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{{Infobox musical artist | name = Vandana Vishwas | image = Vandana Vishwas Performing.jpg | alt = Vandana Vishwas Performing | caption = Vandana Vishwas Performing at Small World Music Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada | image_size = 200px | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = July 17, 1970
Vandana Vishwas (born July 17, 1970) is an Indo-Canadian architect, musician, singer, and composer. She performs North Indian classical music based expressive song forms such as Ghazals, Bhajans, Geet and Thumri. She is a resident of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[1][2][3]
Career
Vandana released her debut music album 'Meera – The Lover...' in 2009. It is a musical story of the sixteenth century Indian poet Meera Bai. In January 2013, she released her second music album 'Monologues', which is a collection of contemporary Ghazals, Nazms and light Thumris. Her single, 'Samarsiddha' is the theme track for identically titled Hindi novel authored by a UK based novelist Sandeep Nayyar, which was released in July 2014. Vandana released her third music album 'Parallels' in 2016 which topped RMR charts for 4 weeks consecutively.[4] It is a collaboration of south Asian music with several western and ethnic music genres such as Flamenco, African, Rock, Country, Ballad, New Age.[2][5][6]
Discography
| Title | Release | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| Meera – The Lover... | 2009 | Self Produced |
| Monologues | 2013 | Self Produced |
| Samarsiddha | 2014 | Self Produced |
| Parallels | 2016 | Self Produced |
Awards
- Silver medal at Global Music Awards 2016 in World Music and Female vocalist categories[7]
- Toronto Independent Music Awards 2016 in World Music category[7]
- Woman Hero Award 2015 by Indo Canadian Arts & Culture Initiative[7]
- Vox-Pop Winner for World Traditional Song at 10th IMA Independent Music Awards[8][9]
- Best Toronto World CD Album Winner at Toronto Exclusive Magazine awards 2010
- Established Performing Arts at Mississauga Arts Council's Marty Awards 2012[10]
Honourable Mentions
- 17th International Billboard Song Contest 2010
- Esongwriter.com song Contest
- 2010 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada
Nominations
- TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2010, 2014 & 2015 – Best World Music
- World Artist of the Year at The Indies, the Independent Music Awards 2010
- K.M. Hunter artist Award for Music 2010 by Ontario Arts Council, Canada
- 2010 & 2011 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada
- 7th TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2014 – Best World Music
References
- ^ "Vandana Vishwas". Harbourfront Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ a b "सुरों की उस्ताद वंदना, जिसने दर्द को हुनर में बदला- Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Musician cum Singer Vandana Vishwas does not let her physical disability affect her career". dailybhaskar. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ cmn. "Vandana Vishwas -Vocalist, Composer and Producer | CMNNews". cmnnews.ca. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Singer Vandana Vishwas derives Monologues from dialogue – The American Bazaar". The American Bazaar. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "The soul of my music is Indian: Vandana Vishwas - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ a b c Ferreira, Verus. "Musicunplugged.in : interviews". www.musicunplugged.in. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Vandana Vishwas Earns An IMA Nomination - Independent Music Awards". Independent Music Awards. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "SudeepAudio.com - Vandana Vishwas, Vocalist, Toronto, Indian music". www.sudeepaudio.com. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Vandana Vishwas to perform at FTDM Sherbrooke Festival". Mississauga.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
External links
- Official Website
- Article in Toronto Star
- Article in Toronto Sun
- Article in Weekly Voice
- Article in Mybindi.Com
- Article in All About Jazz
- Article in India Current
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