“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 8, featuring Shri Gaurav Mazumdar, a Grammy nominated musician, Renowned Sitar player, A Teacher, Collaborator, Composer, Music conductor and an Educator.  A Music composer for the Ballet “Siddhartha” based on the book by Nobel laureate, Herman Hesse. “Spirituality is a ‘State of Mind’; Feeling or having a certain calm within you, feeling of sublime, feeling pure, feeling beautiful, feeling harmony, feeling everything is in sync with each other, feeling that everything in this world happens, not without a divine intervention, and we are all connected and part of that BIG plan!, and that we all co-exist, relate and belong to each other!”.- says Shri Gaurav Mazumdar in his conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan

A Grammy Nominated musician, Gaurav Mazumdar is born to the illustrious Mazumdar family of Allahabad reaching the zenith of his music education with thelegendary Pt. Ravi Shankar. His initial Gurus were his father Dulal Mazumdar, Pt. Nandakishore Vishwakarma,  cousins Kamala Bose and Jayashree Roy and Uncle J.D.Mazumdar. An approved artiste of All India Radio and National Television and an empanelled artiste of ICCR (Ministry of External Affairs) for over 2 ó decades, Gaurav as a performer has appeared at premier festivals and venues across the globe, spanning the expanse of Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, and America. This includes Scottish Symphony for BBC 2019, The Chicago Symphony Hall 1997 & 2018, Royal Albert Hall 2002, 2012 & 2017, Belt & Road Festival, China 2017, Kennedy Centre 2007, Bath Festival 2006, Menuhin Festival-Gstaad 2006, Acropolis for Greece Olympics 2004, Netaji Indoor Stadium 2004, Perth Festival 2004, Kijani Festival Kenya 2004, Music Academy Chennai 2000, Vatican 1999 and Tata Theatre Mumbai 1999 amongst others. His performances include appearances with Pt. Ravi Shankar, Pt. Kishan Maharaj, Philip Glass, The Royal Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, Shenzhen Symphony, Slovak Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Scottish Symphony Orchestra and others. As a composer, Gaurav has composed music for the Ballet ‘Siddhartha’ – based on the book by Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse, Ballet ‘Ritu Shringar’, ‘Woman Baring’. Gaurav has also composed music for the Film ‘Shwet’ and was, for a decade, the National Conductor for Britain’s Youth Orchestra, ‘SAMYO’.  Gaurav’s albums include, ‘Echoes from India’, ‘In Search of Peace’, 'Neemrana', 'Soul Strings', 'Grammy nominated' - 'East Meets West’, ‘Orion’(recorded live at the historic concert in the Acropolis in Greece to commemorate the 2004 Olympics), ‘Gaurav Mazumdar’, 'Offerings', ‘Strings in Harmony', ‘Walking Together', ‘Shambala’ (a historic sitaar/violin double concerto), 'Colours from the Rainbow’ (a composition for western orchestra), ‘Hesse’, ‘Afternoon Serenade’ and ‘Shringaar’. As a teacher and collaborator, Gaurav has extended his knowledge to pupils all across the globe teaching, conducting residencies and lectures in Universities andfor other instituitions.  Today, Gaurav as a performer, composer, conductor andeducator, has earned a unique place as a foremost musician of his generation contributing towards making Music accessible and truly Global, both in appreciationand in understanding.www.gauravmazumdar.com “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit.