Sanjeev Shankar

Sanjeev Shankar is a Banaras Gharana shehnai exponent known for emotive, tradition-rooted renditions. Born in 1978, he belongs to a family that has played shehnai and flute in the Banaras tradition for generations; he is the son of the internationally acclaimed shehnai player Pt. Daya Shankar and a disciple of his grandfather, the legendary shehnai maestro Pt. Anant Lal. Performing widely in India and abroad as a shehnai duo with his brother Ashwani Shankar, he received a Government of India scholarship and, jointly with Ashwani, the Sangeet Natak Akademi's Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar (2009).