Mrigya is an Indian World fusion music band from New Delhi that was formed in 1999. It music is a fusion of Blues, Folk, Funk, Latin, Rock and Jazz along with Indian classical music. Over the years the band has played at national and international music festivals.
History The band was initially formed as a jam band project for a music club called "Friends of Music" and was originally christened "Mrigaya" (Sanskrit for "hunt") by Indraneel Hariharan. A misprint in the promotion flyer named the newly formed outfit as "Mrigya". The band decided to retain this new name born out of that amusing incident.
Band members The founding members consisted of Rajat Kakkar on percussions (and, later, on drums), Sharat Chandra Srivastava on Hindustani violin, Indraneel Hariharan on electric bass, Sonam Sherpa on electric guitar, Gyan Singh on tabla and Indian percussion, and Ashwani Verma on drums.
The current band-members are as follows: Sharat Chandra Srivastava: violin Karan Sharma: guitar Indraneel Hariharan: bass guitar Sacchin Kapoor: keyboards Gyan Singh: tabla Rajat Kakkar: drums Sukriti Sen: Hindustani classical vocals Jagtinder Singh Sidhu: Sufi vocals
Discography World Harmony, Virgin/EMI Records 2010 Mrigya, Times Music 2015
Major International performances Southbank Centre, London - 2001 Edinburgh Fringe Festival - 2001 and 2002 Dubai Jazz Festival - 2003 New Zealand Arts Festival - 2004 Singapore Kalautsavam - 2004 Jazz by the lake, Johannesburg - 2007 and 2010 The Bassline, Johannesburg - 2007 ICC Arena, Durban - 2007 Blue Lagoon, Durban - 2007 Jazz Club, Durban - 2007 Artscape, Cape Town - 2007 V & A Waterfront, Cape Town - 2007 Pretoria University - 2007, 2010 City Hall, Durban - 2010 Gandhi Hall, Lenasia - 2010 Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - 2009 Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, St. Petersburg - 2009 Indian high Commission, Berlin - 2007 UFA Fabrik, Berlin - 2007 Beit Schmuel Hall, Jerusalem - 2011 Reading 3, Tel Aviv - 2011 Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul - 2011 Busan International Rock Festival - 2011 Vancouver Folk Festival - 2012 Square roots festival, Chicago - 2012 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria - 2013
Awards Herald Angel Award, Scotland, 2002 Tap Water Award, Scotland, 2002 Artists for Change Karmaveer Puraskaar, India, 2012
References
External links 'Ganga' 'Pahari Funk' 'Rock the Raag'