Wednesday, August 21, 2013
PANDIT VISHWA MOHAN BHATT also
known as V. M. Bhatt (born July 12, 1950) is Hindustani
classical music instrumentalist who plays the Mohan Veena (slide
guitar).
Vishwa Mohan lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, with his wife
and two sons.His elder son Salil Bhatt is a renowned Mohan veena player
(and also a player of the Satvik veena), whose album Slide to
Freedom Part II was nominated for the Canadian JUNO AWARD and also featured in
pre-Grammy nominations list, while his younger son Saurabh Bhatt is a well
known composer. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's grandson Satvik Bhatt is also a musician
and a Limca Book Of World Record holder for being world's youngest Mohan Veena
Player at the age of 3 and a half years and also for identifying 45 ragas at
the age of 3 and a half years. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt's parents late Manmohan Bhatt
and late Chandrakala Bhatt were also teaching and performing musicians who
imparted knowledge of music to V.M Bhatt. His nephew, Krishna Bhatt,
plays the sitar and tabla.
Bhatt is best known for his Grammy award winning album A
Meeting by the River with Ry Cooder released on Water
Lily Acoustics label. He is also known for other fusion and pan-cultural
collaborations with Western artists such as Taj Mahal, Béla Fleck and Jerry
Douglas. Exposure such as an appearance on the 2004 Crossroads Guitar
Festival, organized by Eric Clapton, allows his playing to reach a larger
audience.
Folk musician Harry Manx, who studied with Salil Bhatt and
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt for five years, plays a Mohan Veena. Counting Crows'
Bassist Matt Malley also plays a Mohan Veena and is a student and
friend of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Australian Musician Lawrie Minson also learnt
Mohan Veena from Salil and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
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