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

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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

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Oct 5, 3 PM

“Rāgānjali” Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble
w/ Ishaan Ghosh & Suhail Yusuf Khan

Irvine, Orange County, CA

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Oct 12, 6 PM

Samarth Nagarkar Khayal Ensemble

w/ Abhinav Sharma & Suhail Yusuf Khan

Macphail Center for Music, Minneapolis MN

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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

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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