom Bailey]], Vishal Maharaj, Wise Guys{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}<br />
|website = {{URL|www.maharajtrio.com}}<br />
}}<br />
[[Pandit]] '''Vikash Maharaj''' (born 1 July 1957 in [[Varanasi]], India) is an Indian [[sarod]] player. In his childhood, he initially learnt to play the [[tabla]] and then discovered and studied the sarod as his preferred instrument.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}<br />
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== Life and work ==<br />
===Early life and background===<br />
Vikash was born in Varanasi in 1957 into a family of musicians. He was instructed on the sarod by Rajesh Chandra Moitra of the school of [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] [[Maihar gharana]]. His formal schooling was complemented by lessons from his family including his uncle [[Kishan Maharaj]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Pandit Vikas Maharaj: Biography of Pandit Vikas Maharaj|url=http://www.varanasi.org.in/pandit-vikas-maharaj|publisher=varanasi.org.in|date=26 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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=== Music ===<br />
Vikash performs [[Indian classical music]], [[jazz]] and [[Crossover jazz|crossover]] between Indian music and Jazz. He tours and participates in international crossover festivals such as the [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]], the [[Diwali]] festival in New Zealand or the International Leprosy Eradication Festival. During his tours through [[California]], Vikash Maharaj was accompanied by his son and [[tabla]] player Prabhash Maharaj.<ref name=LaYogaVikash>{{cite web|last1=Deva|first1=Arun|title=Sitting Down With: Pandit Vikash Maharaj and Prabhash Maharaj|url=http://layogamagazine.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=394:sitting-down-with-pandit-vikash-maharaj-and-prabhash-maharaj&catid=121:columns|website=La Yoga Magazine|publisher=BLISS NETWORK, LLC|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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Vikash has performed with musicians such as Prabhash Maharaj, Abhishek Maharaj, Joshua Geisler, Tom Bailey, Vishal Maharaj{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} or the German [[a cappella]] group [[Wise Guys (band)|Wise Guys]].<ref name=WiseGuys_Vikash>{{cite web|title=Wise Guys Magazin, No.24, April 2013|url=http://wiseguys.de/img/magazin/magazin2013_1.pdf|publisher=Wise Guys|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref> <br />
On initiation by [[Germans|German]] music journalist and author [[Joachim-Ernst Berendt]], Vikash participated in the crossover Jazz record "Raga" in 1996. The work was composed by [[Patrick Bebelaar]], and participating musicians were Patrick Bebelaar, Frank Kroll, Prabhash Maharaj and Subhash Maharaj.<ref name=VitaFrankKroll>{{cite web|title=Vita Frank Kroll|url=http://www.frank-kroll.de/downloads/Vita_kroll.pdf|website=Frank Kroll|access-date=26 August 2015}}</ref> In a second cooperation with Bebelaar, Vikash Maharaj and his son Prabhash contributed to the crossover album "Point of View". "Point of View" was a commissioned composition by the [[Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart]] and premiered in [[Stuttgart]] in 2001.<ref name=EncycJazzBebelaar>{{cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Lewis|title=Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians|url=http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/2007/10/18/bebelaar-patrick-josef|website=Jazz.com|publisher=Jazz.com|access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=PointOfViewVikash>{{cite web|title=Bebelaar - Point of view|url=http://www.dml-records.de/htmdocs/CD017/cd017.htm|website=www.dml-records.de/|publisher=dml-records}}</ref><br />
He was awarded the Certificate of Honour (D.I.G. Germany) in 2016 [https://www.rga.de/lokales/remscheid/drei-ueberraschende-ehrungen-festakt-6459910.html] and the [[Yash Bharti Award]] by the Uttar Pradesh Government in 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=यश भारती से 56 हस्तियां अलंकृत (56 celebrities from Yash Bharti)|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-yash-bharti-to-57-prominant-personalities-12061286.html|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|date=9 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
* ''Music Ensemble of Benaras'' (LP) (1983)<br />
* ''Music Ensemble of Benaras'' (CD) (1984)<br />
* ''10 Years of Music Ensemble of Benaras'' (CD) (1989)<br />
* ''Raga'' (CD) (1996)<br />
* ''Best of Open Jazz Festival Stuttgart'' (DVD) (1998)<br />
* ''Pandit Vikash Maharaj'' (DVD) (2009)<br />
* ''Sapna'' (CD) (2001)<br />
* ''Point Of View'' (CD) (2003)<br />
* ''Vikash Maharaj'' (CD) (2006)<br />
* ''Path'' (CD) (2009)<br />
* ''Yaaraa'' (CD) (2010)<br />
* ''Holiwater'' (CD) (2012)<br />
* ''Maya''(CD) (2014)<br />
* ''Celebration'' (CD) (2015)<br />
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== Social activism ==<br />
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* Chairman "Bhagan Buddha Mahavidyalaya", Sarnath, Varanasi<br />
* Former member of United Nations Youth Organization<br />
* Former member of U.P. I.A.S. Association{{clarify|date=July 2018}}<br />
* Holiwater Project<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://holiwater.com/ Holiwater Band (A Musical Group dedicated to protect Environment), INDIA/NEW ZEALAND]<br />
* [http://maharajtrio.wix.com/maharaj#!artists-against-child-labor/c1k5a Artists Against Child Labor, International]<br />
* [http://www.indianweekender.co.nz/Pages/ArticleDetails/34/790/Music/Pandit-Vikash-and-Prabhash-Maharaj-regale-NZ-audiences indianweekender.co.nz]<br />
* [http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7538 Jazz Beacon Award Ceremony coverage by BeyondChron]<br />
* [http://layogamagazine.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394 LA yoga sitting down with tradition]<br />
* http://www.varanasi.org.in/pandit-vikas-maharaj<br />
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