Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | |
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| Background information | |
| 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 Music Composer who has composed music for films, music albums and TV serials. Bhatt's parents, Manmohan Bhatt and Chandrakala Bhatt were teaching and performing musicians, who imparted knowledge of 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, organized 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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