Born in Pune, India, sarod virtouso, Praashekh Borkar, is considered one of India's leading younger generation musicians. He is an outstanding sarod player, who has invented his own e-sarod, a smaller amplified version, to complement his playing on the original traditional Hindustani instrument of Moghul origins. Praashekh hails from a sarod playing family of musicians (including his father, a disciple of the legendary Ali Akbar Khan and his younger brother). In this quartet Praashekh is joined by electrifying young tabla wiz, Sivakumar Balakrishnan, multi-reedman, Mark Cain, a leading figure in cross-cultural collabloration in Western Australia and player of multifarious conventional, ethnic and invented reed instruments and a precociously talented young 23 year old balinese-born bassist, Wayan Dana. Now called the Praashekh Collective, as the group expands to accommodate different settings, they have performed at the National Folk Festival, Canberra (2019), the Fairbridge Festival (2017 & '18) and the Denmark Festival of the Voice (2018). They have also toured with with famed blind UK sitarist, Baluji Shrivatav and pedal steel legend, Lucky Oceans on a tour of southern Western Australia.
Praashekh Collective is currently record a new CD to follow on from our 5-track EP, Swara Blend
Praashekh Collective's first gig at this new Fremantle venue, formerly known as the Fly By Night.
The Praashekh Quartet (now Praashekh Collective) played at the 2019 National Folk Festival in Canberra
The Praashekh Quartet were part of Tepistri that also included pedal steel master, Lucky Oceans.
Special Chapel Concert at 8.00PM on Friday, June 1 2018
The Praashekh Quartet will be playing at their second Fairbridge Festival in consecutive years in April (20 -22), 2018
The quartet: Praashekh Borkar - sarod, Vick Ramakrishnan - tabla, Wayan Dana - bass and Mark Cain - saxophones & reeds.
Comcert featuring Praashekh Borkar Quartet with Praashekh Borkar - sarod & Esarod; Wayan Dana - electric bass; Mark Cain - multi-reeds and Vick Ramakrishnan - tabla
The Praashekh Quartet played to full houses and standing ovations at the the 2017 Fairbridge Festiva, WAl. For the festival they released their 5 track CD, Swara Blend. The full-length album will be released later this year. We will keep you posted.
The Praashekh Quartet:
Praasshekh Borkar - sarod & Esarod
Wayan Dana - electric bass
Mark Cain - sax & winds
Vick Ramakrishnan - tabla
Various performances by the Praashekh Quartet, including Global Trade Routes concert on the Mandja Stage with 10 Strings and a Goat Skin and Will Pound and Eddy Jay
Praashekh Quartet playing at various events during the Festival in Denmark, Western Australia
Denmark Civic Centre
Albany Entertainment Centre
Three performances over the duration of the festval
Concert for RTR FM - Golden Days