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Shankar Mahadevan : Singer, Composer & Grammy Winner

Biography:

  • Date of Birth: March 3, 1967
  • Shankar Mahadevan is a Grammy-winning Indian singer and composer, known for his association with the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, which creates music for Indian films.
  • He was honored with a honorary doctorate (honoris causa degree) by Birmingham City University in 2023.

Personal Life and Early Career:

  • Shankar Mahadevan was born into a Palakkad Iyer family in Chembur, Mumbai, with roots in Palakkad, Kerala.
  • He started learning Hindustani classical and Carnatic music as a child and began playing the veena at the age of five under Shri Lalitha Venkataraman.
  • Mahadevan studied music under Pandit Shrinivas Khale and T.R. Balamani.
  • He graduated in 1988 with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai, affiliated to Mumbai University, and initially worked as a software engineer for Leading Edge Systems (now Trigyn Technologies Limited) before venturing into music.
  • Shankar Mahadevan has two sons, Siddharth Mahadevan and Shivam Mahadevan, both of whom are singers.

Musical Career:

  • Mahadevan gained early fame as an indipop star with his fusion of Carnatic, Hindustani, and Jazz.
  • His non-film album, “Breathless,” released in 1998, topped the Indian music charts and brought him widespread recognition.
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