Baluji on Sitar – Photograph

Series nameBiography
Description

This full colour image depicts Baluji Shrivastav playing his sitar. Baluji began playing the sitar while still at school. He went on to obtain his BA and MA in Music, both before the age of sixteen years old.

Date of Creation / Publication
CreatorUnknown
Associated Person/ OrganisationShrivastav, Baluji
Location
Collection and Reference NumberBaluji Shrivastav Collection (GB 2661 BS)
Catalogue NumberBS/BI/1
Copyright
Access to originalsThe originals are located with Baluji Shrivastav
Series notesBaluji Shrivastav began playing classical Indian instruments at six years old. Blinded as a baby, his extraordinary talent enabled him to conduct an eighty-piece orchestra at just nine years old. Before Baluji was fifteen years old, he had obtained two BA degrees, in Music and in Vocal Studies

As a young man, Baluji Shrivastav taught and performed all over India, then in France and arrived in England in 1982. His first position was as musical director of Pushpanjali, a piece commissioned by Tara Arts, which was the first non-Western musical performance supported by the Arts Council of England. Since arriving in England over twenty years ago, Baluji Shrivastav has performed and taught in North America, Europe and Africa and has been awarded the accolade of 'virtuoso multi-instrumentalist' by The Times newspaper.
Collection notesThe digitised material in the Baluji Shrivastav Collection falls into several categories relating to Baluji's work: classical music, new music, fusion, education, and theatre. The digitised items include photographs, concert flyers and posters, extracts of theatre programmes and education related documents.