A boy band that’s taking over the Asian continent.

Nino Kar started playing the classical guitar in the 7th Grade. He was trained by John Boeru, a guitar maestro from Romania. By senior year in High School, he had received the 1st place in division A in the State UIL as well as the rare and prestigious “Oustanding Performance” award in 2006. The University …

Lakshmi Narayana Chintapalli works as a Technical Architect in Tampa, Florida. He was trained in classical music by Tripurasundari Babu Rao and then later by Ratrapati award winner, Balasubramanya Sharma. After taking a break from singing, he is now back to pursuing his passion. He has provided these audio samples to Nazar, on request.

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19-year-old Apurva Batra won first place for singing at the intercollegiate talent show hosted by the Indian Students Association (ISA) at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, TX last weekend. He sang contemporary and versatile Hindi songs as a part of his vocal performance, including the 2008 Oscar-winning song Jai …

Riyaaz, which means “to practice” in Hindi and Urdu, is an Austin-based Qawwali group. With the primary vision to bring qawwali and other related musical traditions back into the lime light, the group was loosely formed in the winter of 2006 and is now a full Qawwali party lead by Sonny K. Mehta.