Samarth Nagarkar
Khayal singer, educator and author
*Khayal is one of three forms of North Indian classical or Hindustani voice music
Samarth Nagarkar is a flag-bearer of Raga music globally. His Music is richly traditional and emotive, meditative and introspective.
He features in prominent music festivals and venues across the world. He performs both as a soloist in the traditional presentation format as The Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble, and as a collaborator with several genres of music such as jazz, Iraqi maqam, conducted improvisation, and Western classical. He has several solo and collaborative albums and has authored the much lauded book, ‘Raga Sangeet’. Trained under distinguished gurus, Ulhas Kashalkar and Dinkar Kaikini, he represents the Gwalior, Agra and Jaipur gharanas and is a former scholar of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata. Samarth is a voting member of the Recording Academy, popularly known as the Grammys. A recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts from NAKA, he is one of the founding members of Brooklyn Raga Massive and co-curator of their Colors of Raga concert series. Samarth presently runs Raga Sangeet Creative and is among the first to scale digital platforms like Patreon in the Indian classical music world, pioneering new avenues of audience engagement, music education, mentorship and monetization.
Upcoming Shows
Sept 19
Rasa Yatra for Voice of America TV
DROM, New York NY
Sept 21, 7 PM
Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Dibyaryka Chatterjee @Anirban Chakrabarty
RaagRang, Bridgewater, NJ
Sept 22, 5 PM
“Tri-dhara - Streams of Khayal gayaki ”
Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Sandip Ghosh & Suhail Yusuf Khan
Cadence Entertainment, Paoli (Greater Philadelphia) PA
Oct 5, 3 PM
“Rāgānjali” Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Ishaan Ghosh & Suhail Yusuf Khan
Irvine, Orange County, CA
Oct 12, 6 PM
Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Abhinav Sharma & Suhail Yusuf Khan
Macphail Center for Music, Minneapolis MN
Nov 16
With Rajna Swaminathan / LA Phil
TBA, Los Angeles, CA
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Sept 29, 5 PM
Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Shankh Lahiri & Suhail Yusuf Khan
Tampa Bay Music Festival, by Shruthi Foundation, Tampa FL
Oct 26, 6 PM
Chaturang - Raga Quartet
Lafayette, CO
January 2025
India Concert Tour
New Single Out Now!
So Ja Moré Raja : A Lullaby for Ruhaan
This is a lullaby, a lori, a blanket of love, dedicated to Ruhaan Tadimalla Nagarkar, and through him, to all little babies who are figuring out their new world.
Discography
Samarth’s full discography of solo as well as collaborative works
Bhairav
Morning raga. At Sound Traditions, Catskills NY
Multani
Afternoon raga. At ‘Meeting Rivers’, First Edition Arts, Mumbai
Bhimpalasi
Early evening raga. ‘Meeting Rivers, First Edition Arts, Mumbai
Pranali
Ragas Gaud Sarang, Bhoopali and traditional bhajan
Pravah
Monsoon raga Miyan ki Malhar and the twilight raga Shree,
So Ja Moré Raja
This Single is a lullaby dedicated to Ruhaan Tadimalla Nagarkar
Ragamala: A Garland of Ragas
Adam Rudolph with Go Organic Orchestra and Brooklyn Raga Massive
Ragas Live Retrospective
Raga Bhatiyar, sunrise set live at the Ragas Live Festival
In D
Concept inspired by Terry Riley’s minimalist “In C”.
The Resonance Between
Featured in “Rebirth”, a track in the album by Alam Khan
Out of the Blue
Opening track “Puriya Dhanashri” in album by Samir Chatterjee