Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | |
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| Also known as | V. M. Bhatt |
| Origin | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
| Website | www |
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,[1] known professionally asV. M. Bhatt, is an IndianHindustani classical music instrumentalist who invented and plays a modifiedslide guitar that is widely called theMohan veena.[2][3][4]
Bhatt lives inJaipur,Rajasthan,India, with his wife and two sons.[5] His elder son Salil Bhatt is aMohan veena player (and also a player of theSatvik veena). His younger son Saurabh Bhatt is a composer who has written music for films, music albums and TV serials. Bhatt's parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who taught music to V.M Bhatt.[6] His nephew,Krishna Bhatt, plays the sitar and tabla. He is the younger brother ofManju Mehta who is co-founder ofSaptak School of Music atAhmedabad and a trained disciple ofPandit Ravi Shankar.[7]
Bhatt is best known for hisGrammy Award winning albumA Meeting by the River withRy Cooder released onWater Lily Acoustics label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural collaborations with Western artists such asTaj Mahal,Béla Fleck andJerry Douglas. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004Crossroads Guitar Festival, organised byEric Clapton, allowed his playing to reach a larger audience. In 2016, he performed a duet that has been released online withKapil Srivastava, another leading Indian guitarist and the founder of Guitarmonk[8][9]
The folk musicianHarry Manx, who studied with Salil Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan veena.Counting Crows' bassistMatt Malley also plays a Mohan veena and is a student and friend of Bhatt. Australian musicianLawrie Minson also learned Mohan veena from Salil.
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